“I’m scared to go home,” Hannah confessed.
“Why? I’m sure they have been really worried about you.” He was positive they would be overjoyed she was coming home.
“Before I left my parents had warned me not to go, but I didn’t listen.”
“You think they’ll blame you for what happened to you?” Ben guessed.
“If I had just listened none of this would have ever happened.”
Ben reached out and stroked her cheek. Hannah tensed at his touch and looked up at him with tears pooling her eyes. He wiped a lone tear that fell down her cheek. “Please don’t blame yourself. You couldn’t have known. Your parents love you and will just be thankful you are home. I’m sure your brothers will be ecstatic.”
Hannah didn’t feel as confident but didn’t want to contradict him. Her family had ingrained in her that O
