LENA'S 

"No. It didn't work."

"Because you're not the scared girl he trained you to be anymore. You're someone else now. Someone stronger. Someone who doesn't shake when he threatens you."

I opened my eyes and looked at my mother's headstone.

"She would have been proud too," I said quietly. "Mom. If she could see me now. Standing up to Dad. Not shaking. Finally telling the truth about what happened."

"I think she'd be very proud."

We sat there on the grass beside Sophia Carter's grave while Manhattan moved around us in the distance.

"Thank you for coming," I said finally.

"Thank you for calling me." Julian helped me to...