CHAPTER 18

  I slowly turned around and locked eyes with James. My eyes wide in disbelief. James was holding his drink with on hand and the other hand tucked in to his pant pocket. When my mother spoke the last sentence, James took the glass up to his lips, never breaking eye contact with me. Alex leaned over his shoulder and whispered something in his ear.

  ” You sold me…before I was even born…you sold your daughter” I was heaving, my voice coming out as quiet as ever, not able to speak any louder, my voice broken and weak. I felt like I was about to collapse right there and then.

  ” You were never my daughter,” her voice held such honesty that I felt my entire being shatter within me.