Bella:

Breakfast was calm and nice-a little too nice for my liking. Saying this would make one think I was a sucker for pain, but I was only scared. Being with my mother seemed peaceful, something I would never have dreamed of, and I hated the fact that this was supposedly my safe space. Aside from spending my entire life thinking she hated me, something about the calmness seemed off, as though someone or something was waiting for me to relax in my comfort before knocking it away, ...