Past Pain

“Is he good to you and his son?” her mom asked quietly.

Elena nodded, her eyes falling to her hands as her fingers played with her ring finger. She won't lie Talia’s words made her conscious of that.

“He had no hand in what his father did to us,” she said after a pause.

Her mother nodded slowly, watching her daughter with quiet understanding. “You’ve grown so much, Elena,” she said, her voice tre