Chapter 42: Dark Legacy

My vision spun and I backed up into the wall. "No, that's not true." Mom's name was Agnes and she didn't have a sister, much less a twin. "She would have told me...I'd have known."

Professor Daniels shook his head and put away his phone in his blazer's pocket. "I thought you were ready for the truth, Zoey, I was wrong. My apologies."

"Is that all you have to say?" I choked out. "You come here and wreck my world telling me made up stories?"

"I haven't lied to you. Agnes raised you after your mom, Alice, gave birth to you."

"Why?" I leaned against the wall, hoping it could help hold me up when it felt like my entire world was spinning out of control. "Why wouldn't she tell me all of this?"