Chapter 126

  AARON'S POV   I never imagined the day would come when I would question the very choices that brought me here.   For everything I did with Viv, I just realized it wasn't worth it. But standing there, in that room of too many truths and unforgiving silences, I saw clearly. Too clearly. And it hurt.   Viv, seated like a queen gone mad, crunched on chips while smiling like she hadn’t destroyed a fraction of my life.   Kaelon stood near her, arms crossed, eyes sharp, unrelenting. Liv…God, Liv. Her silence was louder than anything else in that room, her eyes wary but strong.   And my mother… My mother was here too. The very root of all this chaos.   “You,” I said, my voice thick with disbelief, my eyes locked on Martha. She looked startled, like she hadn’t expected the blame to land on her shoulders. But where else could it go? I pointed at her, my finger trembling with fury. “You caused all of this!”   “Aaron,” she whispered. “Please, don’t…”   “No!” I snapped. “Don’t even try. Why did y