Chapter 64

• Emerald continued. "Ultimately, I began believing my father's words. Everything pointed to my mother having an affair — her sudden standoffish nature, her avoiding the house, even avoiding me and soon enough, I started to feel betrayed by her as well.
• Her actions saddened me and I also began avoiding her. I stopped making efforts to talk to her and that made my father and I grow closer, so naturally, when the divorce happened, I chose my father over her. Her pleas and dejected expression still haunts me." She shut her eyes, trying to keep the burning sensation at the back of her throat, at bay.
• "When she had pled with me to come with her, I had told her that I hated her. I had shouted at her, telling her that I never wanted to see her again. Makes me wonder how she could still look at me today and not be revolted by me. If only I had listened to her, I—" Her sentence was cut off when a sob racked through her.