ZAIA. I stare at him trying to process everything he has just told me. My mind and emotions are wreaking havoc within me. How is this possible?
How could Mom do this?
How could she lie to me like this?
Annette is Mom’s sister?
I’m conflicted, but it’s clear he is not lying. There is so much to take in, including the fact that Annalise and I are not sisters but cousins. It’s our moms who are half-sisters, something even Mom doesn’t know.
This is a mess. First, I learn I have a brother, then I learn Dad had a brother, followed by me learning that Annalise is not my sister and that Annette is Mom’s sister.
That’s… confusing. But more than that is the fact that Mom cheated. I am unable to process how she always portrayed herself as the one being cheated on.
She genuinely looked the part too… I had seen her sadness and her struggle so many times. It’s not possible, I mean I believe Dad but is there a possibility it’s a lie? A misconception or maybe even a trick?
I’ve seen the raw pain Mom’s been in…. the sadness at the fact Annette stole her mate. That can’t be faked, can it?
Only a terrifyingly good actress could put up such an act for so many years. There’s got to be more to it!
She told me when I was old enough that it had broken her, realising Dad had cheated on her and wanted to be with his mistress. Why would she do that and break down into tears?
the last few years, and even now I feel we
pain I feel for him. I love him and I want him to know
and I smile gently.
you recover from betrayal
me of his usual
so heartbroken with you cheating on her. Is there a
looks sad as he shrugs slightly. ” Maybe there’s a misunderstanding?” “No, it was definitely her, I saw her clearly, unless there is
seems so sure. “I see…
the truth of Adam being brought to light.” He says quietly. I get it… that could put Dad in
“I understand…”
but until all this mess with the
thought occurring to me. “I have a plan …I can do this without mentioning you. “Zaia, what
truth from her… a part of me doesn’t want to believe this… but a part of me also wants to see her reaction when I question her about it. If there’s even a ray of hope that maybe, just maybe, something is untrue in this entire situation – something that was perhaps overlooked – then I want
a note to myself… with this information… something I will open in front of Mom, I want to see her reaction when I show it to her. It’s safe and believable, these people have pictures and things on both Sebastian and I, it will
that is what you want, and if that’s what you need to
life I’ve been told by mom that you cheated… you never denied it and I always blamed you for that… but to learn that it was not you but Mom who
that won’t change, Zaia. Are you certain you want to do this now?” he asks. “I don’t want it to cause issues between you.
you allow me to
pressurise him when I promised him whatever he told me will not leave this room, but I am also warmed by his words in defence of Mom. How can your views and respect for a
over it before he nods
looks tired, and I know he needs a good night’s rest, I think we both
sure there’s more to
stand up and offer him my hands. ” Come, let’s go home,
as that sounds, I need to go home, Annette and I have already argued.” He says with a heavy sigh. I frown,
blackmailed like this. I brush my tears away and fix my top, hoping
It’s my
guards had written up. Gaspard observes me for a moment
on duty, anyway. Only when the door shuts, do I tell the driver to take me home. One of my guards sits in the
hand, I flip through them. Annette has gone as far
sky out of the window. I need to comb through the guards and pack members and find out if there are others she’s blackmailed
just need to have more solid backing. Mom’s family knew about the Blood Born, which means there’s a chance that maybe
Mom never knew she was her sister … is it from Mom’s maternal or paternal side? Ah, so many
I lean back against the leather seat,
Mom and Annette’s history…
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