Hannah's POV I stepped away from my mother. I was appalled. The crazed look in her eyes was terrifying. I couldn't pull my gaze away from the purple bruises that dotted her body. And her eyes… I didn't even notice her eyes. It was swollen, and so was her lip, and it gave her a slight lisp. “Hannah, please. I need you to listen to me. Please come home. I'm begging you!" She tried to grope for me but I backed away. I didn't subscribe to treating my mother like a plague, but I knew why she wanted to go back, and I wasn't going to go with her. Simon! That monster! He did all this to her and now she was being forced to bring me back and ensnare me in the same web that she was in. “Hannah?" Olivia was looking at me. I hadn't spoken much since my mother got here. I was contemplating, weighing my options. I didn't want her to leave, to go back to that monster and I didn't want to go with her either. “Mom, please stay! You don't have to go anywhere. Simon can't get you here.” I lo
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