Chapter 5

Matthew had not called me that since the celebration.

I looked at him.

“Would you be calling me that now if you didn’t need my recommendation?”

His face tightened.

“That isn’t fair. You promised to help me apply before any of this happened.”

“I made that promise when I believed I was your mother.”

“You raised me. That doesn’t disappear because of one argument.”

“No, it doesn’t.”

I glanced at the matching pin on Helena’s collar.

“But you stood in front of an entire ballroom and told me that raising you did not make me your mother.”

Matthew looked away.