Daniel's Desire. Sherryl Woods

      “Is this just because you don’t want to keep fighting with that man who came today?”

      “No, it’s because I feel guilty standing between you and your parents when I don’t know what’s going on.” She tucked a finger under Kendra’s chin and forced the girl to meet her gaze. “What did they do that was so awful?”

      “It’s not what they did,” Kendra said at last. “It’s what they’re gonna do.”

      “I don’t understand.”

      “They’re going to send me away,” she said, barely choking back a sob. “I’m just saving them the trouble.”

      And before Molly could ask a single question, Kendra was out of the room and out of the apartment, thundering down the stairs and out into the night.

      Molly raced after her, then stopped when she got to the front door of Jess’s. Kendra was outside, but she hadn’t gone far. Molly pulled a chair over by the door and waited, leaving light from the bar spilling into the street. She wanted Kendra to know that when she was ready, this was one home she could come back to.