“Do not come any closer to us right now, Scott,” I told him with a coldness that surprised even me. He stopped in his tracks as if my words had been a physical blow to his chest.
“Olivia, I am so incredibly sorry, and I never should have let things get this far,” he sobbed. “You knew who I was, and you knew that this boy has loved you since the day he was born,” I reminded him.
“My mother filled my head with so many lies and doubts until I didn’t know what to think anymore,” he argued. “She had the breath to speak those lies, but you were the one who made the choice to believe them over me,” I replied.
Adelaide tried to regain some of her dignity by standing tall and claiming she only acted out of love for her family. “You did not do this for Scott, but you did it because you hate that I am the woman he chose to build a life with,” I said.
