196-The Remains!

Maura took me inside and sat me down to calm me first. Maddox and Reign left the café after he was done reminding me how I am the reason his brother is not here with us today.

’You are probably not understanding it right now, but you are also a victim." Maura said, tugging the strand of my hair behind my ear.

‘Flynn blackmailed you into having sex with him. That's the worst,* she said sadly, "no matter what excuse you make for that night, he did wrong. It isn’t even about you thinking you were using him; you were not. You know that when victims go back to their rapists, it is their mind trying to take power back. The victim is not at fault," she said, talking some really deep stuff. My mind was frozen and locked away from all the decent debates. I just wanted Flynn to suffer, just the way they made Helel suffer.

’That's why Flynn must die," I whispered. "Claiming to love someone is not enough. We have to find a way to show it," I mumbled, rubbing my palms and sitting against the wall in the kitchen.

’What if you are hurting someone else along with me?" she asked.

’No amount of sacrifice is enough for your loved one, Maura. Sometimes, we just have to choose one person over the other." I sighed, lowering my head, and realized I still had my mother to argue with.

*Do you want to go home and rest now? I will fill in for you." She patted my shoulder, and I nodded to her.

’What about your dad?’ I asked.

will not return for another few hours, anyway. He will be passed out drunk somewhere," she shrugged, getting up from the

left the café in peace. While walking back home, I kept preparing an argument that I was going

just wasn't sure how to confront her. It is never easy to ask your parents

but now she is very open about wanting me to sell myself so that she can

uneasy. The memory of the dead body being found flashed, but it didn't last

arrived before Pamela, I had enough time to talk with my mom before Pamela arrived and heard any of the

find my mother with a new cellphone and watching videos. So this is what she did with the money she got for

phone down and secretly tried sliding it

let you resign?" she asked,

me

kind of question is that

it was because he had already paid for that time?" I shouted at her with all my might. Her eyes grew, and

you to sleep with him and if you didn't, he will ask you to do double shifts,’ she shrugged, steadily getting out of the bed. I was stunned at her audacity to give me an excuse so lame and thought I would

mother who used to be overprotective of me or the mother who is ready to sell me to anyone?" I yelled, letting tears

to Flynn. He probably didn't think sleeping with someone was too traumatizing for

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