Nicolai's POV

I had to go after Travis.

I hadn't known he was standing at the door all along. Oh goddess! What was I even going to say to him? I am sure he was very hurt at the moment and I just hoped he would be able to understand the position I was in.

I walked out of the hospital and I saw him sitting dejectedly under an oak tree. I joined him on the bench. The atmosphere surrounding us tense. For some time neither of us spoke a word, each lost in his thoughts.

"Is all that I heard true?" Travis asked and at the end his voice...