Gothel?
Rapunzel looked behind her, hoping to see the woman who had raised her. But there was no one there. She frowned, close to tears. She usually never dared to hope that her mother was alive. But in that moment, she had hoped. And when that hope had been crushed, she nearly cried.
She knew that Eugene thought she was Gothel. Of course, she was wearing her mother's cloak.
Sunflower looked up at her. "Mother, he doesn't know! You don't have to..."
"It's better for him to know than to believe a lie," said Rapunzel. She stepped out of the shadows and pulled down her hood. "I'm not Gothel," she said.