Chapter 28

• For the next few days my dad and I tiptoed around each other. He was still feeling guilty for rubbing my disappointment in Ash in my face and for leaving me alone to bleed out on my bed.
• I was glad my babies didn’t die but I was mad that they abandoned me. I wasn’t up to discussing it or hearing the excuses but that didn’t stop him from trying to convince me not to move out. He thought I was going to shut him out of my life, like I was slowly doing with Ash.
• The aftermath of the pain left me battered like a town after a hurricane or an earthquake or even a tsunami. Dave was even more adamant about me staying because of it. I was weaker, thinner and felt sicker as the pregnancy and the venom progressed in my body. But I wouldn’t budge, I had made my decision and I was sticking to it. I wanted a new start not away from my family, but far enough to keep my children safe. It was either that or I give them away.