Chapter 144

~Jaden~ (a visit to my childhood)

“I don’t think your mom should hurt anymore men to come act for you”. My childhood bully's voice rang freely in the room as all eyes zoned in on me with his little minions beside him.

I kept quiet and still, refusing to say anything as I’ve heard mummy and aunty Rose speak about the bigger person before.

I was bigger so there wasn't a need to respond to Bobby’s stupid remarks or claims.

Besides, if I reacted the way I wanted, mama might not be happy. I don’t want her scaring herself, I didn’t want to look into her eyes the way I did at the hospital and read out those fears she tried to hide behind her eyes.

Everything was drained from her, she resembled the same person I watched her everyday survive from.

This fear in her eyes wasn't new, they matched those of the time when she cried herself everyday to sleep. Crying in her bathroom as her little crying voice could be heard audibly in every room.

I wasn’t going to tell her that it