Chapter 25: Unintentionally Hurting Him

Chapter 25: Unintentionally Hurting Him

Faith’s P.O.V

The feeling that I might have done something terribly wrong…that I might have crossed some kind of invisible line in the sand that I wasn’t supposed to cross…it hit me harder now as the seconds ticked by and Brandon didn’t utter a single word.

All he did was stare at me in utter silence, like he didn’t know what else to do or say…and I didn’t like it one bit.

There was this look in his eyes, like even though he might be physically here…but mentally, he wasn’t here at all.

“B-Brandon?” I touched his hand lightly and he instantly jerked my hand away, like I had somehow burned him.

“Who told you?” His voice was harsh, unyielding.

And that confession…even though he didn’t directly tell me the whole truth…that hurt even more than the way he withdrew his hand from mine.

I hadn't expected it. I didn’t think Brandon had it in him to hurt someone like that…because what David had told me…it hadn't been just about him sleeping with his father