Insanity

He wanted to yell that it was the Duchess who killed his mother. He felt thousands of emotions at once. Did he care about Everett? He cared about him like he cared about a pawn... Still, he was his only child... He had no one in this world except him.

He couldn't let that child turn on him!

"It was... It was the Duchess... She hated your mother! She killed her!" He shouted like a crazy person. Trying to make sure his last sliver of hope doesn't go out.

The Duchess wasn't even shocked. This man had completely lost it.

She knew this man too well to be surprised by his attempts to wriggle out of accountability, even if they were absurd. Yet, watching him now, she realised how deeply he'd fallen into delusion.

She was not an enabler, she planned to shatter his delusions.