Unfinished Business

Tears blurred Delphinia's vision, but she furiously rubbed them away with the back of her hand. She refused to let them fall. Not for him. Not for that man who had lied to her for years. Her hands trembled slightly as she clenched them into fists in her lap, her nails digging into her palms. The silence in the car was thick, but she could feel Mr. Andrews' concerned gaze flickering to her through the rearview mirror every now and then. She ignored it. 

How dare her father hide the truth from her? How dare he twist it so that she lived her entire life believing she was the reason her mother had died? When all along, he was the one who had betrayed her mother? He had torn their family apart, not her. And yet, he had let her carry that guilt all these years, weighing her down like a chain wrapped tightly around her neck. It made her stomach churn with rage.