Chapter 20 Parental Love
CHIARA
“Mama, Toni pulled my hair in the gym today, and when I told the instructor, she yelled at me,” I reported tearfully.
My mother paused her washing and let out a sigh of what I now know was frustration. She wiped her hands on her apron and turned to me, hands akimbo.
*Nine-year-old ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Mask Made of Gold
2. Chapter 2 Devil in the Manchester Rain
3. Chapter 3 Promises and Penance
4. Chapter 4 The Terms of Escape
5. Chapter 5 Kissing a Stranger
6. Chapter 6 Cost of a Kiss
7. Chapter 7 Ghosts from the Past
8. Chapter 8 Be My Boyfriend
9. Chapter 9 Wanting You
10. Chapter 10 Flashes and Fleeing
11. Chapter 11 Terms of the Arrangement
12. Chapter 12 My Man
13. Chapter 13 Jealousy
14. Chapter 14 Lads and Ladies
15. Chapter 15 D Day
16. Chapter 16 The Appeal of a Dead Fish
17. Chapter 17 Phone Calls and Phonies
18. Chapter 18 Modelling for Him
19. Chapter 19 True Pain
20. Chapter 20 Parental Love
21. Chapter 21 The Power of Money
22. Chapter 22 Goal for You
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