Family Drama · fiction
The Peace She Would Protect
Five hours into the drive, Ruby finally asked the question I had been avoiding since we left home. “Mom, do you think Aunt Vanessa will be nice this time?” My hands tightened slightly around the steering wheel. Outside the windshield, late-afternoon sunlight stretched across the highway in long golden bands. Ruby sat behind me in her booster...
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