Chapter 131

Chapter 131

Selena's POV

If I hadn't heard that voice for a majority of my life, I would've loved to believe it isn't my step parents. Her once luscious brown hair was now filled with grime and her face looked a bit worse for wear.

She sounded parched, like the concept of water was a luxury long forgotten. Her steps were weak and her cheeks hollow.

"Stepmother", I greeted, my back straight as I addressed her. "You asked to see me."

Her bony fingers grasped the cell bars as she rested her face in the space between the bars, peering at me.

"How have you been?", she asked before a weak smile appeared on her face. "Of course, you've been doing well."

"What do you want?", I moved straight to the point, not in the mood to exchange pleasantries.

She sighed, the sound coming out more as a gasp.

"I need to apologize to you", she began. I could tell such a moderate sentence took a lot of effort to