I really didn't think very far ahead. My grandpa had a heart attack about 3 years ago and he died. Grandma didn't live for very much longer, I guess i...'s like they say when you find the person you're meant to be with you become of part of them and they you. Anyway without him, as much as I tried she just wasted away. I survived on the money they had in the bank for as long as I could, but I couldn't run the whole farm by myself. The county finally took it over for back taxes and a year ago I. ‘You ready,’ he asked. Scott was my ride to the university. Normally, I took the bus or jogged to class since it was only a few miles away. I’ve never had a car of my own, and since I’m going to be gone for a week, I wasn’t allowed to take one of the family cars. Mom and Dad had talked about buying me a car for graduation next year. ‘Yeah, let’s go,’ I said as I walked outside and through my bag into the backseat of Scott’s car. The drive to campus was short, as it was only a few miles. We. The words hadn’t been exactly the same, but the sentiment had been, and that was all that had mattered. She looked up and glared at him as she zipped up her boot, and Alessandro snorted and looked away. She shook her head as she zipped up her other boot. It had been a terrible mistake to sleep with him seven years ago, and it had been an equally terrible mistake to sleep with him last night. Only this time, she’d let him know it. She stood as Alessandro walked towards the door and held it. I couldn’t let anything else happen between us. Cara was barely eighteen. She was still in high school. And she was my aunt’s step-daughter. My resolve lasted all of ten minutes.When I got upstairs, I found Cara at the breakfast table dressed for school in her uniform and Lisa Loeb stylishly nerdy glasses. Her thick, black hair was tossed to the side.She flashed me a sly smile. There was no sign of the shy girl I’d grown up around. I pulled up a chair next to her.“Do you still have my.