Chapter 79: Homesick

I had the luxury of Larissa driving me to school in the morning, but because of her charity commitments, she couldn't pick me up at the end of the day, so she arranged for a personal driver to bring me home. His name was Declan, and he was nice - funny, too - but I always felt so awkward in the car with him, like I was some sort of celebrity who needed to be pampered.

I'd never had a car of my own - Mom could never afford to buy me one - and I hadn't expected Aunt Beth and Uncle Dean to buy me one. Though, I did secretly hope Dad would eventually give me a car, but he hadn't mentioned anything about that.

Declan pulled up in front of the house and quietly came around to open my door for me. I climbed out awkwardly, the scrape on my leg making it a little difficult to move.

"Thanks, Declan." I waved at him over my shoulder. "See you tomorrow."