Chapter 153. Silent Room

Alexander’s POV

I stand there. Frozen.

My legs won’t move, and my thoughts feel like a jumbled, tangled mess that refuses to settle. I can’t even feel the weight of the door closing behind the officers—can’t feel anything, really. Just the echo of their voices. The cuffs. The quiet obedience on my mother’s face as they led her away.

I thought I’d have time.

I thought coming home first… sitting with her, hearing her side of the story—maybe it’d help me make sense of all this. Maybe I’d be able to tell what was true and what wasn’t. But it’s already too late.

“She has confessed.”

That’s all the officer said before he walked out.

I bend my head back and take a shuddering breath, dragging my hands slowly down my face like it