Breaking the News

Brynn’s POV

My mom's voice rang bright with unfiltered joy through the jagged cracks spider-webbing across my phone screen.

"I miss you, honey. I am so glad you got hired by the Avalanches. Now you can work more closely with Declan!"

I lowered the plastic hairbrush to my cramped vanity and leaned back in my creaky wooden chair. I clamped my teeth hard onto the inside of my cheek. A twisted wave