Emily sat her down on the couch and put a shirt on her, looking at her pajamas and the wallet and passport in her hand, she asked tentatively, "You didn't just come back from the America, did you?"

“I can't stay for a second after seeing that," she said, "except for the anger and the desire to get out of that disgusting place.

It was obvious that Traci was furious to the extreme. She didn't even change her clothes and went straight back home.

Emily hugged her and said comfortingly, "I'm still with you. Remember what you said to me when I was abandoned by Nate? You said there are...