Chương 194: Like Family

Somehow after the events of the past couple of days, Lucy was beginning to feel quite different about herself. She was beginning to feel more confident, and she wasn't as scared to step out of her house and face life as she had been a while ago.

She couldn't tell what it was that had caused the change. Perhaps it was the sex with Tom, or it was because she had finally been able to open up to Tom concerning some parts of her past, or maybe it was because of Tom's feelings towards her which she largely reciprocated.

She wasn't exactly sure which it was. But whichever it was, that feeling had her humming a tune to herself as she drove over to the roadside bar where she had arranged to meet with Anita. She ordinarily would have felt anxious about meeting with Anita this time last week, but now she felt like there was nothing she couldn't handle.