Priya's POV
I immediately know that something's wrong. Quinn hasn't called me "Mom" since she was three.
"I know it might seem really random, but…" Quinn hesitates. "Before any of us were born, were you kidnapped by LOVEMUFFIN?"
My eyes widen and I glance over my daughter's shoulder at Apollo, who looks away and turns back to his medicine.
"Yes," I reply quietly.
"You didn't tell me," Quinn accuses.
"Sweetie, I haven't even told Teddy."
Quinn's expression changes to shock and she steps back. "You haven't even told Teddy that he was born in LOVEMUFFIN captivity?"
I stare at my daughter. "Just how much did Apollo tell you?"
"Not enough," Quinn says, folding her arms. "Lots of things have happened to this family, huh? Teddy and Hermes were born in captivity, Hazel was forced to survive through a gunfight when she was ten years old, and I am being pressured by my parents to join OWCA when I don't want to and I've told them that a million times but they still won't get the message and they continue to make me feel like a horrible person and make me hate myself!"
That stung, I won't lie. I watch as Quinn dissolves into tears and begins hyperventilating. I quickly place my paw on my daughter's back and help her calm down. "I'm so sorry," I say softly. "I didn't know we were making you feel like that."
"Well you were!" Quinn shouts. "Did you ever consider that "I don't want to join OWCA" means "I don't want to join OWCA"? Why does every single one of your children have to be like you? Why did you make me hate myself for turning you down over and over again? I wish you would just realise that I don't want to be an agent like you!"
Tears are coming into my own eyes. "I'm so sorry, honey. I-I never knew it affected you so much."
I reach to give her a hug. She physically pushes me away.
Quinn's POV
She stares at me in shock but I ignore it. "If I'm going to forgive you, I need there to be no more secrets. I need to know what happened when you were kidnapped by LOVEMUFFIN before Teddy was born."
Priya nods. "I will. In fact, I'll go and get your siblings. It's high-time I told them too, especially Teddy."
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Short chapter, but next chapter, we finally get to see Teddy's reaction to learning the circumstances of his birth!
