Briar POV
I pull my mother into my arms and she sobs. I look at Derek and I can see rage burning in his eyes. I can't imagine the pain she is feeling. I know whatever she felt for Trey is gone, but it doesn't change all that he has done to her in the past. She pulls back, and I hate the pain I see in her eyes. "I'll be alright Briar. I just hate that I was so stupid. That I wasted so much time with a man that never cared about me." "You're not stupid Louise. It is not stupid to expect decency from another person, especially the one that promised to stand by your side," Derek says. My mother smiles at him and then at me, but it doesn't reach her eyes.
"I'm going to go to my house. I just need to be alone for a while," my mom says. "Are you sure mom? You could just stay here in one of the
