Chapter 28

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Bianca and Erica began attending therapy together. Bianca was grateful that Erica was willing to put in the effort so that the two of them could have a better relationship. Bianca hoped Sarah/Kendall would also have the courage to come out to their mother soon. In her own way Sarah felt like she had to keep her secret. Bianca never realized that a child concieved in rape carried a certain amount of shame, not unlike gay people. In each case neither person had done anything wrong, yet society tended to look down on them. Bianca knew that the pro-choicers tended to use the rape argument to justify why abortion should be legal. Bianca had always assumed that people would accept those children whose mothers had chosen to have them, most did but Sarah/Kendall had also encountered those who said she was an abomination, that she never should have been born. Those idiots would be bad enough, but if Erica learned the truth she might look at Sarah as nothing more than the spawn of her own rapist. A part of Bianca feared Erica would never accept Sarah/Kendall, but she wanted them to all be a real family. Bianca and Sarah came up with a plan. Sarah would make thanksgiving dinner for Erica, Jackson, and Bianca. Bianca would then persuade Erica to invite Sarah and Ryan. Ryan had grown up with Bianca, he was like a brother in many ways. And Erica knew how Sarah had taken Ryan in so he wouldn't be abused by his father. And with Kristen visiting Lily for thaksgiving Sarah had nowhere else to go. The plan worked. Sarah was eating thanksgiving dinner with her family. Her mother, her sister, and a father figure. Admittedly her mother and step-father had no idea who "Sarah" really was. But after all she had been through, Sarah would take it.