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"I don't understand" I shook my head in confusion, "why would my mother do this to me?"

"I told you Julian, Thomas is a very manipulative man.

He got inside your mother's head and made her think what she was doing was going to save you" Lincoln reminded me.

He pressed a soft kiss to the top of my head. "Whether you see it or not, she did it because she loves you. In a very twisted, fucked up