Chapter 57
For a brief moment, everyone around me is silent, soaking up my words. The silence is short lived as I’m soon bombarded with questions.
“Your mother?” Kenji questions. I nod.
“Isn’t she dead?” Leo asks. I nod again.
“How is that possible?” Ryker queries.
“I—I don’t know,” I admit. How is it possible? She is supposed to be dead. Gigi’s told me since I was a child that she took her own life shortly after bringing me to her. Then again, there are many things about my life that Gigi had kept from me. Yet, I cannot grasp the thought that she would lie to me about my mother being dead. What’s the purpose of having me believe that?
“How didn’t you recognize her instantly?” Killian questions, looking at me suspiciously. I want to roll my eyes, I’ve done nothing but be honest an
