Chapter 17: 1.17 The truth

Persie stared at Calista and Demetrius with resentment, tears welling up in his eyes. "You act as though I owe you something because I'm not your birth son. I don't owe you anything," he said. "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be living in a house worth 100 million credits, and you wouldn't own 35% shares of a billion-dollar company. Why do you think I never made any friends? Since I was born, you made it clear that I had to focus on work, and that's all I did. I wanted to please you, even if I was sure you weren't the type to show feelings. Until Evander came and I realized that you just didn't have any feelings to show me. Or why would you trick me into getting tested and pressure me into dying and giving my heart to Evander? If it wasn't for Evander, I never would've realized that you never loved me. Which is fine, but I'm done letting you act as though I owe any of you anything. If anything, you owe me!"