CHAPTER 208: SHATTERED TRUTHS

Via

"I walked into your brother having sex with a girl who we both met at a bar," Kol states, causing me to freeze.

"Kol, you don't have to—" He cuts me off.

"I'm not telling you this because I want sympathy or because I expect you to lash out at your brother again on my behalf," he says as he lays his head against my shoulder. "I'm saying this because if I could redo that entire day again—I would." We stay together with our heads against each other's. "It hurt when I found everything out, but I needed to hear it. Just like you need to get answers for yourself. Answers that they aren't giving you."

"Does the pain go away?" I ask him softly.

He nods. "Yes." He says, and I finally let go of the binder.

"I don't know how I'm going to deal with this," I state as I flip to the second set of pictures.

The more I pay close attention to the pictures, I see what Sebastian told me that day during our dinner. He doesn't seem happy in any of the pictures. He looks serious, but Nichole looks happy