veryone to see, her hand trembling with feigned emotion. It was a picture of a much younger woman, unmista

ringing with false authority. "The day my son w

ed pale, his usually calm demeanor shattered. He

lence, launching into h

a girl like me. When I found out I was pregnant, he panicked. He paid me to disappear, promised he would make

mpathy and create doubt. The guests began to whisper amongst themselves, their faces a mixture of shock and morbid cu

er story becoming more elaborate. "I was young and scared. I took the money. But not a day

e to Liam, her expression meltin

me. Look into your mother' s eyes. Can' t you feel

it was disgusting. She was trying to weaponize a moth

. His face was har

fired from our home. My mother is standing right over there." He gestured to Lisa, whose face

the eye, his voice resona

lly certified one. Then we' ll