ARIA "Because your mother is dead," those words kept echoing in my head like an ugly nursery rhythm. I stood still, as reality sank in. My mother and I have never been close, not because I didn't love her but because I thought she deserved better and didn't have to put up with all the crap my dad made her go through. "Aria, say something, " Alex muttered, startling me back to the present. I glanced at my father's face to see any sort of remorse but found none. What the f**k! What the hell? What kind of father tells his daughter that her mother just died to make a point? What kind of father doesn't tell his daughter that her mother died? "Can I talk to my father alone?" I asked Alex while my glare was fixated on my father. "Are you sure Aria? this must be a lot for you, maybe yo

