Elaine POV
“I didn’t think meeting the parents would be this nerve-wracking,” Azaire said.
I giggled. “You didn’t feel that way when you met my Dad, though.”
“Your Dad’s a dick.”
I sighed and stared at the spot in my palm where he cut me and made a blood promise. He was something alright. I couldn’t believe the extent of his cruelty. Azaire and I have been driving for hours. Gail lived a couple of hours away. I felt weird about showing up like this. We didn’t make plans to speak again, we barely spoke that night. She couldn’t believe I was dead.
I had so many questions but she was in the dark like me. Where was I for six years before my Dad brought me to live with him? Is Isaura my Dad’s daughter? She didn’t call him Dad, but if Laiken was capable of stealing a baby, then he could mak
