CHAPTER 104 A NEW RESOLVE

"Claire, what are you going to do?" Sarah asked, her voice a gentle prod. "I mean, you need a job. You need the money for Emily’s drug. Those drugs are expensive." Claire nodded, her expression grim. "I'm going to find something, Sarah. I'll figure it out. I always do." Sarah's concern was evident. "But, Claire, you can't just keep running away from this. Ethan's not going to just disappear. And what about your daughter? What are you going to tell her?" Claire's eyes brimmed with tears. “I don’t know, Sarah. Maybe she’ll keep asking for a couple of days, weeks, and one day, she’ll forget about him and it will be just me and her.” Claire stared out of the window, watching the sun dip below the horizon, taking the last rays of hope with it. The streets below bustled with life, people coming home from work, families heading out to dinner. But here she was, in her tiny apartment, worrying about Emily's medication and the yawning abyss of her own unemployment. Emily, at the kitchen ta