Hannah’s POV
There really wasn't any going back at this point. I needed to get this out, because there was honestly no point in trying to deny anything. It would just be easier to get it all out in the open.
"I was around Stephen for more than just two weeks during my senior year. Ray had some things going on, so my mom and Stephen moved up to Montesano for a while so that I could keep going to school."
He came and sat down on the bed next to me, but didn't say anything, so I continued.
"Obviously you know that Stephen was abusive towards my mom. She put up with it because he had money, and she didn't. She used to tell me that it was easier to cry in a big house than in a box under a bridge."
His eyes widened, but he let me continue.
"After a while my mom started having me clean for
