Lynn teared up. “You helped me tremendously, Luna. I appreciate everything you did for me.”
“I don’t want to do this, but I can see something in your eyes.” My mom leaned her head against Lynn’s. “I see you. Do you recognize me as your Luna?” Lynn nodded and a tear fell. “Then I command you as your Luna to survive this. I command you to live.” There was no power behind her words. It was just her words, and her position to Lynn, that would do anything. My mom pulled back and she cupped her face. “Live. Get strong, stronger than you were.” Lynn nodded. My mother’s face grew stern. “Then you come back and you kill that motherfucker.”
Lynn chuckled. “I will Luna.” My mom lifted her brow. “I will Ainsley.” Lynn bowed and then turned back to me. “Swear that I won’t be a burden.”
“I, Amy Maclean, swear on everything that having you here will only be a blessing.” Lynn nodded once more, then she turned toward the room and shuffled in. We all stood in the hall and watched as she clicked on the light. She looked around the room and took a deep breath. She turned back, and I saw her lips tremble.
“We will leave you be.” I leaned in to grab the door. “I’ll knock when dinner is ready.” Then I shut the door. I heard her take another deep breath as I turned away. I pretended I didn’t hear her sobbing behind the door as I turned away.
Wendy and Toya both looked sad when I turned around. “Is she going to be okay?” Wendy whispered. I opened my mouth but my mom was the one who answered.
“She went through a lot at the hands of that man.” Her face was blank when I raised my eyebrow. But she shook her head. “I won’t tell you anything. I don’t know. I just got to see the aftermath.”
“Aftermath?” Toya leaned against the wall.
My mom nodded. “Every day she would be summoned to the pack house. And every day she would come back to the house more broken than when she left. I tried to ask her what was wrong, but she would just shake her head.” She sighed and looked down at the ground. “I made the mistake of speaking to Vince. The next day she came back, she couldn’t speak.” My mom looked away and shook her head. “I’ll head back.” She left us there in the hallway.
Wendy looked back at Lynn’s door. “All we can do is to be here for her.” Then we all heard a soft giggle from Carly. “For them both.” Then she turned and went to Carly’s room.
Toya sighed and headed towards the stairs. “Now that I have my phone, I’m going to go downstairs and start a list of groceries we need.” I smiled. “I’ll text it to you.”
“Thank you.” I waved as I headed back to the closet.
My mom was waiting on my bed when I walked back in. “Ready?” She popped up and I nodded. She rubbed her hands together. “Good, cause I really want to give my new baby a spin.” She giggled, actually giggled, as she ran out of the room. I turned back to make sure all the doors were shut before I left my room. Then I locked my door and ran down the stairs. My mom was already sitting in her SUV as I walked out. She honked and rolled down the window. “Let’s go.” I hopped in and we headed out.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
“Where are you going?” I laughed as she swerved around another car.
“The mall.” She swerved again and I slammed against the door, making me laugh again.
“Why the mall?”
“Because I have an idea.” She pulled into the mall parking lot and picked a spot to park.
“About what?” I looked around confused. “Mom, I don’t really have a lot of time here.” I checked my watch. “I have a kid to feed.” I paused. “That’s a weird thing to say now.”
She laughed. “It’s weird to hear. But I swear we are here for a reason.”
“And what’s the reason?”
“We are here to get things we need.” She hopped out, and I followed. “Has Toya messaged yet?” I checked my phone, then shook my head. “That’s alright. We can figure it all out.”
I was so confused. “Okay…” I just followed.
We headed inside, and moved to the first store. She went around and grabbed a shirt and a pair of jogging pants. She held them up to my body and then nodded. “These will work.”
Then went to the cashier. “Did you find everything you needed?” The girl asked with a bright smile.
My mom smiled back. “We did. Can we get your biggest bag, please?”
The girl frowned for a second. Then she nodded. “Of course.” She grabbed the biggest bag and put the sweat suit inside and handed it over after I paid. “Have a great day!” She waved the next person over as we walked away.
We turned and left. But she started towards another store, a giant bag in tow. “Why did you get such a big bag?” I looked down at the bag and she smiled.
“It’s for groceries.” She wiggled the bag in front of me like what she said made perfect sense.
I stopped dead. “What the hell are you talking about?”
