Liam's POV

I stood frozen, unable to comprehend the sight before my eyes. It was her—the woman who had caused so much pain in my heart, the very reason my father was no longer with us, and the catalyst for the shattering of my happiness.

This woman, my own mother, had stripped away everything from me. Once upon a time, I had loved her unconditionally, but now she stood before me as the embodiment of betrayal and abandonment. Without a second thought, she had denied me, casting me aside to suffer and start anew with her new family.

My heart burned with a mix of anger and sorrow as I...