HANNA'S POV:
Stepping inside my old room was like nothing I wouldv'e expected. Everything was the same. Just the way I left it. Pictures of Caleb and I still on my old bedside table. My graphic pillows placed neatly on my bed. Has my mom been cleaning my empty room? There's not one dust particle in sight.
Having been gone for a year,it was hard stepping back into my old life. After the kidnapping,my mom was very hesitant on sending me away like I had asked her to. She hated the fact that I was so far away and she wouldn't get to see me everyday although she visited every second weekend. But she let me go because it was easier for me to just go through it on my own in my own space and have a clear mind. I had to decide what to do fast and I made the decision to just go away and come to terms with what was going on in my life.
Leaving the girls was one of the hardest things I had to do but worse was leaving Caleb behind. We talked on the phone but I eventually told him to live his life and not wait for me to come back. That it was for the best and he didn't have to understand what was happening to me. He always cared so much but springing my troubles on. him was not fair after all he did to protect me from A/Charles,even taking a bullet for one of my best friends. He deserved to have a fulfilling life without being trapped.
I sat on my bed,reminiscing about the day I made the decision to just up and leave my life for a year and return once I was settled with how the new me felt.
FLASHBACK
My mom stood with me,stunned,in the kitchen after coming from my regular appointments. How could this have happened to me was the only thought running through my head.
"Hanna,what do u want to do?" My mom gently sat me down.
"I'm going to deal with it and face it,I'm not getting rid of my problems that easily" I honestly replied.
"Okay so we are going to do this." My mom agreed.
"-u have to tell him though,Hanna."She added under her breath
"I can't I'll just have to stay with Grandma and in a year I'll return,I can't disturb his life like this. I will be okay on my own." I tried to convince my mom sternly.
She gave in with a simple "okay"
The next morning I was all packed up and on my way to my Grandma's in Tennessee.
"Hanna? Come down to eat" my mom yelled from downstairs snapping me back to reality.
"Sure I'll be there in a sec." I replied and got up.
I stopped in front of my bed room door,turned around to look at my life a year earlier,This was going to be a tough start to starting a new life in the place of where the past was not resolved.