What Is True Love?

Mom was bustling through the kitchen with an unmatched energy, efficiently whipping up some lavish, delicious-smelling food in record-breaking time. This was my first time actually staying in the kitchen in a long while, since the few times I had come into the kitchen were really quick trips.

It felt weird because this was where Tina nearly buried a knife in my chest. There had been so much blood. There had been so much panic in the air. It had really been so scary, and even as I stood here by the cooker, I could still feel the tiny tenseness in my spine.

"You have lost some weight, honey! Goodness, I can’t believe your fiancé let things get so bad that you stopped eating!" Mom whipped around to give me a disapproving look, her brown eyes filled with concern. "I might have to have another long talk with Neil. And to think that Ashley too could not take care of you the way I asked her to!"