Chapter 105

No, "Do you not see she is finally getting well, and she is meeting new people, and it's a whole new chapter in her life, and she is a teenager."

"I can see she is well and that whole thing that was happening was just a lie."

"So you are saying I am lying to you about how she was when you saw it with your own eyes?"

"Listen, all I am saying is if she stays under my roof, she will live by my rules. There are no two ways about this."

Diah goes to the room and bangs close her room door.

 Scott stands up, looking in the mirror, loosening his tie. I do not know how much longer I can do this, he says to himself.

Jamie is by the mirror, writing lipstick on it. She wrote

"The reason I asked all of you to come is that we will be going on a trip. So we wanted to say goodbye, Jamie."

"But Mom, you can't leave me on my own with these people,"