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Chapter 26

"I was so scared you got hurt or taken by that gang." My mother says. I have been home for five minutes and she is starting to ask questions. She still has bruises and marks on her face from when someone hurt her. It hurts to me to see the bruises. Jacob and Steven keep texting me but I pay attention to my mother.

"Gang?" Devon asks.

"There was a gang coming after her, that's how I got this." She points to her face. I cringe as I look at Devon who looks at her face, examining every detail. "She had to go to the middle of nowhere for a week..."

"Mother!" I say looking at her telling her to shut up.

"Was he not suppose to know?" She asks and I just look away. I don't think he knows where the house we went to was but then again Jacob could find where we were hiding so it wouldn't be impossible if he knew too.

"Don't worry, I already know where they went." He smiles at me, not even looking at my mother.

"Anyway what do you want to know?" I ask looking back to my mother who sits starting at us.

"Who came here and did that to you?" She asks as pain fills her eyes. She looks at my shoulder and I look down at the ground, ready you lie through my teeth.

"I came home for lunch then heard someone coming in through the door and went to see who it was thinking it was you. I saw them trying to take something off the table and tried to tackle them but he turned and grazed my arm with a knife then left." I say. "Then after I called Devon and he picked me up and brought me to a hospital then I stayed the night at his place."

"Was it the gang that did this to me?" She asked and I nod.

"Ya." I say.

"Can you just shorten all this up? I'm having problems thinking this through." She says and I nod as she rubs her hands through her hair.

"We went to the cabin because Jacob was forcing me to date him again and was hurting me. Steven and Brody decided it would be for the best to lay back. After a while, you called me and told me there was someone breaking into the house. Then somehow Jacob found out where we were hiding and came. He explained that he didn't do this to you so we were trying to find out who it was. Then he told us that he was forced into a gang, that's why he hurt me and they were coming after us. Because he quit the gang and they wanted him back.

"He got scared they would try and hurt me so he went back to the leaders house but accidently scratched his car, which pissed him off. He came looking for me but I wasn't here. This is when you got hurt because they couldn't find me and thought it was close enough. Brody left the cabin after a while not wanting to be with Jacob. Then Jacob and Steven got into a fist fight and we came back. Then yesterday I came home for lunch and that happened." I say and she nods.

"I will be back tomorrow." She gets up and I know I can't stop her. She needs to go drinking to forget all of this.

"Mom..."I try to say as she get sup to go to the bar.

"No. I need a drink. I will have my friend pick me up so I don't drive drunk." She said then grabs her keys and leaves. I look at Devon and shake my head.

"What?" He asks as I juts stand across the room looking at him.

"You are...just.." I keep shaking my head and he looks at me confused. "You expect me to forgive what you did to my mother?"

"No, I never said that. I didn't..." He try's to say.

"Cut the shit." I say. "Did you hurt my mom?"

"Yes, but not personally." He says and I just nod. I am never going to forgive him for this.

"Okay." I say looking at the ground. "I'm tired of lying to everyone."