God, I missed my parents. It had been five long years since I had seen them physically in person; we only ever communicated through the phone now. The last time I had actually looked at them was when they followed me all the way to the airport to see me off. I had moved into this state looking for greener pastures, and my parents had fully supported my dream of being a model. But unknowingly... I had caught the eyes of a monster instead. Although my parents didn't know the dark details of what Knox had done to me, and I didn't want to bother them with the truth, I knew they always had that nagging intuition that something was amiss with my life.
“Mom,” I grinned into the camera.
She smiled back, the corners of her eyes turning a little teary. In the background, I could see my father tryi
