Chapter 10


Kay woke up the next day disorientated. She sat up on the couch, looked around her, and realized she was at Noah's and the previous day's events came flooding back to her. She had finally left. She finally got away from Grace. Kay smiled and then picked up the phone. She called her Dad over at Hank's and asked him to call her in to school. She had far too much to do today.


Kay crept down the hall quietly, careful not to wake Noah up. But from the chainsaw-like snoring coming from his room, Kay wondered if a bomb would have wakened him up.

Walking into the bathroom, Kay felt like she was walking into a science experiment. Kay grimaced, "Ugh, my brother lives in a bacteria tray." She couldn't stand the thought of getting in his shower with it looking like that, so she just brushed her hair, washed her face, and brushed her teeth.


First thing was first, check for cleaning supplies. Kay opened the sink cabinet and saw nothing with any type of cleaning power. Kay was about to go wake up her brother when she remember that he had just moved in about a month ago, but still he should have something to clean with. She jotted a quick note and left it on the counter. Grabbing her purse, she headed for her truck.


Kay started it up and then looked in her purse to see about her money situation. Her father had given her a thousand dollars last night. She didn't know where he got it from, maybe a savings or hiding it from Grace, but Kay was eternally grateful for it.

In her checkbook she had about two hundred and fifty dollars. It wasn't much, but she got paid in the next week so she would be able to help pay the bills.


Thinking of all the things that she needed to get today, Kay realized that she needed help. She sat there thinking of who to call. All her friends were in school. She could call Hank, he didn't seem to do much of anything anymore. But he already had enough problems with her dad and Jessica staying with him now. Then Kay thought about Ethan. She dug her cell phone out and called him.

"Hello?"

Kay put on her best 'help me' voice, "Hey bro!"

"Kay!" Ethan said, surprised to be hearing from his sister.

"Hey, what are you doing today?"

Ethan frowned, "I have meetings and appointments all day. Why do you ask?"

Kay's voice fell, "Oh. Well, it's a long story but to make it short- I'm living with Noah, Dad left my Mom, and I need help buying and loading stuff today."

"Whoa, whoa what happened?" Ethan couldn't wrap his mind around what Kay just told him.

Kay explained the whole situation to Ethan, leaving out nothing. By the time she was finished, Ethan had a whole new outlook on Grace Bennett.

"Well, Kay. I wish I could help you, but I'm busy all day. Tell you what, you go and buy all your furniture that you are getting and then I'll have them deliver it and set it up for you."

Kay smiled, "Thank you so much, Ethan!"

"Oh, and if you still need an extra hand, you can come out here and get my brother to help you. He does nothing but watch MTV all day."

Kay heard someone yell in protest in the background and chuckled, but was a bit confused. "Your brother? Oh! Fox, right?"

"Yeah, that's him. He'll be glad to help you."