What is Wrong With the Heart of a Broken Woman

Chapter 1: Notus, Idaho

I guess you could say Notus still, to this day, holds a special place in my heart. I still go to Notus to visit my mothers grave, well, pretty much all my families graves I daresay. My mothers death has long been a huge influence of choices I have made throughout my life, mostly good choices, but a few big bad ones.

I remember how it used to be, just my brothers, my dad, and I in our house with a bit of land. It was so easy back then... I didn't have a care in the world... it was all bliss. My mother died when I was one and a half, so I never really knew her. I'm told she was beautiful beyond compare, and that I look just like her. I'm told she had a heart of gold and a mind as sharp as a needle. In truth, I wouldn't wish losing a parent on anyone, it has been the reason I struggle so much to get through life. 

As my existence progressed I felt more and more alone as my brothers moved out one by one. Then something that I thought was amazing at the time happened, my dad got remarried to a beautiful woman named Katherine, she had two children, a girl and boy. The boy was named Wyatt and the girl was named Charlie. It was good for a while, we were a family. The real trouble began when we moved in with Katherine and her kids in a small town named Buhl, Idaho...