Riley
“Excuse me?” It took a moment to register, but when it did, I pulled my hands from his grip and he looked shocked. “There was money involved when you sold me, and they didn’t say a thing!” I wasn’t angry at him. I was furious at my so-called parents, but he was there.
“Yes.” He sighed and I noted his shoulders slumping. “Riley, we’ve all made a lot of mistakes. I won’t deny that. I can only hope that you won’t let your parents’ mistakes come between us. My parents weren’t perfect either. Neither was I and neither are you.” He looked so damn sad that I just wanted to comfort him, but I couldn’t. I had just found out that my entire damn life was a lie! If I had known I was bought, I wouldn’t have felt so damn betrayed! Would I?
“Listen, if you want to call everything off, I will und
