Andrew
Seeing her shattered like this, hating and blaming herself, breaks my heart.
"Hey, hey, my beautiful Sky, come here," I say, enfolding her in my embrace, and holding her close.
"You love those girls fiercely, Sky. You could never hurt them," I assure her, my fingers tracing soothing circles on her back.
"She... she tried to kill herself because of me, Andrew," she whispers.
What the hell!
I do my best not to tense, as I ask, "What happened?"
"We never liked Erik. We barely tolerated him for Bethari because she was deeply in love with him. But when he told me... well, there was an incident with Erik. I gave her an ultimatum. Him or me. My cousins sided with me, and she felt isolated. That night... she tried..." she explains, her voice filled with pain.
It kills me that she h
