Bonds

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

-Maya POV-

The world seemed to tilt on its axis. A million conflicting emotions warred within me: anger, resentment, guilt, fear, and an unexpected pang of grief.

She was more like a trophy wife to Daniel Stone but the fact still remained-she was my mother.

Natalia placed a comforting hand on my arm, her presence grounding me in the midst of the emotional maelstrom. Tears welled up in my eyes, blurring my vision, but I blinked them back, refusing to crumble.

“Where is she?” I demanded, my voice surprisingly steady.

He gave me the name of the hospital, and before I could even process the information, I was already pushing the call to end. Natalia helped me gather my things, moving with urgency yet understanding

“I’ll watch the kids,” she promised, her voice firm and reassuring. “Go, be with your mother.”

I didn’t need to be told twice. With a quick hug of gratitude, I rushed out, my mind racing, my heart pounding a frantic rhythm against my ribs.

Would I get to say goodbye?

skidded to a stop at the reception desk. My breaths were coming

down. “My mother was in an accident. She was brought here. Victoria Stone. I need to

smile and eyes that held no warmth, scanned my

dismissive.

registering her attitude. With a mumbled “thank you,” I tore through

me stopped me in my tracks. There, on a sofa, sat my mother, a magazine casually draped across her lap,

on here?” The words seemed to rip from my throat, raw and laced with disbelief. “You told me she was

genuine concern “Amaya,” he

my voice rising

in that silent exchange, I saw a flash

it further, my father’s

thrusting a document

stunned by the abruptness of his

to repeat myself, Amaya?” His voice grew sharper, laced

You seriously lied! To get me to come

Chapter 14

the paper, the starkness of the white contrasting the vivid red blooming on my

My voice, barely a whisper, echoed in the sterile silence. “Why do

a loaded accusation. I yearned to unleash the oriental frustration and hurt that had fostered within me for years, but something held me back. Perhaps it was the vulnerability flickering

stretched,

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