Chapter 126. Is This for Real?

Elena’s POV

I was stunned, my mind completely blank and my body. Frozen. It took a few seconds before I could even force a word out.

“You… Can you actually take me to her? But…but she left… years ago… No one even knows where she is.”

“Yeah, well, she popped back into town recently. Guess life didn’t go well for her out there,” my father grunted, clearly annoyed at my hesitation. “So what’s it gonna be? Are you coming or not? Stop stalling. Don’t waste my time.”

My fists clenched tight, chest heaving, heart hammering like it would burst. I hadn’t expected this. My mother… back here, somewhere close enough that I could see her. I wasn’t ready. Seeing her would be nothing like imagining her. Would I scream at her for leaving? Cry? Or just collapse in front of her, pouring out all the years of loneliness? Would she even give a damn about me at all?

“Move your ass!” he suddenly bellowed, snapping me out of my thoughts. “Stop wasting my damn time! You