Chapter 114

Aiden's POV

I ran a damp hand through my ruffled hair while staring at the thick layer of dust around the bench, subconsciously hoping that it’ll come crashing down and bury me with the rest of the weight I carried. Panic curled in my chest, something I hadn’t felt in years, not since that one fateful day my mother walked out on me. My mother promised to be back, and that has haunted me my entire life, clinging to every inch while I grew up.

Making up every inch of me.

I refused to break down on the way to the training ground while my mind seemed dangerously close to the edge. It’s not the time to be melodramatic about things I cannot change anyway. There has to be a reason why she came back after all these years, some hidden agenda. Despite that thought looming in my head, I had no idea where and how to begin, so out of depth that my body felt this close to completely losing it.

When Liam called this morning to give me the shocking news, I couldn