When Emilio had told her he was her father, her immediate reaction was to double down in laughter.
Emilio, the man that attempted to kill her was telling her that he was her father? Hilarious.
Madeline wondered if she really was sane, laughing in front of her almost-killer. But she simply couldn't help it.
'Him, my biological father? What a load of bull,' Madeline thought to herself.
And that, ladies and gentleman, was the moment Madeline realized that no one was laughing along with her. The moment her entire world shattered and crumbled into pieces.
She managed to croak, "What…?"
What sort of tomfoolery was this? No sane person would go up to a person they barely even knew and tell them he was their father without any concrete evidence. Then again, Emilio was anything but sane.
Thinking about more and more only made it make less sense.
