"I believe everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things can fall together."
-Marilyn Monroe
POV: Stella
I wake up feeling like I was run over by a truck. Mom did a real number on me last night. She kept to her word. When dinner was over Ryder showed me to my room. He didn't want me to get lost again. It wasn't long after Mom came to my room. She dragged me to the bathroom and held my head over the toilet as she shoved two of her fingers down my throat causing me to vomit everything I had eaten that day. When she was done making me vomit, she choked me until I was dizzy and could hardly keep my
