Chapter 96

Jesse POV 聽 Max left after he had cleaned my wounds. He told me to sleep. But I could not. Every night, I was haunted by the thought of not being able to leave this family. 聽 Max once told me that there was a cause behind Father's vehement dislike of me. 聽 "Can't you see that you don't look like him?" 聽 "You mean he beats me up just because I don't look like him?" 聽 "Come on, Desse. It's clear that... Don't mind, please. It's clear that you're not his." 聽 "You mean, Mother cheated on him and I'm the result?" I asked. 聽 "I guess so. I mean, look at Louis and me. We have gray eyes and dirty blond hair. But you don't. You have brunette hair and Desse eyes. Even Mother doesn't have them." 聽 He had a valid point there. My appearance was diametrically opposed to that of my father. I had a few things in common with Mother, but I had nothing in common with Father. Father, Louis, and Riel all had blond hair and gray eyes. Mother had dark brown eyes and red hair. But I was unique