Chapter 90:

"Why didn’t you tell me you had a son?" Dorothy repeated, her voice calm, though her eyes burned red as tears threatened to fall.

Stefan stood motionless. His silence shattered her. She wanted it to be a lie so badly—but his lack of denial said everything.

"How did you find out?" he finally spoke.

Dorothy laughed—dry, painful laughter that echoed off the walls. "How did I find out? So you were never going to tell me? Just going to keep pretending? Keep lying to me?"

Her voice cracked, and the tears finally came.

Stefan clenched his fists, a tortured look crossing his face. "Bianca told you, didn’t she?"...