Chapter 151

Annelise's POV

I couldn't hold back the tears, I didn't even try to rein them in, I just let them flow freely from my eyes.

The last day I saw her was at that party we both went with my fa- Simon, that was also the last time I felt the feeling of being in a family, it has been a lonely life since then.

I walked over to her side and sat down on the chair, I held her hand in mine and it just felt all right again. Her hands that used to caress my face and wipe away my tears since I was a kid.

It felt like I was holding onto a really valuable substance, which it was. The oxygen mask on her nose and the monitors with other engines around her were the only things supporting her right now.

Then I knew how dangerous it was when she was here with only Simon knowing where she was. He could come in here and disconnect the machines.

Someone who's capable of pretending to be my father is as crazy as that.

“Mom." The word came out of my mouth like a whisper. It's been long since I said that one w