RIVER

“We will talk about this with clear eyes in the morning,” Dad declared.

Taylor went into his room and he told Gianna to keep a close eye on me. “Act like her aunt and not a friend.”

I tossed and turned all night. He was not easy to let go of things like that. I knew he would most likely bring it up or try to reason with me. It was the first time I confessed to not wanting pharmacy. I had never even thought of what I might want because, as far back as I could remember, I had been ...