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Chapter 56: I Want To End It All

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last update Last Updated: 2025-04-11 02:51:12

LANA

I knew he was hurt and disappointed, and I didn’t want him to meet my mother for reasons I couldn’t quite articulate. Taking a deep breath, I opened the ward door to find my mother cutting an orange.

"Lana!" she beamed at me.

A wave of disgust washed over me. Her smile wasn’t for me; it was because my biological father was back in her life.

"When were you going to tell me, Mom?" I asked, my voice shaky before I even realized it.

Her expression shifted to confusion. "What are you saying, Lana?"

Tears brimmed in my eyes, and I fought to keep them at bay. I refused to give her the satisfaction of seeing me cry. I wiped my eyes and glared at her. "You know what I mean. Stop trying to fool me. He’s the reason you’re in the hospital, right? He’s why you’ve been acting so strange, right? And now you’re trying to be a good mother?"

My voice cracked as I finished my tirade, and the weight of my hurt felt like a tight band around my chest.

For three long minutes, she sat in silence, her ey
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