I Thought Love Had to Be Earned Through Chores, They Hugged Me novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: Doing Nothing
Noreen spent the rest of the week in a cell in Cook County.
Odette spent it on the internet.
By Sunday morning her video had four million views.
She'd filmed it in a hotel room, sitting on a white bed, with no makeup on.
"I was eleven when she sent me into that house," she said to the camera, and her chin wobbled. "I didn't know how to say no to my own mother. I'm a victim of Noreen Pickett too. And I still love my family, even if they can't love me back right now."
Under it, a hundred thousand comments.
Poor baby. She was a child. Leave her alone.
Mom read them at the kitchen counter with her coffee going cold.
Then her phone rang, and it was the foundation board.
I heard her half of it.
"She's not a victim. She turned eighteen in March. She booked that van last week."
"No. I want her off the program."
"Because I'm the founder."
"Because it's my daughter's name on the building."
A long silence.
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