Absent Mother Returns For Inheritance, Regrets It When She Uncovers Her Late Husband’s Plan

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Amelia’s friends had always been her lifeline, and they knew all too well the havoc Martha had wreaked. “Amelia, are you okay?” asked her best friend, Sarah, as they sat in the school cafeteria. “You seem really down lately.”

Amelia sighed. “I’m just worried about my eighteenth birthday,” she admitted.

“I know my mom is going to show up, and I don’t know how to handle it.” She was always the depressed, emo chick at school, and it didn’t befit her.