Page 81 of Teach Me How To Fly

“I forgot how much she hated them. I should’ve figured it out,” I replied, looking at her as I took another bite.

She just kept a smile on her face, looking at me with warmth. I gulped, feeling my heart starting to beat faster as I knew the moment of truth was close, and as I was trying to hide my nervousness, I put the plate on the table and sighed deeply.

“I know the truth, Olivia,” I quickly said, pinning her with my eyes and trying to figure out what she had in mind.

But she didn’t sketch a thing on her face which made me realize that she wasn’t even considering I could knowthetruth.

“I know, darling, and I’m sorry that you had to find out like that. I know it must’ve been so hard for you, and I truly wish I could’ve told you and taken away a bit from the pain you felt inthat moment,” she replied, putting her elbows on her knees and caressing my hands.

That was the moment. I inhaled deeply in my lungs once again and looked at her in a way I didn’t ever do.

“No, I was not referring to that,” I said, pausing. “I know that Maksen is your son,” I added, and her face became instantly pale.

Her lips parted and her chest was rising up at such a fast pace that scared me, she was on the verge of having a panic attack.

She gulped, putting her hands on her chest and trying to breathe normally while the tears were rolling down her plump cheeks. She looked like she just lost her vitality.

“H-How did you find out?”

“That’s really not what matters now,” I quickly replied. “Why haven’t you told me? Why haven’t you claimed him, Olivia? I’ve always thought that you would’ve been such a great mom if you only had a chance to have your own family, but now I don’t think that anymore. You had your son with you, so close to you all these years, and you haven’t done anything.”

“I can’t tell you, Miss Annalise. I can’t tell you a thing. I can’t. I can’t.”

She spoke so fast that I only realized she vanished when I stood up from the chair and turned on my heels to look after her. Why the fuck was everyone running away from me whenever I asked them questions or forced them to be honest for the first time in their life?

The anger was burning inside of me so I took the plates and entered the house, my glance falling on Olivia who already started washing up the dishes.

“Olivia, I…”

“Don’t!” She briefly interrupted me without even looking at me. “I can’t. Understand that or I will have you to go to your room, Miss Annalise.”

I put the plates on the kitchen’s island and without saying anything else, I left the kitchen angrier than ever.

She had the opportunity to talk to someone who could understand her and not only that, but who could also help her tell Maksen the truth. She had the chance to finally build a connection with her own son. However, she refused it vehemently.

As I was making my way back to the stairs, I heard the sound of the front door smacking and I stopped in the hallway, turning my head to find the source. I furrowed my brows as I saw Lydia stomping on the floor, with her eyes full of tears and her skin covered in a blood-like color.

“What have you done, you idiot? Do you want to kill me, huh? You’re just like your fucking father, aren’t you?”

My eyes instantly widened and confusion grabbed me in its cold claws. I didn’t know what to do or how to react because I had never seen Lydia like that before. It was the first time I saw her desperate, nervous, and ready to kill anyone in sight.

“W-What?”

She grabbed me by my arms with such force she pushed me into the wall behind me, getting closer to my face.

“I believed you when you said that you wanted to heal your inner child, but that didn’t mean to let Sylvian out from the sanatorium,” she spit into my face, her voice trembling with pure anger and fear.

What?

“I haven’t gotten him out of there! What are you talking about?”

“He called me and he told me to look out the window, and do you know what I saw? I saw him as he was smirking at me, you little bitch! And then he was gone! He’s fucking free! You fucking destroyed everything!”

I started crying.

And I felt my heart shattering into tiny little pieces. Once again.

I’ve destroyed other lives to fix mine, but apparently, I only managed to destroy mine even more.

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