“It’s…Asher.”

I gasped and quickly try to pull my hand away from him.

“No…no no!” I said moving further up my bed and making myself smaller.

“Emma…please..it’s okay. I won’t hurt you, I swear.” He said, his voice soft.

No wonder I didn’t recognize his voice. He hardly ever spoke to me and when he did his voice taunting and cold. His voice was now soft and kind, something I had never heard from him.

“What are you doing here? Why? To hurt me?” I asked pulling my legs closer to me, making myself as small as possible.

“No of course not! I wouldn’t hurt you.” He said, his voice sounded wounded.

others hurt me…”

He sighed yet again.

have been in so much pain and we hurt you even more. I can never make up for what’s been done to you, but I will try if you

shook my head

ever trust any of you? After

moved closer to me and he reached his hand out to cup

again either. I will not let you go back to that house, Emma. Your father has been hurting you…they said…that you had trauma…that you had been abused as well.” His voice grew softly at

swallowed hard and

“Y–yes.”

there was no point in

there was external scarring that concerned them, so they did an internal exam and found scarring there

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