Chapter Ten: A New Year. A New Life.

Midnight Tears and a Broken Carport: Renata’s New Year Collapse

By the time New Year’s Eve rolled around again, Renata was ready for a change. She knew that the madness which had defined her life lately could not follow her into the new year. It just couldn’t. She made her plans with a calculated precision that day. Petra, an old friend from Germany, and Denise, a new friend to North Carolina by way of the military, were going to be celebrating with her that evening.