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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘-𝐒𝐈𝐗 - the old friends
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𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐍𝐎 idea what she should have been doing. After the revelation that Sister Maggie was, in fact, Matthew's mother, Matt had left to seek out Father Lantom as Olivia followed suit. She wasn't entirely sure where they would find the Father, but inside of a pub, gambling over a game of pool didn't even make the list. What a sight it was.
As it turned out, Father Lantom did know about Sister Maggie's and Matthew's familial relations, something that didn't make Matt's mood any brighter.
Father Lantom told the two of Sister Maggie's story; the woman had been close to becoming a nun and in her weeks leading up she had met Matt's father, Jack Murdock at one of his boxing matches; she aided him between rounds and two eventually became closer and had an affair with one another before Maggie eventually fell pregnant. Once Matthew was born, Maggie suffered heavily from postpartum depression, believing that she had turned away and abandoned God.
She became hollow; leaving Matthew to cry as she stared onwards, demons plaguing her mind until Father Lantom and two of the nuns she would have joined came to retrieve her. She decided to leave behind her family and instead join the church; becoming the nun she originally had set out to become.
Olivia watched onwards as Matthew expressed his betrayal; he felt betrayed that the Father had kept the truth of his mother from him after years of the pair discussing Matt's truth, God's truth... he expressed that each of the conversations that he had with the Father were lies.
Olivia couldn't think of anything to say, it was a conversation that Matt and the Father needed. The wolf couldn't begin to understand how Matthew felt; years of having his mother right in front of him, and yet he didn't know.
Matthew stood from his seat with a plain expression on his face, though Olivia could see the disappointment and sadness that the vigilante held. Matt placed a hand on the Father's shoulder as he swallowed, "Shame on you." With those words, he walked away, his cane echoing out behind his departure.
Olivia let out a deep sigh, her chin resting on her linked hands as she watched Matthew leave. Her eyes slowly moved away from the door and settled back onto Father Lantom who at least had the decency to look ashamed at his actions. "Why would you keep that from him?"
"I-- I believed it best that the truth come from Sister Maggie herself."
Olivia shook her head as she rose from her seat, "All of those years thinking that he didn't have a family, all of those years he didn't get to spend with his mother just because neither of you wanted any backlash? He is a healing man and you've broken him all over again."
