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My heart broke when I saw how Maezy treated her mother. After threatening to report her to the police, Nag Zabeth bolted away faster than a flash of lightning. My shoulders also drooped in frustration, but I swore I wouldn't stop until I get what I want.

I could have asked my parents directly about it, but I didn't want to. I wanted to blast their minds with the news that I had already discovered their secret. I never felt bad at them -- and what right did I have if I would? They picked me up from wherever I was and loved me as their own. My only wish was to know why my mother gave me to someone else.

"I don't want you to talk to my mother because you will only confuse her," Maezy's voice broke into my thoughts.

I got startled. I didn't expect she was still there because my attention was on Nang Zabeth, who fled before me.

"I don't understand," I said, giving her a smirk afterward. "Why would I confuse her?"

She got tongue-tied for a while, throwin