I am just your everyday, average girl. I live by the beach. I wear flip flops. I don't wear make-up. I go to the gym.

There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.

There are flip-flips and there are flip-flops and there are FLIP-FLOPS. Some are well made. Some are so flimsy. Some are just inexpensive and they break easily.

He wasn’t that careful, Lucan. I think you’ve got him mixed up with someone else.”


“He put a lot of effort into you. Not just as a soldier. But as a child. Why teach you that horse sport? Why teach you to play an instrument? Why give you a God? He took you to church? Every week?”


I swallow and nod as my face begins to feel hot.


“Men who want to kill their grandchildren don’t do those things, Junco.”


FLIGHT ~ Chapter One

Although I am a Christian, I am not even close to perfect.

When I am really angry, I clam up, go cold.