Chapter 1

Jude

I separated some garbage bags to put the papers. It was around some of the things I brought in the boxes and put them in a corner of the kitchen so that I could take them out and put them in the garbage can.

I look at the clock. It's almost five in the afternoon. I didn't even stop for a drink of water after I got here earlier when I brought my things in after going to the lawyer's to sort out the last few things.

Thankfully, I only had a few things and could bring them here in my old car.

I didn't need much.

I noticed that when I came here last week before that rehearsal.

I go into the kitchen, open the fridge, thank God it's still working, take out a bottle of water  I bought and left there earlier, and take a long sip. Moving for the second time in such a short time was tiring, but I needed to get well for a while.

I finish drinking the rest of the water in my bottle, put it on the table, and head for the garbage bags I need to leave outside.

I put the bags in the garbage can and looked around the block. There are so many beautiful houses here. I think my mother's might be one of the simplest. I don't remember much from here, but I know there were fewer residents than there are now when I lived here.

It's very different from the center, but I know I'll get used to it here, and the thought of no longer having to pay rent makes me much more excited. I'm back at home. I still need to finish a few things there.

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After several hours today, I've finally put some things around here. Everything is a mess, but that's okay. That's what happens when you move.

I wish I lived here under different circumstances, but life wanted it this way. Who am I to say anything?

It wouldn't do any good even if I wanted to.

Unfortunately, my mother, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, passed away a year ago. She was in a clinic for drug addicts, the same addiction that took me away from her when I was nine years old. I went to live with my father in another town nearby.

She left this house to me, her only daughter. At first, I was reluctant to move here, but my modeling career hasn't given me the financial independence I want and need.

And going back to my father's house isn't really in my plans. He has his own family to look after. I don't want to feel any more of a burden than I have over the last few years living there with them.

I'm in my 20s now. It's time to look after myself, and since the rent on my old apartment wasn't within my means, here I am after claiming my inheritance in my mother's old house.

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