There is nothing prettier in the whole wide world than a girl in love with every breath she takes
~Atticus~
Sophie
I sat with my arms around my grandmother, my head on her shoulder, enveloped in both her warmth and love and I couldn't believe my mother had walked away from the security and love of two parents.
I never met my grandfather, another thing I had to blame my mother for. If it wasn't her selfishness, he would probably be alive today rather than dead from heartbreak.
"Thank you again for telling me"
I felt her nod and I turned kissing her cheek before getting up and going round to cook some tea.
It was peaceful again, I felt better than I felt at the beginning. Now I knew the worst of my mother, the worst of my parents.
"Do you know why my father hated me so much?"
I ask
