PART 2: THE UNKNOWN PAST
The silence in our hallway felt suffocating as my father gave me a bitter, triumphant look.
“See?” Dad sneered, crossing his arms. “I told you this tattooed failure was hiding something terrible from you.”
Cole didn’t yell or defend himself against my father’s cruel words; he simply looked at me with eyes brimming with deep, unimaginable pain.
“Please, let me explain,” Cole whispered, stepping toward me as my world completely fell apart around my feet.
He began to tell me about Leo, a four-year-old boy currently undergoing treatment in the pediatric ward at the hospital.
(A heartbreaking secret about Leo’s mother will change everything! Click “Next Page” to continue reading…)
