Serenity sat in the back of the car, still crying. She wondered why her mother had done this to her and Joey.

Serenity looked out of her window and wondered what her brother was doing right now. She held the seashell she had collected from her trip to the beach tight in her hand. She wondered if her father was back yet. She wondered what he would what he would do to Joey when he found out she was gone. She wondered where her mother was taking her.

Serenity closed her eyes as all these thoughts filled her mind. There was so much she wanted to get her little head around, but couldn't.

Her mother didn't even look back at her in the car; she just kept her gaze forward and concentrated on driving. She seemed to know where she was headed, but Serenity didn't recognise a street.

Serenity finally stopped crying long enough to ask her mother one of the questions that was making her think. "Mommy? Where are we going?"

Her mother didn't take her eyes off the road. "To our new home, Serenity."

Serenity looked at her mother, trying to ignore the rain that was beating on the car windows. "But...what about Joey and Daddy?"

"Forget about them." Her mother said grimly, in a voice that made Serenity want to cry even more.