Tina said to her mother as she walked over to the sofa. Both women sat face to face neither wanting to break the silence, both sat with fear of the words that where to be spoken.

“Tina i’m sorry, i’m so sorry for not beliveing you and for not being there for you, can you ever forgive me baby, i’m so so sorry, i know i messed up, i know i messed up big time and for the past 15 years i’ve done nothing but regret what i did, i should have been there for you and should have belived you. Part of me knew all along what you said was true, but i didn’t want to belive it. I couldn’t belive that anthing so horrible could happen to my baby girl, you have to know that the only reason i didn’t support you was because i couldn’t exept it. I couldn’t belive that it happened to you”

Monica sobbed as she spoke

“I know i was a bad mother i know that i spared my pain and ignored yours I know what i did was wrong. if i could go back and change everything i did i would, but i can’t i’m so so sorry Tina, i love you so much, not a day as gone by that i haven’t thought about you”

Monica approached her daughter and put her arms around her. Tina exepted the invitation and hugged her mother back, they both began to cry, they stayed in this tight embrace for a while. Tina took a deep breath and pulled herself away from a mother.

“Do you belive me now? i need to hear you say that you belive me”

“Of course i belive you, i did belive you then deep down, i just didn’t want to belive it”

“You made me dout myself, you made me feel so alone, i had no one to turn too, i wanted to die, i wished i had the courage to end it all and when i think of that it makes me so mad that you made me feel like that, you where my family, you all turned against me, because of that i wished my life was over. When i think of that i think of all the things that i would have missed out. Bette, Angelica, my friends”