Rosa's pov
'Are you okay?' Mama asked with concern clearly written all over her face.
We didn't go to the hospital. There's no need for that since my mama is a nurse. We were sitted on her bed. She had checked my leg after the school nurse did. She said i needed to rest but instead of leaving me to rest in bed, she was questioning me on my past relationship with Will. She had rubbed a little ointment on my neck because of the bruise that was there now from the strangling.
I nodded my head in response to her question.
'Has he ever hurt you? Laid his hands on you before?' She asked
I shook my head but my eyes were getting cloudy because I knew that I was lying to her. I wasn't only lying to her but also to myself. I have been lying to myself for years.
As much as I hated Will now, I s
