Tiel's lips parted slightly, his eyes fixed on his birth mother's. His body was as still as a statue, the coldness of the hallway seeping into his skin.
It was such a surreal feeling—a mixture of brokenness and detachment lingered as he explained to Bianca what he had been told.
His own words sounded distant to his ears.
He spoke about how she was someone Nirmala had trusted but who had betrayed her by sleeping with her husband.
That Bianca had killed Rossie, and it was all because Rossie had found out about the affair.
That Bianca had been so sure she would replace Nirmala, and that she was three months pregnant by then.
And how Nirmala had wanted to report her, but Erickson had begged on her behalf.
This had led their marriage to fall apart even further, to him beating Nirmala, and to her finally giving up on him—because he was a failure, and she couldn't live with him anymore.
