"It wasn't an accident. I drove my car off a cliff," Lucian said. He was lucky he couldn’t see the shock his words had caused me. I was speechless.
"Lucian, you don’t have to tell me this," I managed to say, but he shook his head.
"I want you to know. Aiden isn’t alive, Addy. My father had him killed."
The strength in my hands faltered, and they fell limply into my lap. The world seemed to tilt on its axis, a storm brewing inside me, turning everything upside down. I knew Lucian couldn’t handle this truth alone. Aiden had been missing for a long time, and although the thought had crossed my mind many times, learning the truth shook me to my core. Accepting his death was a far cry from merely considering the possibility. But I wasn’t the only one grieving; Lucian had lost him too.
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