Hayden 

"when c..can I leave? "

"we've already been through this before,  and I won't say it again, you aren't leaving! " I grounded out more harshly than I intended to. 

She flinched a little, I noticed she does  that a lot lately , even at the  slightest of my touch.

Her lower lips trembled as she blinked back tears

I stared at her for a while , she looked so small, fragile and innocent for all the shit that's happened to her . Shits that were caused by me 

She was ...