Chapter 229: The Truth
Edrick

I stayed up almost all night thinking about things.

Moana was right about Ella needing to know the truth about her mother. Especially if bad things were about to happen, I felt as though I needed to finally tell her everything. And besides, Moana was angry with me; maybe this would remind her that I wasn’t all that bad, and that I was trying my best.

“Ella, can you come here, please?”

Ella sighed and pushed her chair back, causing it to scrape against the floor in an unpleasant way. She was upset with me, too, because she didn’t understand why we had to leave the penthouse so suddenly. But nonetheless, she came over to me and sat in my lap.

I caught a glimpse of Moana standing in the kitchen. Her green eyes met mine, and as I held Ella, I saw them soften as they looked at the two of us.

“Ella, there’s something that I haven’t told you. And I think you deserve to know the truth.”

“What is it?” Ella asked, looking up at me with a pout on her face.

I took a sharp breath. I wasn’t mentally prepared to have this conversation, but it needed to be done.

seemed as though she didn’t want to make it too obvious that she was listening, but if I was being honest, I wanted her here by my side

was getting impatient, and looked up at me

mom… She isn’t dead. Actually, she’s alive. The reason why I told you all this time that your mom isn’t alive anymore is because she isn’t very nice. See, when you were

“Really?”

She doesn’t feel things the way the rest of us do.

my eye standing in the kitchen doorway, but I could see Selina and the

But I kept going.

money and a fancy life, I decided to send her away. That’s why it was always just you and me. I’m sorry

don’t

felt my eyes go a little wide at Ella’s wise words, and I nodded. “That’s exactly it. When you’re little, like you are, you think that you’ll have everything figured out when you grow up. But you never do, because that’s just

heard a sniff from the doorway, and looked up to see Selina dabbing at her eyes with her apron and scurrying away. Moana, however, stood steadfast and just looked

“Daddy?” Ella finally asked.

“Yes, Princess?”

think I already sort of knew

felt my eyes go even wider. “What are

I had a dream that you and my real mommy were fighting, and you told her to leave and not come back and hurt

was exactly what I had said

Just take this money, and get out! I don’t want you

felt my heart practically stop, and all I could do was look in shock up at Moana,

all, and it seemed now that she had the ability of Hindsight,

like that. But maybe, when she was older, it would manifest more

But I kept going.

a fancy life, I decided to send her

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