Chapter 50. Her Dead Father

Selena chuckled dryly, no hint of humor. “Mom, I told you. I don’t have a lot of time. I need to make this decision. We need to make this decision together. So let’s stop with the jokes.”

The woman’s eyes were red and tears leaked out of them freely. She sniffled and tried to wipe at her face but the tears just kept coming. “Selena, I have never been more serious in my life. I can’t help you make your decision, you have to do that. I’m not the right person to ask, I’m a liar and manipulator.” Her voice broke at the end. She looked so embarrassed, so ashamed.

And so scared.

The omega knew that her mom would not fake something like this, she knew it. But she just didn’t want to believe it. “What do you mean, my dad has been alive all this time? You told me he was dead.” She chuckled very weakly, still trying to wrap her head around all of this.

“I know but—”

Selena stood to her feet. “No, you said he was dead. When I asked you over and over, you said he w