Stay Involved

"Mom, how can that be? I can't leave this place," Zay sighed in panic. She had a promise with Vern to get revenge together, if returning to her hometown would make everything fall apart.

"Why can't you?" asked Mom in a higher tone than Zay. The angry money mom resumed cleaning up, putting everything in its place roughly. Like Zay's shoes, they were placed and organized by slamming them on the shelf.

"Because I-I," Zay blinked, she stopped her answer because it was impossible to say that she wanted to kill someone for revenge. Zay looked at her mother as she continued the sentence that had been cut off, "I can't just leave my job, Mom."

Zay worked in the city not only to heal the wounds of the past, but also to help the family financially. Hed father died when she was a child, while her mother was unable to work hard when she injured her right hand.