Chapter 58. The Web

"Maybe...maybe not. I just don't know, Ania. I have no feelings for Maria..."

"But you two had a strong connection before. It's normal for her to trigger something in you when you saw her again, Andy." 

"All I know is that I don't want to see the face of that bitch. She reminds me of how her farfetched love almost reduced me to nothing, and the hell I went through with my daughter when she left. I gave her my all, Ania. I pleaded with her, I begged her, but still, she left. She told me to my face that day that I was not even half the man she wanted to spend her life with. And now she shamelessly comes back to claim my daughter? She dares to question how I brought up my daughter? She has no right to do that."

"I know, Andy." I place my hands on top of his, soothing him with my thumbs. "Don't let her words or actions get to you because that is exactly what she wants - to irritate you, to make you start doubting yourself. She wants to crush the confidence you have built