The wind whipped harshly against Reina’s cheeks as she stood at the edge of the empty street, her mind spinning in a thousand different directions.

She had walked for few minutes but it felt like hours, trying to make sense of everything she had just learned, but the harder she tried, the deeper the confusion seemed to run.

James... her father?

Evelyn... a liar all along?

Derek... where did he fit into all of this?

Reina gritted her teeth and turned around.

She couldn’t escape it.

No matter how much she wanted to.

She needed answers, real ones this time.

No more half-truths, no more manipulations.

With a heavy heart...