She was already rather edgy at the time, strutting around town with other loose cannons on the fringes of society, getting drunk and high in strangers...�� basements. Molly suspected now that she had done it for the attention; the divorce of her parents had driven her close to the edge. And Molly’s presence had not helped the situation. David would bring her to Molly’s house when he could, preferring she stay there rather than pass out in the bed of someone he didn’t know. Ashleigh resisted as much. “Mom and I are leaving on Friday afternoon. We’ll be back the following Monday. We’ll leave you money and make sure there’s food in the house,” Dad said.Mom and Dad left the kitchen. I looked at my brother, and it took everything I had to keep from hugging him. “Thank you so much,” I whispered.“No problem, just don’t forget our arrangement. You owe me big time,” Kyle whispered back to me.Then I remembered part of the night I had seemingly forgotten. My mouth started moving, but nothing. ’ Adele smiled as well, ‘Thank you Charlene, would it be okay if I asked him to go out for coffee again?’ ‘If you feel comfortable doing that I think it’s a great idea. Just don’t over do it, baby steps are still steps forward.’ Adele grinned, ‘I think I’d like to do that again.’ ‘How are you doing with your anxiety?’ Adele frowned, ‘I’m still very anxious around men, the pills you gave me have helped. I can go in to work and don’t feel as stressed as I used to. Fortunately they’ve been very. “Winifred Clark, the lawyer that handled David’s part in your divorce, and helped out Mr. Ferguson some in his criminal trial too,” said Aunt Delia. “She and I have been in contact for some time.”“Oh yes, I remember her,” said Stacey.“The news isn’t good,” said Aunt Delia.“Huh? What news?” said Stacey.“David’s in a bad way, Stacey, a very bad way. Winnie, Miss Clark, has seen fit to confide in me things that David told her not to reveal. But, being the good person that she is, she took it upon.