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 kidnapped?

for Trevor beating me?

Being shot by Jones?

telling me he was my real father?

she treated, spoke or threatened me with Trevor?

The list is

overwhelmed with pain. It hurts to have my only alive treat me like I'm non existent. My relationship with her has completely burned down, the

right now, things are too raw, cut too deep. I need time to allow the wounds to

a complete mess, proof of the turmoil I've been through. My scars show I'm a fighter and instead of being ashamed of them, I want to learn to embrace them. The scars are part

at peace with my scars. I trace over my wrists, remembering how the

once it hit me, a huge weight lifted from my shoulders. Even with him behind bars, I wouldn't have felt safe.

off and throw it to the end of the bed, watching

open and I glance up, expecting to find Jake standing there. My eyes meet with two police officers,I've never

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