Helena's P.O.V.

"Helena?" hearing my mom open the door to my bedroom after she knocks, I turn around to look at her.

"Yes, mami?"

Walking in she stops behind me placing her chin on my shoulder since I am facing the full-length mirror. "Are you going out?" She asks staring at me through the mirror.

Sighing I nod. "Yeah. Kane is picking me up to go to a party."

"Hmm, I see. So, Kane and you...?" She draws out cocking her brow in question.

Looking down I feel her hands on my shoulders slowly turning me around. "It is alright if you are dating someone new after you and Ethan broke up. It happens Helena." Yeah, if she only knew that what we consider 'dating', is something totally different to Kane. He just does not simply 'date'.

"It is not that mom. It is just --." Passing her I make my way to sit on my bed.

"What is it sweety? Are you and Kane not dating?"

"It is -- complicated." Managing to say. It is not really a lie.

"Complicated? How so?" Sitting next to me facing me now.

"I -- he..."

"You? Him? What Helena? Does he not want to have a commitment?" My eyes narrow at her question.

"What?" Exclaiming. Kane does not do 'commitment'. He does "Do as I say if not you will be punished." Or I can kill the people you love". I had no choice in being with him. He could have at least asked me to be his girlfriend. Not that I wanted him to...

"Is he wanting to see other girls?"

I stare at my mom like she has two heads. "Other girls? I do not think so mom. He wants me, only me." Whispering the last part, I stand up.

There is silence for a few seconds. "I take it you do not want to be..." It is more of a statement.

Turning around I nod.

"...and I take it that he does not take no for an answer?"

Nodding my head yes again this time she sighs. "Come here hon." Patting the mattress next to her so I can sit.

Sitting down next to her she takes my hands in hers. "Let me tell you something that I have not told you."

"You know that your dad and I knew each other in school. Right?"

"You dated." Knowing how they met while in high school.

"Right, for a while until I broke up with him. But I never told you the real reason why."

"You told me because he was too immature."

"Yes, but that was not the only reason." Her frown makes me curious.

"Okay."

"I was about sixteen when your dad and I started dating as you may know. He was so cute and such a bad boy back then. A lot of girls wanted to be with him and when he took an interest in me. Well, I was over the moon that a guy like him would like a good girl like me." Thinking back at the memory my mom smiles.

"Anyways, we started dating and everything was good at first. Until..." Taking a deep breath she continues.

"... your dad was a very jealous and possessive guy. It started with always wanting to know where I was and who I was with. Then it would be telling me what I should and should not wear to always wanting me to be with him. I thought it was sweet at first, you know, him caring so much about me that he would be like that. But then he would want to fight every and any guy who would look or try to speak to me. Even got into a few fights while we were out. I would get so upset at him that he would promise not to do it again. Until he would, and it got worse."

"Worse? How so?" Asking as I never knew this side of my dad. I have never even heard him raise his voice at my mom or me.

"Well, he became abusive. At first it was subtle, calling me names and if he did not like what I wore, he would call me a slut if he thought it was too revealing. Then when he would get upset, he would grab me a bit too hard leaving me bruises where he gripped me. He even slapped me a few times because I tried leaving him."

"Oh mami." Hugging her tightly, a few tears even escaping my eyes. My heart breaking for my mom.

"We never told you because -- because your father is not the same man, he was back all those years ago Helena. He is so ashamed of how he was and how he treated me that he felt that if you knew, you would not see him the same and would not want to be his princesa anymore. He loves you so much Helena, we both do. Can you forgive us?" Pleading I hear her sobbing.

Confused I pull away. "Forgive you? For what mom? You did nothing wrong and papi, I have never seen that side of him. Thank God he is not like that now. Right?"

"Oh God no Helena. He is not. Your father made amends with what he did to me and even went to therapy for his anger issues." She says with a small smile.

"That is great. Can I ask you something mami?"

"Anything my beautiful girl."

"Did -- did papi ever tell you what made him be like that? You know, so possessive?" Maybe it will help me figure out why Kane acts the way he does.

"Well, his upbringing was not the best. Your grandfather, his father and grandfather were both alcoholics and very abusive so that is all your father ever saw growing up. Not that it was an excuse for him to treat me like that, it is just that he did not have a good role model that would show him how to treat a female. Being aggressive and abusive is all he knew until I broke things off with him. It made him realize that I was not going to be his punching bag and I was worth so much more than the horrible names he used to call me. Something in his brain clicked and he himself decided to seek help."

"A year later he begged me for forgiveness and for another chance, but I made his ass prove to me for over a year that he really did change. We started fresh by becoming friends for a few months really getting to know one another again. For a few years we dated then proposed to me, marrying a year later."

Sitting there I take in what my mom just revealed to me. I always thought my mom and dad were perfect since they were always so loving to one another and did not argue. You just never know what a person is really keeping inside. Just like I have been with Kane.

"Mom, did -- did you ever worry that dad might ever go back to his old ways?"

"I am not going to lie to you Helena. It was always in the back of my mind when we got back together. My friends thought that I was crazy to give him another chance after I put up with his abusive ways for a long time. Except I knew another side of your father that no one else did. Though he mistreated me, and I forgave him, he knew that the moment I felt like he was going back to his old ways I would be gone."

"That terrified him since I knew how much he loved me and depended on me to keep him in line. For some reason I was the one he trusted. He would seek me out because he saw something in me that could help him change. He admitted it to me after and even today he still tells me how I am his savior." Smiling at me genuinely.

So, my dad thought that my mom could help him become a better person? Hmm, interesting.

"Helena?"

"Yes mom?" Looking at her.

"I do not know how Kane is or how he treats you. I pray that he is treating you the way you deserve to be treated and I pray that you can tell your father and I if he is not." If only they knew.

"Like I just told you, I know what it feels to be infatuated with a bad boy. To be so caught up with the feeling of being wanted by him that you are blinded by his intent to control you because he cannot control himself. So many girls think that if a guy is jealous or possessive that they love or care about them. There is an extent to it, but sometimes it is just plain insecurities that they have. A man and even a woman should never treat their significant other like a possession or be verbally and physically abusive just so they can feel superior. Love should never hurt. It should make you feel happy and that is what I want for you Helena. To be happy with whomever you end up with."

Staring at my mom I know it is my chance to tell her the whole truth about Kane and how I ended up being with him.

"I need to tell you something mami." Finally finding the courage to tell her my ordeal until I hear my father calling me from downstairs.

"Helena! Your date is here."

Great, Kane is here.

"What do you need to tell me sweety?" my mom presses on and in her eyes, I know she knows what I want to tell her.

"Umm, I will tell you later. I gotta go." Giving her a small smile then a huge hug. "I love you mami, and I so look up to you, and papi."

She hugs me back just as tightly. "I love you too mija, so, so much. You know you can tell me anything." Her eyes search mine hoping I will tell her.

"I know and I will." Nodding my head to reassure her.

For a brief second, she stands there staring into my eyes in thought then takes a step back. "I know you will, eventually. Alright, Kane is waiting." Faking a smile.

Grabbing my jacket and my things I make my way downstairs behind my mom. Reaching the bottom step, I turn the corner to see a smirking -- Donovan?

A/N: 05/16/2016

Hello my dears. Hope you all had a great weekend...I know I did. 

I decided to update since I had time and don't know when I could next time, have a very busy week ahead of me.

Helena's mom revealed to her that her father was abusive when they first started dating as teenagers. Do you think there was a reason her mom revealed that information? Does she suspect that Helena is going through the same with Kane? Will Helena finally tell her...and why did Donovan show up to pick her up instead of Kane?

Thanks for Reading, Voting and Commenting. Bye Bye...281k views, YAY!