Helen's POV
“I am serious about what I am saying. She has no right whatsoever to lay her hands on you. I wish I were there, I would have stood in for you and gotten the slap instead.” She said, and all I could decipher from her tone was pity and disappointment. She heaved a sigh as she looked away from me. I then started to feel bad because I wanted to leave, but I had already made up my mind and there was no one that was going to talk me back into staying. Not even Levi that brought me here. I was determined to go out there and get my life in order.
“I am still young and vibrant. Just seventeen.” I always told myself every time I was getting that feeling that it was already too late to start afresh. I was jolted back to reality after she cleared her throat slightly, so I quickly talked
