25. Epilogue

"You don't get to just disappear for two years and come back expecting everything to be the way it was. So tell me, Maya, where were you?"

Wyatt was charged as guilty on two accounts of abuse and was sentenced to however many years he was given – the day was too much of a blur for Maya to take in anything.

Although it took a while to crack her, Elizabeth finally managed to get her to crack and talk about how she was feeling deep down. But if there was one thing Maya was thankful for, was her true feelings about the situation.

The whole way home, she hadn't really been with it. She was going back and forth to the appointments on her own, so she didn't have anyone pestering her about what was wrong.

She knew her mother was at Topanga's but she needed to talk to her before she lost the little confidence she had. So as she entered the bakery, she ignored anyone else around her once she noticed the blonde woman behind the counter.

Approaching her, she placed both hands on the counter, leaning forward slightly, "Mom, can we talk?"

Katy turned to look at her daughter, noticing the look on her face before placing the rag in her hand down, "Sure, what is it?"

Maya quickly checked either side of her, to make sure there was no one there before continuing, "Dr. Elizabeth made me realise something today." At the pointed look from Katy, she continued, "I'm angry at you."

She didn't say anything as she watched her mother not know how to react to watch she had just said. Katy was about to say something but Maya cut in over her, "I think I'm angry at you because you let that man into our lives."

"But I know you didn't know that he was going to turn out like that. You didn't know he was an alcoholic and abusive. And then it got too far deep for us to get out of it so we had to stick it out. For two years, my life was a living hell and all I wanted to do was get out of it. I never thought that we would be able to, but we did and we're here and we're alive."

"I mean look at us now, we're back in New York, we're back with the ones who care most about us and there's a guy that really loves you and cares for you and cares for me. Because if he didn't, he wouldn't have done everything he has for us."

She paused for a moment, scanning her mother's face for a reaction before finally ending on, "So I was angry at you. But I'm not anymore. Because we've got to stick together."

Coming around the counter, Katy wrapped her arms around her daughter's shoulder, holding her closely to her.

There was good days and bad days, because nothing really goes away forever, but for once in Maya Penelope Hart's life, things were going well. And maybe one day she could look back on the past and see how far she had come from the worst years of her life.

This was such a disappointing ending, honestly, I'm so sorry. I tried to write something 100x better but I couldn't pull it out of me. I think it's because I've never wrote anything over twenty chapters before and I was forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel to give you this crappy epilogue. I know I said one more chapter and then an epilogue but I couldn't physically write it and I am so, so, so sorry :( Uh, yeah, so I don't expect any reviews on this at all tbh, haha. But in the unlikely case we hit 300 reviews, thank you so much, but for whatever amount we hit, THANK YOU GUYS SO SO MUCH FOR USING YOUR PRECIOUS TIME TO READ THIS STORY AND FAVOURITE, FOLLOW AND REVIEW IT! I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU GUYS!

Alright, now onto my next story;

One Hundred and Sixty-Eight Hours – It took five minutes for her to disappear and a hundred and sixty-eight hours to bring her back. But what happened in those crucial seven days?

Oh yeah, that's the summary and I'll hopefully have the first chapter up within 24 hours, fingers crossed. Make sure to keep your eyes peeled for that one. And for one final time, peace out guys, see you next time xo