Bab 102: Clearing His Suspicions

[NIKITA]

"Why'd she come that day?" Nikita asked. He needed answers, and now that he had stayed, he wasn't going to look back. Natalya looked at Nikita, knowing the young Pavlenko was doing so well.

She knew this was all a part of a plan, but she also knew he needed this.

Arya had told her that Nikita would come questioning and that she didn't have to lie. Maybe twist it a little, but Natalya didn't have to put herself in a place where she would probably lose Nikita. That wouldn't be fair, and she wasn't going to make her do that.

"To say goodbye," Natalya let out a sad scoff before adding, "She said she was going to be doing something, something that would make it all worse. Something that could make me hate her. Funny how that was the first time she called me her mother, y'know?