Brandon
This was exactly why she needed to stay inside— so she didn’t have to do this in front of everyone all at once. Had she just been entirely honest with him or any singular person, she wouldn’t be standing in front of everyone having to reveal her secrets and lies.
She wouldn’t be trying to sob and speak at the same time.
She had every opportunity to have come clean while in his arms, and now here she stands. Alone. No comfort. No hugs. Nothing.
But she’s still standing, so there’s enough to be said about that. Standing on her own and facing all of this? Brandon hoped she’d see it as freeing. Hoped she’d finally see she wasn’t actually alone.
What they’d been able to make out so far was that Zuri has been in contact with her father for years. He knew when she got her first pho
