Grayson
Elaine kept surprising me.
Or I kept surprising myself when it came to her. Because never in my wildest dreams would I have considered slicing myself open for anyone, to see the ugly inside, the things that tormented me... who I really was.
But here I was doing exactly that. And the surprising part? The more I spoke, the more I wanted to keep talking, let it all out. Lay myself bare before this girl.
"I'm sorry—" Elaine blinked up at me, then glanced the way my mother had gone. "Lily is not your mother?"
Usually that kind of admission, question, would have me running, but my feet stayed rooted to my spot. The quiet in the kitchen was glaring, waiting for me to fill it with my voice. And so I did.
"It's hard to imagine, but yes," I nodded.
Those beautiful eyes grew an inch w
