Chapter 59. Choice

Wilda couldn't contain herself. The day after the engagement party, she decided to ask Elice directly. She had to make sure that what Farrah had said that night wasn't true. That the woman was just bragging again. Just looking for a way to embarrass her. Just...

"I'm sorry, Ma."

Wilda fell silent. One sentence from Elice made her hopes vanish. Disappeared without a trace.

"W-what did you say, Elice?" Wilda asked. "So, everything Farrah said is true?"

It felt like an invisible pair of hands were strangling Wilda's throat at that moment. It almost made it hard for her to breathe. Especially when she saw how Elice lowered her face, making the air seem even more reluctant to enter her lungs.

"Garrett and Ariel... are cousins? They're family?"

Elice didn't want to admit that reality, but what could she do? It was something no one could deny.

"Yes, Ma," Elice finally replied. "They are cousins. They are family."

Suddenly, Wilda's ey