77. Dante

(She's not your real mother)

I let the words play in my head over and over again. The moment Leo says them, I know he's not saying that to piss me off or hurt me. It's the truth. I don't want it to be but it is. Everything she did would make sense if she was not my mother. Walking away from me, not caring about what happened, the shocked expression on her face when I showed up at her doorstep. She thought I was dead. It makes so much sense that she just continued living her life without a care in the world. But I have to be a hundred percent sure first. So I request a DNA test. Then find a way to make time fly before I get the results. The lab told me they'd be out in a day. How many hours are there in a day anyway?

I can't believe I never suspected it. Not even once. Emiliana told me she was could try and get along with her for my sake. Because she loves me. I think a mother would have made the same effort. The fact that Gisella didn't care about it should