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.

she apologising for?

being

Trevor beating me?

Being shot by Jones?

Never telling me he was my real father?

The way she treated, spoke or threatened me with Trevor?

The list is endless.

with pain. It hurts to have my only alive treat me like I'm non

could work on building it back up but right now, things are too

turmoil I've been through. My scars show I'm a fighter and instead of being ashamed of them, I want to

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, remembering how the ropes had cut deep into them a mere four weeks ago.

he was really gone but once it hit me, a huge weight lifted from my shoulders. Even with

I turn my phone off and throw it to the end of the bed, watching it bounce before finally landing

My eyes meet with two police officers,I've never

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