She thought of Beverly, her loud, dramatic, but kind-hearted friend who’d been with her through everything.She thought of Owen and Dorothy, the couple who’d treated her like family.

She was going to miss old Joe.

She thought of Rena, her daughter, who’d finally made friends here, who laughed every morning before school, who called Maplewood “home.”

Tears stung her eyes. “Would she be ok with a new home?” she whispered to herself.

She sat back on the bed, hugging her pillow ...