“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.

let others hurt me…” I said a hint

He sighed yet again.

scars…you 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

shook my head

any of you? After everything, I can never

reached his hand out to cup my face. I whimpered and

let anyone else hurt you 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

and tears fell

“Y–yes.”

was no point in lying now. “How could they

was external scarring that concerned them, so they did an internal exam and found scarring there as well.” He replied with a

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