Chapter 173. Doctor Samantha Reyes?

Freya POV

My blood went cold.

The words hit me like a truck, knocking the air out of my lungs. For a few seconds, everything around me went silent except for the loud pounding of my heart in my ears.

No… that can’t be true.

My hand slipped from the armrest of the wheelchair as my body went weak. I slowly sank down onto the cold hospital floor, sitting right there in front of her, my eyes wide with shock and disbelief.

“W-what…?” My voice came out broken and barely audible. “Abuela… what are you saying? Elaine… killed my mom?”

Tears blurred my vision as a storm of emotions crashed over me — shock, pain, anger, confusion. My chest felt tight, like I couldn’t breathe properly. My hands started trembling uncontrollably in my lap. All these years I thought my mother died from an illness… and now this?

I stared at Abuela, my lips quivering. “Are you… are you sure? How… how do you know this?”

Abuela nodded her head slowly, her expressi