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Hope

Tristan has been in a coma for months. I have been there beside him, every day since the incident.

I think I've gotten used to the pain, really.

The doctors informed me that he is in an unstable condition so they had to put him in a coma and hope he recovers.

It's all my fault. It's because of me that he is where he is right now. I haven't been to school in a long while.

Since I've been by his side, the days we use to skip lunch and sit on the bleachers, we used to read this book called "True Love" by AJ. I read to him in his coma, hoping that he could hear the pain in my voice, or just hoping that Tristan would come back to me.

I haven't looked in the mirror for weeks and I am pretty sure I am a mess.

I decided to leave the hospital and freshen up in case he might wake up and came back— I hope-

I opened the door, receiving a call from the detective, alerting me that they have caught my mother and Brian.

"Ms King, we need you to come down to the office and make a statement", said the police officer.

"Sure. I'll be there in an hour" I said.

I couldn't help but feel relieved. My mother and Brian have been hiding for a while and now they are finally found.

My own mother, made the one happiness in my life, now in a coma and struggling to regain consciousness.

After the going to the station and giving a statement, I had the chance to speak to her. She told me that Brian was a drug dealer and has been wanted by the cops for years and she had drugs also in her possession at the scene.

I couldn't help but get angry.

"TRISTAN IS DYING YOU SELFISH BITCH! He is dying— for what— DRUGS!!?!? I feel disgusted to call you mother. You're nothing but useless trash on the streets and you think drugs will stop you from feeling useless? It didn't because you still are. That's why dad left you and that's why you were never a MOTHER to me. You are an outcast, to your family, and to me. And that shit of a boyfriend adds to your uselessness. I hope ROT in jail!!"

I was beyond angry. I wanted to bust into tears but I didn't want to show my hurt in-front of someone like her.

It surprised me. What I didn't expect was for her to bust out in tears in front of me and apologizing.

Still, I couldn't forgive her. I can NEVER forgive her. She had many chances, many YEARS in life to fix herself but she didn't, and so she is dead to me.