ALLISON’S POV
I stayed there on the ground for more than I could remember, my heart pounding in pain, squeezed tight in my chest. I could hear Daniel’s voice, muttering words of apology and trying to call me out but it was all too far. I stared at my mother on the floor, unable to tear my eyes off her face, the same face I had stared at and told never to bother me again.
I blinked down to her mouth, the same mouth she was using to talk to me when I insulted her. Tears welled up in my eyes, my shaky hands reaching to feel her body, even if it was just a single pulse. There was nothing. Nothing to even talk about. I parted my lips a bit, trying to breathe in air. The pain in my heart was spreading across every part of my body, anger, resentment, rage, everything immediately coursing throu
