April's POV
I stood there, frozen, my mind reeling from Regina's words. "What...what did you just say?" I stuttered, my voice barely audible.
Regina's hands reached out, but I jerked back, my eyes wide with shock.
"You're...you're my mother?" I repeated, the words tasting like acid on my tongue.
Regina's face contorted in a mix of sadness and longing. "April, please, calm down. It's a long story."
A long story? Was she kidding me?
My entire life, I'd thought I was an orphan. No family, no one to care for me. And now, this stranger, this woman who claimed to be my mother, was telling me that my parents were alive?
A storm of emotions erupted inside me. Anger, pain, confusion, and betrayal swirled together, making my head spin.
"How...how could you?" I demanded, my voice rising. "Wh
