Page 48 of For Love & Torture
Jenny shakes her head. “I don’t know. I just know I think it’s a good idea too. We could find out if she had something wrong with her and we could get a specialist to check out the cut on her wrist. If they can verify that the wound was self-inflicted, then we can see about getting Dad out of prison and get him to somewhere that can help him.”
“He’s not the same man,” I let her know. “He’s a shell of his former self. Nearly unrecognizable. I’m not sure if anyone could actually help him.”
“You have to try,” Bell tells me.
Everyone is looking at me. As if I’m the only one who can set this plan in motion. The weight is on my shoulders. Normally, it would be too much to bear, and I’d leave.
Maybe I should do just that.
A hand closes around mine, and I look to see Bell holding it firmly, her wide eyes trained on me. “Tell your mother you will do all you can for your father. That’s what she wants. She wants you to help him.”
My heart is pounding as if I’ve just run a mile. Although I see no way my father will ever be the same, I say what my mother wants to hear. “I’ll do everything I can to help Dad, Mom. I promise.”
The lights come back on, and the cold has left the air. Mom has gotten her way, but now how the hell am I going to do everything I said I would?
