Chapter 26.

Ivy

Last night I cried myself to sleep, I've never been this heart broken since dad left.

I still can't believe what he said to me. The degrading words, I never felt so cheap in my life. Is that really what he thought of me?

Tears leave my eye and I wipe it off as quickly as it falls.

I hate feeling like this. I feel so stupid for still having feelings for him. I hate him for making me feel this way.

I make an attempt to blink back the tears threatening to slip out of my eyes but that only proves to be futile as the water works comes pouring down.

“How could I have been this stupid?”

I pull the covers on my bed up to my chest and hug my knees tightly as I continue to cry with the faintest silence.

I bite my tongue when I feel I've cried enough but my heart thinks otherwise.

The hiccup in my throat shoots my head up and I catch my reflection from my vanity. My messy hair and snot and tear stained face stares right at me.

My phone rings, blaring my ringtone across the room but I don't b