Chapter 85

I allowed the information to sink in for a few seconds. “Mom…” I maintained eye contact with her. “No, I don’t believe you.” I pulled away from her and stood to my feet. Tears were hurriedly building in my eyes and a knot had formed in my throat. 

She laughed lightly without humor. “It needed to be done. And I don’t regret it.” She stood up too. 

“But…but you were the same person that told me that revenge was not the answer. You said that forgiveness would free me,” I reminded her in a firm voice. I felt crappy so it baffled me how clear and confident I sounded. 

“Lucia, we thought we had lost you. When Katara came back into her rightful body, I thought I had lost you for the second time. And…I just could not. I could stop keep pretending that I had it all together,” She explained, and I kept staring at her. 

“You said we. Did Jade help you? Did he help you kill an already sick woman?” I asked, not giving a damn as to who was listening, though I