I reach out and, using my thumb, wipe away evidence of her binge. I’m trying to tease her to lighten the mood, but it sounds lame and pathetic. She stands before me, a half-eaten candy bar in one hand and chocolate smudged all over her chin. The door opens slowly, revealing my broken girl. “Jaynie…” I rap on the door, once, twice, three times. “Fuck it.” I throw back the quilt and head toward the bathroom. It’s like all this thinking about starving has reminded me of what it actually feels like to go days without food. I’ve eaten plenty lately, but my stomach, as if on cue, begins to rumble. Rolling to my back, I rest my arm over my eyes. I hear Jaynie tearing open a candy bar and mutter, “Fuck.” It’s hard to help someone when your own life is a freaking mess. Scrubbing a hand down my face, I’m torn over how best to help her.
I’m brought back to the present when I hear Jaynie drop something in the bathroom. Today’s Promises is the beautiful, stirring conclusion to Flynn and Jaynie’s journey that first began in Tomorrow’s Lies. As their commitment to one another deepens, these two broken people find new purpose and, more importantly, realize the healing they so deeply desire is finally within reach. But instead of setting this young couple back, these new developments allow Jaynie and Flynn to grow closer than ever. And then, as if things weren’t tough enough, they are told the evil Allison Lowry, their former foster sister, may be released from prison early.Ĭommitted to not allowing that to happen, Flynn and Jaynie begin to search for ways to keep their former tormentor behind bars. Now eighteen and sharing a home in the quaint, little town of Lawrence, West Virginia, their new start should be nothing short of idyllic.įlynn and Jaynie are discovering that picking up the pieces of their shattered lives and moving forward is far from easy, particularly when the past keeps rearing its ugly head. Starting over isn’t easy, especially when the past keeps coming back to haunt you.įlynn O’Neill and Jaynie Cumberland thought life outside the foster care system would be a breeze.
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