RAFAEL

The Moon Goddess knows there's no way to explain how I feel right now. It's rage... pure rage, mixed with confusion and disbelief. It's frustrating. The kind of betrayal you don't expect from someone you love, someone you were willing to stand by no matter what. Someone you trusted.

She stabbed me right in the chest, like it meant nothing. No hesitation.

Hiding a seven-year-old boy from me?

My son?

I still can't believe it. I didn't grow up with a loving father. He wasn't there.

But I swore to myself, when I had a child, I'd do better. I'd be better. I'd show up. I'd give my kid...