My breath caught in my throat so suddenly that it almost hurt.

The mask was on the floor between us. It was just lying there. Crooked and abandoned. The truth was out now and it was none of what they accepted.

But did it matter? They were gone. Olivia was safe. And I was stuck with a man that’s not my father.

I couldn’t stop staring at his face.

I kept looking and looking, like if I just stared long enough something would change. Like maybe his features would shift and fall back into ...