Chapter 96

"Mrs. Keener, here's your medicine."

I keep wondering what she feels being locked away in here. Does she know where she is at all? I don't visit my mother often because she's  a living, breathing reminder of what happened to me in my childhood. Whenever I see her, it's almost as if I can taste the blood inside my mouth everytime my stepfather slaps or punch me.

The feeling that my hand itch just by staring at my mother, like I want to strangle someone to death. It's like a vile rising up my throat, and I can't force it down. Though I don't have a choice. I can't just forget about my mother. Regardless of what happened in the past, I have to take care of her.

"Thank you, Nurse Gella."

After my mother's nurse left us, I can't help but stare at her. She's still the same beautiful  woman that she was all those years ago. Those mesmerizing gray orbs, her heart-shaped face, and her natural red lips. My mother had men lining up at her f