Lost child (Discontinued)

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"I knew I heard someone out here." Looking away from the dark sky I turned towards the voice. Who happened to be Clara. "Yeah... I couldn't sleep. So I came out here." I told her. She nods and takes a sit next to me on the swing. "What's on your mind?" She asked. "It's nothing." I tell her shaking my head. "Ok. We can just sit here if you want." She says and slowly rocks the swing. For a few minutes we sat in silence. Neither of us saying a word. I sighed before looking down. "I'm sorry." I say. "It's ok Y/n." She says and places a hand on my shoulder. "Not really. I've been a sick ever since I've got here. I'll I've done was push y'all away." I tell her.

"I know I haven't been the easiest. And I'm sorry for that. It's just tough for me to trust when I've never really have. I know y'all are good people. But deep down I'm still scared things will go back to the way they were. And I don't want that." I tell her. My eyes started watering but I wiped them before a tear could fall. "Y/n that's not going to happen. Your safe now from her now. Your never going back." She tells me and pulls me into chest. Usually I wouldn't be so vulnerable. Or just allow her hold me like this. But I guess with her being my mom it was bond to happen. She's been so patient, loving, and understanding with me. Something I've been wishing to feel for a while.

So I took Mrs Greene's to be open. "The reason I couldn't sleep was because I keep having nightmares." I tell her as we lay there. "Wanna talk about it?" She asked. "There was a time Nicole had a secret boyfriend even tho she knew we weren't allowed to date. I wasn't going to snitch. She had someone who made her happy and forget about the abuse. One day Caroline found out. I still have no idea how but she did." I said. "She had a gun that she would threaten me with. Like I could take to long to clean the dishes and she threatened to kill me. But I was used to it. As long as she didn't do it to Nicole. But when she found out she was I guess scared she was going to leave or something. And I was terrified cause she actually tried to kill her. But luckily the gun jammed and Caroline was so drunk she fell asleep afterwards." This time I just let the tears fall as she squeezed me tighter.

"Ay dios mío..." she whispered. I could tell she was crying too from her shaky voice. "That night I took the gun and took it into the woods. I dug a hole and buried it. She was pissed when she couldn't find it but I had to keep us safe." I finished and let out a sigh. The rest of that morning we watched the sun come up in a comfortable silence. She had wiped the tears off my face and held me close. Making me feel safe.

~Pardise