Chapter Thirty: Opening Salvo

I stared down at the enormous amount of clothing lying on my bed that was waiting for me to put away. It hadn't been as bad as I had thought it was going to be. With Molly's help, I actually felt good about the future or at least more hopeful. The one part of the evening that had been rather... unpleasant... was the underwear shopping.

Molly had insisted I needed bras, underwear, and garters, for whatever reason. When I looked through the bags once I got home, I even found several rather revealing nighties that made my face turn bright red and horrified. But, I slipped into the bottom drawer of the dresser without looking at them much.

The one thing I had bought with my parent's card was several clear totes for my old clothes. I gathered them up and folded them neatly into the tote. I wrote donations on the top of the tote then carried it to the curb with a self-satisfied grin.