Chapter 166

[Cordelia]

Nobody said anything in response. We all just watched the blonde nightmare waltz into the room expectantly, as if waiting for applause.

"Sydney?" Atlas is confused, not quite seeing what is obvious to everyone else in the room. "Why are you here? This is a private family matter."

"I was invited," her eyes go wide, innocent, a look that has always suited her in the past. "Unless you don't need me anymore, Doctor Jones?"

We all look to the doctor, who looks at all of us. "Do you all know one another?"

I can't help it, I start laughing.

"Cordelia," My mother scolds me. "This is not at all humorous. Why are you laughing?"

"You're right, Mother." I continue to laugh, my chest heaving."This is the opposite of funny. This is a freaking nightmare. Don't you recognize her? That's Sydney Bryant!"

My father goes very very still. "Bryant? As in the daughter of David and Chrissy Bryant."

My mother goes very still next to him. "What are the odds," she says under her breath as she looks