EIGHT!!...THORNS AND SCARS?

TRIPLET DESIRES: 008

“Baby,” Mom muttered taking my hands, “What Nathaniel did to you, was unforgivable and my-”

“It was not your fault, mum,” I interrupted, giving her hands a small squeeze. Her eyes glistened, and I knew she felt quite awful about it. “He had you fooled, mom. He had all of us fooled. And you were in love,”

Mum scoffed and shook her head. “And very blind. I should have noticed the signs. But I was too focused on having a happy marriage and neglected you. I'll forever regret that, Hannah,"

I squeezed her hand again, trying not to think so much about the memories that threatened to come back. It was all in the past. All in the fucking past.

“Mom, I'm fine, aren't I? It's okay. We can't go back to the past or change things-'

“But it hurts to see you like this,” She cried, wrenching her hands away from me to cover her face. “You're always so guarded, so scared. Unwilling to let people in. You used to be the sunshine of our lives, and I hate to see how much of you ha