Aphrodite's jaw was set as the lies that had been told became all the clearer. "You were as good as kidnapped," Aphrodite told her. "Your father and I never 'broke up'. I simply woke up one morning and that bastard had taken my little girl far away to keep me from her." She reached out and took Aoife's hand, squeezing it tightly. "I never would have allowed anyone to take you away from me."