Preposterous Proposal

‘I’m glad you and Kieran got together. You’ll be well taken care of. After Landon told me you learned about the will, I was worried you’d be left on your own. It’s a good thing you have someone in your life…’ I stood there and listened to the woman who used to be my mother ramble on. She knew the truth all along. She knew I wasn’t her biological daughter. She knew Dad—no, Brennan—cut me out of his will entirely. She knew I’d be left high and dry once the will was made public. Yet she’d said nothing. Now there she was, standing in the hospital hallway, looking rosy with a post-partum glow, telling me she was glad I had someone else to lean on. She never once offered to take me home. Couldn’t she see that every word she uttered was twisting the knife deeper into my wound? Had all of the affection, the doting, the maternal guidance, been a lie? Was she that good an actress? ‘You are right. It is a good thing that Amiyah has someone in her life.’ Kieran wrapped a supportive arm around my s