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Chapter 10:
Later that evening Libby stood in the bathroom alone. She had put Olly into bed and reassured him everything was going to be ok even though she didn't believe it herself anymore but she had to be strong for him.
Looking in the mirror Libby could already see a bruise forming on her cheek, a scratch on top of it from her Mum's finger nail. She winced as she glided her finger over it. She had no idea how she was going to hide this at school the following day and that she was bound to get questioned.
Once she was finished in the bathroom Libby went to her bedroom and laid in bed staring up at the ceiling. She knew she wouldn't be able to get to sleep. She was too scared about what her Mum would do when she gets back in. She glanced at the clock and saw it was 1am. She had to get up in 5 hours.
Flicking her light on Libby glanced over at her calendar and sighed slightly when she realised that she had an exam free day. At least that was one less thing to worry about. Looking at the following day she saw that was the day of her English exam. She decided whilst she was awake she might as well do something productive and got out her revision books and a notepad and pen and started making notes.
At 6am the room filled with the familiar beeping of Libby's alarm clock as she groggily rolled over to turn it off. As she rubbed her eyes and sat up she saw her bed covered with sheets of paper and text books and remembered that she tried to do some revision but must have fallen asleep. She clumsily collected everything together and shoved it in the corner of her room, gathered what she needed to get ready and headed to the bathroom.
Once she was ready she once again went downstairs to make herself and Olly breakfast when she realised that she hadn't heard her Mum come last night. Putting the almost empty cereal box back in the cupboard she made her way upstairs and looked at the door to her Mum's room. It was pulled closed so Libby couldn't see in whether or not she was there. She quietly creeped over and gently knocked on the door but as expected there was no response. Even if her Mum was in there she would be too asleep to answer. Pushing down the handle she gently opened the door a crack and peered her head round to find the room completely empty.
As Libby backed out of the doorway it dawned on her that her Mum hadn't been home since she left last night. She had never done that before. She had no idea where she was or whether she was ok. She knew after what had happened last night that she shouldn't care but she was still her Mum and she stilled loved her.
After getting Olly up and dressed she left him at the table eating breakfast and decided to try and call her Mum. She listened as the phone rang and rang until it got to voicemail and Libby stood there deciding whether to leave her a message but once the beep was heard she decided to hang up. She had no idea what she would say and she knew her Mum wouldn't care what she had to say anyways. Instead she carried on with her normal routine of getting herself and Olly ready for school.