Chapter 27. Under House Arrest with Him

"You think it's that easy for me to return? My parents sent me away like I was an unwanted piece of shit. They didn't want me. They hated me despite everything that I did for them. I was in love with you. I was young and disillusioned. Maybe that's why I might have been too carried away. My marks were bad, but they could have spoken to me. They could have just slapped me. Why did they have to drive me away? Their decision shattered my self-respect. My grandparents judged me for two years. They called me names and compared me to my cousins. They made me feel like the shit that I actually was. I moved away and started living alone when I turned eighteen. You don't know how difficult it has been for me. I refuse to return to people who don't give a shit about me," she told him, getting up with her plate to the kitchen. Denver sat thinking about what she had just told him. Of course, he understood her pain, but what else was there to be done? He left the topic for the time being. She was u