#bfielding

Kendall barely ate her dinner. She spent the whole night giving one worded answers and picking at the food that she had on her plate, too nervous for what she was about to do to trust her stomach. Once it seemed like Ian, Bailey, and Braxley were done, she stood up.

“I have an announcement,” Kendall said. She took a shaky breath and stared at the food on the table. “Back in the summer, I went looking for my mother. Only I didn’t find her. Well-- I did. I know who she is, I know where she is. I just haven’t gone to see her yet because....” She felt like the world was gonna end. She just needed to get it over with. 

“I found my sister.” Kendall looked up to see the reactions of her family. “And, uh, she’s a witch. A healer, actually.” Silence. “I snuck off during the summer once I discovered her all the way to Crowned Cay to meet her and yeah. I, uh. I still want to find my mom because I just want to let her know that I still made it even if she gave up on the two best things she could’ve had and...” Kendall furiously wiped a tear from her face. She was scared. “Yeah. I’m gonna go to my room now because I think I’m about to die so I’ll see y’all later.” 

Kendall made sure to push her chair in before walking out of the dining room. She went upstairs to her bedroom, leaving the door open just a crack, before falling face first into her bed. She let herself cry freely, finally feeling all of the things she didn’t allow herself to feel before-- relief, fear, regret...

After about five minutes of wallowing in her soup of emotions, she pulled out her phone. She sent a text to Holland before turning it back off. And then she packed to go back to school, because she had nothing else to do.