Chapter 114

~ Megan

My father looked down at my boxes and took one from my hand. “Good. At least my daughter can have her life back. Come in and forget about that bastard. You are home now.”

My eyes welled up in fresh tears. My dad was back.

My mother was in the living room. She was surprised to see me, but her first reaction was to hug me first, squeezing me in her motherly embrace. “There, there, it is over now." She stroked my head lovingly.

I cried harder because it has been a long time since I enjoyed her motherly warmth. She didn’t let me break the hug until I had cried to my satisfaction.

“He can’t hurt you anymore.” She smiled and wiped my tears. “Neither will we hurt you.”

It meant a lot to hear her say that to me. I was already hurt many times already. I was tired. While my father took my bags upstairs, my mother led me to the living room where we sat together.

She held my hands and looked into my eyes, and all I could see were the tears of regret deeply embedded in them. “My little bunn