"Angie, we can explain everything, I promise, but we have to treat that wound first." Mom’s hand trembled as she reached for my arm, her eyes pleading."Mom, please... just stop," I said, my voice cracking as I fought back the tears stinging my eyes. "Stop covering for the past. Every second you keep me in the dark, you’re just making this more complicated. You’re making it more dangerous.""Sweetheart," Dad interrupted, his voice heavy with a father’s desperation. "Please. That obsidian needle was coated in something. We have to neutralize it before the toxin spreads any further. Your health and the baby's comes first."I looked him dead in the eye, my jaw set. "This can wait five minutes. The truth can't."The silence in the room was suffocating. Dad looked at me, then at the needle, and finally at Mom. He let out a long, ragged breath and rubbed his face with his hands, looking every bit of his age for the first time."Fine," he snapped, the word sharp with defeat. "Fine. Sit
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