She breathed the fresh air in deeply, basking in the sunlight and the feel of sand between her toes, the ocean so inviting even as she walked along the shoreline and to her new humble abode, a small cabin by the beachside, more than adequate to her needs.
Sandy was a completely different person now, the director of a women's domestic violence charity that provided emergency accomodation and several other services to get women and their children into safe homes and help them to start new lives. It had been her own idea, wanting something that she was both passionate about as well as keeping her personally involved, taking part in some of the more basic things and letting another more capable person run it. Not only did it give her a sense of pride and satisfaction in her daily life but sh
