Chapter 49 When The Secrets Collide

• Chapter 49: When Secrets Collide
• I stood frozen, my back pressed against the cold surface of the door, as Reid’s laughter echoed faintly from the other room. I should’ve gone to him by now, should’ve wiped the tears still clinging to his cheeks from the argument earlier. But I couldn’t move. My hands trembled, clutching the edges of the letter I’d found just hours ago—words that had unraveled everything I thought I knew.
• The knock came like thunder, shattering the fragile silence. My body tensed, the letter slipping from my hands to the floor. Whoever it was, they weren’t supposed to be here. Not tonight.