She was more than that to me.. My birth mother died bringing me into the world. No, I was raised by my grandmother who decided she couldn't stand the sight of me so much that she chose to take her own life. She couldn't handle what I could do. She thought I was a monster.

[ Michael shakes his head, his lips drawn together in a thin line. ]

No, Ms. Mead found me. She took me under her wing and treated me like her own. She was only ever supportive of my powers. She's the one that helped push me toward Hawthorne's. If it weren't for her, I never would have known what I was meant to become.