Chương 20 - The Day Teresa Went Home
Teresa's mother had been worried about her for months.
So Teresa took a week away from the estate.
She went home.
Her mother hugged her the moment she walked through the door.
“You look different.”
Teresa smiled.
“I feel different.”
“Better?”
“Yes.”
“Stronger?”
Teresa thought about it.
“Yes.”
Her mother touched her face.
“What happened?”
Teresa sat beside her.
“Someone tried to make me believe I was worthless.”
“And?”
“I believed them for a little while.”
Her mother's eyes filled with tears.
“But not anymore?”
Teresa shook her head.
“No.”
That night, Teresa slept peacefully for the first time since the attack.
When she returned to the estate, she carried something with her.
A framed photograph of her parents.
She placed it in her office.
David noticed.
“Family?”
“My parents.”
“They look proud.”
“They are.”
She smiled.
“And so am I.”
David looked at her.
He realized she no longer looked like the frightened woman tied to the marble column.
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She looked like someone who had finally come home to herself.
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