misery business :: cth

prologue,,

she winced in pain at the gentle touch of her mother's hands,"this needs to stop. ashley you come home bruised and bloody every time something goes wrong or when he simply gets upset. the worst part is you blame yourself for it... and you take it. you need to leave him." her mother said engulfing her into a warm hug the pain swarm through her body making her relive how she's got every bruise, cut and broken bone given to her. she'd given up a long time ago.

"i can't," she said her voice barely audible. but her mother was right every time ethan got upset or drunk he took it out on her only to apologize the next day promising never to do it again. but we all know those words were just a comforting lie. "you have to," she mumbled into ashley's shoulder. "i can't lose you too baby girl... not like this... i can't... not to him. he's going to hurt you so bad one day to the point where we'll all regret it if you don't leave him now. look at you it's never been this bad."

first book, bless✨