Chapter 41

KEIRA

My whole body froze, unable to move watching my mother after all these years, I couldn't say anything, I couldn't move. Time seemed to stop for a while..

I was struggling so hard to keep it together. Why was she here? So my instincts were right, it was her that day. But why? Why after all these years? My body quivered and tears began forming around my eyes.

My hands went over to clutch my skirts tightly. I was staring at her after all these years, abandoning me to look after myself after I turned Eleven. The scars, the trauma I went through because of her, they all came haunting me. I didn't want to cry or seem weak in front of her. I didn't want to show her how much this affected me, but it is getting harder keeping it together.

I can't say for sure why she was here and what she was doing with George but her eyes lacked warmth, it lacked remorse. Her eyes were rather cold and glaring. She fluttered her eyes up and down like I was a piece of trash to be disposed. Everywhere w