ELENA'S POV;

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My past keeps haunting me. He mistreated me, abused me, called me worthless, and cursed my mum for leaving me with him. Why would she do such a thing? I was deprived of food, well healthy food because I ate the same dish each day, and sometimes I ate nothing at all. I was so lean, even Brianne told me with pity. She pitied me.

But even with all that, I still managed to put on a smile, every time in school as though nothing bad happened to me. And I'm so glad for the existence of make-up, it hides my pain and devastation from people. They...