Aliyah's POV

Cynthia. I just couldn't help calling that woman by her name and not the title of a mother she's supposed to be.

Papa snapped his gaze to me and sighed. “Nothing you need to know about, Aliyah”

I laughed because I wasn't going to buy that. “She called me. She wanted to see me. She was going to talk about my father. But you showed up and ended up talking to her instead. And you say there's nothing to know?”

I wasn't pissed, but just amused that there's something Papa ...