“How dare you?” Her mom cried. “After all that I’ve done for you! I’ve taken care of you for more than 17 years!”

“Well, you didn’t do very well! And when you married Dane he was all you cared about! You didn’t even care that he was hurting me. You lied to cops to save him!”

“He’s my husband!”

“I’m your daughter!” Renee screamed.

“Do not scream at me young lady!” Then she slapped her.

Renee was taken by surprise. This was much more violent than before. He made her stumble backwards. She slipped on water that had been spilled onto the floor. She flew backwards. Then she heard a loud “snap!”. As she lay on the floor her mother yelled at her to get up. Renee couldn’t move. She might have even stopped breathing. She was overwhelmed. There was a sharp pain and she felt a warm liquid flowing down the side of her head and neck. She started coughing and blood came up with it. Then it happened. Her heart started going crazy. She was clutching her chest now. The last thing she saw was her mother’s worried face.