Present~
I stared in disbelief as Sterling finished his story. This wasn't even close to something I could have imagined. How could I?
Each word turned my stomach. “What about the other children?"
Sterling didn't speak at first, his dark eyes warning me that there were some secrets best left buried. Instead of answering, he asked me a question. “Who have I repeatedly told you to worry about?"
“Myself," I replied as I pulled the jacket sleeves down over my hands to ward off the chill. “It was me, wasn't it? My picture was on your father's desk?"
Sterling nodded as he took a long swig of the water bottle. “I didn't know your name at first. I didn't know anything about you or anything that those assholes were talking about. I just knew that those men could cause the life to go out of you
