*Bianca*
I gently grabbed his wrist, pulling it away from his face and my heart nearly stopped. His eyes were red and shiny but more aware as tears glistened down his handsome face.
He’d never looked so vulnerable before.
“I’m a failure,” Leo whispered, glancing at me with wide trembling eyes, “It’s all my fault. I failed you both. How can….how will I tell our baby why they don’t have a grandma and grandpa? How do I tell them their Auntie is trying to kill their daddy?”
“Auntie?” I repeated wide-eyed.
“Jack Frost. Maria Moriera. My half-sister,” Leo mumbled to himself, eyes closing as he buried his face into my shoulder like he was trying to hide from the world. The admission left me shaken. I wanted to say it was nonsense but…
‘He got some rather unsettling news,’ Franky had said. So this was what he meant. I hushed Leo’s muffled cries as I buried my hands into his hair, holding back my own tears as he leaned on me.
