Chapter 13 I'd been locked up for a month . [ ] My battle with Lincoln Cohen continued . [ ] Yes , I couldn't even manage to call him Dad for appearance's sake anymore - I called him by his full name , Lincoln Cohen . ] As for him , he beat me even more viciously . Once I actually passed out . ] In that moment I thought I might die , and my real reaction was : What about Mom ? So after waking up that time , I stopped confronting Lincoln head - on . [ ] Whatever he said , I remained silent . Eventually he stopped coming . ] I was waiting - waiting for Mom to discover I'd dropped out , waiting for her to come rescue me . ] I realized I was wrong . I'd still overestimated Lincoln Cohen's humanity . What could you expect from a beast who abandoned his wife and daughter ? I should have stayed with Mom . ] I couldn't bear to imagine how much pain Mom would feel if I really died ! Quinn was an extremely contradictory person . Most of the time she was very cold toward me , watching with indifference as Lincoln beat me , scolded me , and imprisoned me . [ ] But she was also the one who brought me food , applied medicine to my wounds , and stayed by my side when I was unconscious . I asked her why she did this . She said : " You have a good mother . " Just one sentence , and I knew Mom had been fighting all along , just like me . [ ] Quinn's words put any heart at ease . ] After another half month , a group of people burst into the house , and I saw sunlight after so long . [ ] Mom charged in first , followed by all my subject teachers , including Mr. Sterling . Charlotte and Dante stood at the back of the crowd . jumping up and down trying to see me . ] There were also some unfamiliar faces in uniforms - even Dad could only act submissively in front of them . Tveryone I recognized started crying the moment they saw me . I tried my best to grin , wanting to tell them I was okay . ! ] Mum lield me tightly , the she was hotties Aver Just and recovered treasure , sobbing " We'll never be separated again , mother Chapter 13 and daughter . " [] I buried my face in Mom's embrace , thinking I'd just lean on her for a little while , just cry for a little while . [ ] Crying must be contagious - I went from quiet sniffling to loud sobbing , unable to stop , and finally cried myself unconscious . [ ] Many years later , after I'd achieved some success , when our " three musketeers " reunited , Dante and Charlotte still teased me about crying myself unconscious . [ ] It became an indelible piece of my silly history ! [ ] ( 0 ) ( 0 )