Chapter 12: MaddieI couldn't move.I just stood there, staring between Camden and Ethan, trying to understand the words that had just destroyed everything I believed in.My mother.My mother didn't die in an accident?For years, that was the only thing I knew.The only story I was given.A rainy night.A car crash.A woman who left me behind.I grew up believing that was the reason my life became the way it was.But now, this stranger was standing in front of me, claiming everything was a lie.And the worst part?Camden wasn't denying it.My eyes slowly moved to him."Is it true?"My voice was barely a whisper.Camden's face changed.For the first time since I met him, he looked unsure.Not like the powerful man everyone feared.Just a man caught in a secret he had tried to bury."Maddie...""No."I shook my head."Don't call my name like everything is normal."His lips parted, but no words came out.That silence was my answer.My chest tightened."You knew?"The question left my m
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