The next day it was Scotty leaving the apartment that finally gave Vanessa the initiative to finally take care of her own loose ends. Scotty had gone downtown to get a copy of his school transcripts in order to get registered for the winter semester at the University of Cincinnati. She decided that she needed to get her business together as well.

She hadn't called her grandmother since before her birthday but she knew that Bertha Mae was disappointed that she hadn't spent ...