“I would do anything to take away even half of what you feel. It makes me insane to think about you as a helpless little girl listening to your mom get beat and your dad scream. It makes me want to puke at the last memory you have of her. And now someone is trying to take away the life you fought for. And for what?” he asked, turning his eyes up. “You don’t deserve this, Madison. None of it. I know you’re a little fighter, but I wish you didn’t have to be. I wish I could find who’s doing this and make them pay. I wish I could take away all the hurt and trauma you have to live with. I wish I
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