Tangled Love

CHAPTER 99

Emily's POV -

I twiddle my thumbs and actually laugh out loud as I realise what I'm doing. This is how I know I've reached the ultimate peak of boredom. I sigh and attempt to brush my hair back with my fingers, grimacing at how dirty the strands feel.

I grab my phone from my bedside table, turning it on. My eyes widen as it springs to life and I realise I have over fifty messages. I scroll through them, pausing on one from my mother —

I'm so sorry Emily.

I re-read the text over and over again until the four words begin to blur on the screen. Jake's words play through my mind and I shake my head, feeling hurt.

How could she only visit me in the hospital once?

I'm her daughter, her only daughter.

What is she apologising for?

being kidnapped?

Or for Trevor beating me?

Being shot by Jones?

was my real father?

spoke or threatened me with Trevor?

is endless.

like I'm non existent. My relationship with her has completely burned down, the

future, we could work on building it back up but right now, things are too raw, cut too deep. I need time

ashamed of

years covering the horrible lines that run up and down my skin but now is the time to finally be at peace with my scars. I trace over my wrists,

Jones was dead, I remember feeling empty. I didn't register the fact he was really gone but once it hit me, a huge weight lifted from my shoulders. Even with him behind bars, I wouldn't have felt safe.

end

My eyes meet

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