Yeah, I was talking to my grandparents, and they're too sick to take care of me. [ and don't particularly want her; hadn't said it out loud, but it had been implied and she wasn't stupid. it's not like she needed a lot of taking care of, she was going to be eighteen in a few months, and in australia she was already as good as an adult at seventeen. ]

But my Uncle Scott said I could live with him.

[ and she thinks the world of her uncle, which is going to be the beginning of her downfall. ]

That's where I stayed during the summers, so, yeah I got a room and everything.

[ and it might not be as pretty green as her basement bedroom in the becket house, but she can deal with tan walls if it gets her away from here. ]