To spare Kinsey’s feelings, they never made Kenzie’s identity public.
“Kenzie,” they told her, “if we announce who you really are, Kinsey will be put in an awkward position. You’ll just have to suffer a little.”
Kenzie thought that going back to her real family would mean more people loving and protecting her.
But heck, that was bullshit.
The Lundbergs had only ever loved one daughter, and that was Kinsey.
It didn’t matter that it was Kenzie who was the real victim. It didn’t matter that she was the biological daughter.
Whenever Kinsey got sick, their mother, Kaitlin, suspected Kenzie had something to do with it.
If Kinsey was bullied at school, Kaitlin blamed Kenzie for not protecting her “younger sister.”
Any time Kinsey had the slightest problem, the one at fault was always Kenzie.
Any time Kinsey had the slightest problem, Kenzie was the one at fault.
That was when Kenzie realized a home like this wasn’t worth going back to.
With that, she packed her bags and planned to return to her foster mother, only to be kidnapped on the roadside.
Colton was taken with her.
They were locked in a basement for an entire week.