"Stop it, Lia, you're hurting your mother!"
Lia was struck still by that announcement. She turned around to see her mom bawling her eyes out like a little kid as blood flowed from her nose with swollen eyes and busted lips.
"Oh my God!" Lia gasped, shaking her head in disbelief "What have I done?" Had she done that to her mother? How was that possible?
Her hands shook uncontrollably, she had hurt her mother? God damnit! She had hurt her mother!
Lia turned in the direction of her mother, "Mom, I'm so sorry," the girl tried to touch her but her mother shrieked in horror once again.
"No, don't touch me! Monster! Monster!" Jenny screamed, crawling away on all fours which broke Lia's heart.
The anger refueled her veins once again. Lia sprang on Raphael, grabbed him by the collar, pulled back her hand, prepared to punch the daylight out of him when he reminded her with a self-satisfied smirk.
