Mates 110


    Chapter 110


    FREDA WHITLOCK


    “What happened?” She asked, sitting across from me. I took a piece of bacon from the dish I had


    prepared for myself earlier. “Kaiden came… And he started yelling about the letter I sent to him. I


    knew it was s**, and I shouldn’t have sent it. I wish I had listened to my intuition,” I said and she


    nodded, looking over at Francisco.


    “He came here and he attacked Cole because Cole asked him to stop yelling at me. I… I don’t know


    how to feel, because I feel bad for him. I understand how he’s feeling and I feel terrible for sending


    that letter, for keeping…” I paused my words and looked at Francisco, hoping that she would


    understand. She nodded, telling me that she did.


    I looked at Francisco again. He had a frown on his face.


    “Let’s talk about itter,” she said in a low voice and I nodded. “Why?” Francisco said randomly and


    we both looked at him. He had tears in his eyes and I started to grow worried. “What do you mean?”


    Lyra asked and I bit my lip, watching him with anxiety that seemed to be growing so much and so


    fast that it would fly out of the roof at the rate it was growing.


    “You don’t want me to hear that Harper’s dad is my dad?” He asked in a small voice that broke


    towards the end and my world seemed to stop. He had heard. He had heard everything. Every


    single thing. How could I have been so careless. “Why do you look surprised? Everyone was yelling


    and I heard,” he said and


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    tears ran down his face. I stepped towards him and he took a step back.


    “Francisco…” I called and Lyra watched both of us with a


    worried look on her face. “I don’t want to talk to you, Mom. And you too, Aunt Lyra.” He said and


    walked away towards his room, sobbing.


    I was falling apart. I wanted to scream. I wanted to grab Francisco and tell him I was so sorry. I


    wanted to tell him that I had been keeping it from him to protect him. I wanted to hate. Kaiden forCcontent ? exclusive by N?/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.


    was already lukewarm, on its way to turning cold. This was the perfect temperature. After the first


    bite, I started to rush a couple more and I could only hope that Francisco would agree to eat. He


    had not evene out of his room after he went in earlier in the day.