Tam Lutz: A Short Story

Believe it or not, Lutz was almost a haven when Faline compared it to her home. The trailer was barely a five minutes drive from the high school and sitting in a park hidden in the back woods where her mother believed would keep them safe from robbers. As if robbers would ever want anything from the trailer. Faline remembered bringing Tammy to her house for the first time. Tam had grown up warm and cozy in an uncommonly large house in the rich suburbs of the district with unnaturally white siding and a spacious room for each one of her five siblings. Having two parents who were lawyers paid well. Having one mother who was a hairdresser at a local saloon paid not enough for most people. Despite the up turned noses of Faline’s classmates,