I would be a hypocrite to say I didn't regret it. The guilt of leaving everyone hanging continued to bother me. However, I did it for her sake, for my sake, and for him as well. I knew he was targwtting me and my mother, and he was almost there. He was just waiting for the crucial evidence to send us both to prison, and I couldn't allow it to happen. Without me, as the only witness to the crimes, he wouldn't be able to charge my mother or to question me. I just had to vanish without a trace, theb, she would be okay. Was I being a coward? Probably, yes! However, she only had few years to live because of her illness. She tried to hide it from me but I saw her medical records when I searched for her second diary. Just another ten years, and I would ensure to pay for her sins. Yes, that was