Chapter 59

Rachel’s POV

"What the fuck?" He exclaimed.

I grimaced, and it was only then that I realised that tears were forming within my eyes, "I didn't know what to do. I knew for a fact that my mom was hurt and that I should help her but I was too afraid. I thought he was going to hit me as well, if I intervened. I was so scared and I selfishly held myself back."

Bringing his hand to my hair, he gently stroked it, "You were young."

I nodded, "My mom thinks I'm partly to be blamed for what happened. After that initial fall out, my parents just started drifting apart further. My mother could never leave him because she didn't know how she could look after herself and me. She didn't have a college degree, and she had to cut ties with her family before she married my father as they strongly opposed their marriage."

"She doesn't need a college degree to survive. Don't we know millions of people who sustain themselves with odd jobs?"

"Suppose my mother wasn't brave enough for them," I said, "And sh