Chapter 113

I make my way down the hallway to my room, but halfway along the journey, my knees buckle I end up slumping against the wall. With my back pressed on it, I sit on the floor, putting my arms on my knees. I shut my eyes, feeling helpless.

"Are you going to tell me what happened now?"

Sienna's voice makes me look up. She's staring down at me with her hands on her hips. At first, she has a threatening look shot at me, but then her face falls when she notices how devastated I am.

She sighs, sitting down on the floor next to me. "You know, I was going to yell at you, but then you look so miserable I don't even know what I should do with you. I'm angry, like really, really angry."

"I know," I whisper. I deserve it.

Sienna always told me everything, but I told her nothing about my love life no matter how much she'd pushed for it.

"Come on, Nevaeh. Aiden? You couldn't tell me about him?"

I can hear the disappointment in her voice, not because of the man I love but because I hid the truth from her.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she presses. "Did you think that you couldn't trust me?"

I sigh. "No, it's not that." My voice sounds weak. I've already lost my energy because of arguing with Dad. "I trusted you. I was just so terrified. Even though I trusted you, it didn't mean that Max or your parents wouldn't have accidentally eavesdropped on our conversation. I was really scared. I really didn't want my dad to know."

Sienna sighs too. She goes silent for a while. "It was really unexpected, though. You really dropped the bomb."

I bite my lower lip, feeling tears pooling in my eyes. "I don't know what I should do."

Hearing my voice break, Sienna snaps her head toward me. Her eyes are instantly filled with worry.

"I was wrong." My voice is shaking. "I shouldn't have lied. But if I'd told my dad the truth, I wouldn't have stayed in Seattle and I wouldn't have known Aiden better. I honestly don't know if I should feel bad about that, and it makes me feel even worse."

Sienna listens intently, watching as I pour my heart out.

"I never want to hurt my parents. I'm disgusted at myself, but I'm also suffocated by my dad's overprotectiveness. I just wish he would give me a chance to make my own decisions and not keep me back under his wings every time I got into trouble, which is exactly what he would have done after that incident with the security guard if he'd known about it. I know that he loves me, and I love him too--"

"Come here." Sienna wraps her arms around me, pulling me into a tight hug. She pats my back, trying to soothe me.

I hug her back, feeling my head about to explode and my heart about to burst because of this mess I created within my family.

"If it's any consolation to you, I forgive you," she says jokingly. "At least, you still have me on your team."

I pull away from her and stare at her blankly. "You forgive me?"

"Yeah."

"Just like that?"

She raises one eyebrow. A mischievous smirk creeps on her lips. "Well, not really. Not until you spill every detail."

God, how could I forget? It's Sienna, after all.

I blow a breath. "Details, huh?"

"Yes. Details. You and the man you love." And just like that, excitement takes over her. "God. I've been waiting for this moment all my life."