Elena
We move inside the house, tension follows us like a dark cloud. My mother clings to my hand, all I want to do is cut of my own hand. Rid it of her touch. All I keep replaying are the moments leading up to her betrayal. What was real? What wasn't. Was Alexi in on this? Impossible, mom tried to kill my brother too.
Thinking about all this exhausts me.
My mother's grip tightens. "Andy, please. We can't-"
"We can't what, Margaret?" My father's voice rises. "Keep lying? Keep pretending? You betrayed us all by keeping that secret all these years! You think I'm going to board this boat of madness? This selfishness."
My mother lets go of me, stepping towards my father. "I did what I had to do to protect our family!"
"Protect us?" My father scoffs. "Or protect your real family? Your sis
