My Mother’s Death Put Me in a Courtroom and a Home That Isn’t Mine

Seventeen-year-old Maeve survives a car crash that kills her mother, leaving her to confront the truth of that night. Sent to live with a father she barely knows, a stepmother who tries too hard, and a baby brother she refuses to connect with, Maeve must face whether she will continue running from the past or learn to find where she truly belongs.The memory of the crash is foggy, but Maeve recalls laughing with her mom before the headlights appeared, too close, too fast. She wakes in a hospital,

only to be greeted by her estranged father, Thomas. Two weeks later, she’s in their new home, struggling with the changes. Julia, her stepmother, offers healthy food and kindness, but Maeve rejects it, longing for the comfort of her mother.At the courthouse, Maeve faces the man who killed her mother, but the memory of that night starts to shift. She remembers she was the one driving, not her mother, as she’d thought. She confesses to her father, who holds her and assures her it wasn’t her fault. But Maeve ,