Rose I brush myself off and ignore the pain, throbbing on the left side of my face. "Yes I did." He gives me a blank stare and I return it. I feel dead around this man. My mother gasps from behind us and his gaze moves to her. He steps pass me and my mom almost runs into his arms. He hugs her, tight, it looks like and she returns it. Something sinks inside me and all I do is sigh and look away. How disturbing. I'm not surprised, though. I had a feeling she would be like this. Maybe if they didn't have me, they would've still been happy. But they did have me, so they have to deal with me. I move away to some random spot further from them and stand. What now? He got me and Mom back, but what does he want from us? I look over at them and blink. What does he want from me? Suddenl

