Violet’s POV

“I… I’m sorry,” I heard Jason say. His voice reached my ears vaguely. “Vaguely” because my senses were at their lowest. The only prominent sound that filled my ears was that which escaped my lips as shaky breaths. My eyes were clouded with hot tears effortlessly streaming down my cheek already.

This revelation felt so sudden. To put more accurately, it felt like a knife. Plunged right through my back. I felt betrayed; anguished; torn apart; heartbroken! How could they?!

The same people I considered family never bothered to reveal the truth to me until today. What were they thinking when they saw me stuff myself with lies...