Rhyder's POV.
"Thank you so much for doing this, Rhyder. You have no idea how much this means to me."
I let out a weighted sigh, unable to fully look my mother in the eye.
"You don't have to thank me. I should have gone after him a long time ago - I never should have shunned him in the first place."
I forced myself to look at her - forced myself to face the pain and the look of disappointment in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry for what I've done. To both of you. Neither one of you deserved my wrath. I had no right to take it out on the two of you..."
I took her hands in mine. My voice heavy with unspoken emotion.
"You and father have only ever been good to me. And I threw your love back in your faces - stepped on it and treated you both like dirt..."
I looked away from her again, swallowin
