I gaped.
Legit gaped, with my mouth open like a fish's. I think I looked like a very, very stupid fish. But can you blame me?
"You were..." I searched my brain for words. "what?"
My expression must have been hilarious, because Katie--sorry, Kaden, smiled in wry amusement. I closed my mouth as he spoke. "Aiden found my mom on the streets. She was struggling to provide for both of us, but we were a team. She and I stuck together. Then came Aiden.
"She was doing some rich guy's dirty work on the streets with me when Aiden showed up. He took a look at me and then started offering my mom work. She, of course, took up his offer immediately. The next thing I knew, we were in a hotel and eating like royalty. It was perfect. We had actual beds instead of the crappy old blankets we called mattre
