"I like that I can make a life here," Tess said. "If I have to be stuck here, then at least I can make a life. Have chances I didn't have back home."
A slight smile at that. "I'm thinking about going to college. I never had that chance back home." First the mental hospital and then everything after her return, none of it had really leant to opportunities.
And there was no way she wasn't going to take advantage of that. No, she wouldn't remember any of it when or if she ever went home, but that didn't mean she couldn't do the important things anyway.