Chapter 244: Parental neglect

Talia Frederick's face was a mask of worry, easily discernible by the way his features were scrunched up on the screen. And Gladys, sitting across from me, frowned. I already knew what the point of all this was. The end was inevitable. There’s no way Mother and Father, or the other seniors, would see anything more than a stain on their reputation. They might not say it out loud, but I’m sure they feel everything is my fault. “Why would you say that?” Frederick's tone was clipped, angry, and tense. If he wasn't my brother, I would have considered it a threat, but I knew he loved me. “Because if I weren't so weak—if I weren't an Omega—then Darius would never have left me in the first place. Once she entered the picture, the war happened. Countless lives were lost. You nearly lost your life.” That was more than enough to have Mother—especially Mother—hating me forever. I could still picture her stern face. Who was I kidding? It was my mother we were talking about. There was no way she