I'll take care of you, Olivia

For the next couple of minutes, neither of us said anything.

I wanted to take his hand, but I feared he wouldn't like that. So I folded my hands in my lap.

“The first few months were difficult for me, but more so for Dean,” he continued. “He was the new heir and just twenty-one. He was up against business sharks, men who’d been older than dad.”

I stared at him sadly, finally realizing why he never spoke to anybody back in school.

We thought he was being a cool kid, but had no idea he was just broken.

“To unwind, Dean would take me to our clubs, and we would drink and...” He shrugged. ”Sometimes do drugs.”

“Aunt Sienna was worried, but since we always appeared normal every morning, she never raised dust. But Dean lost it one night. He said Stefan and his mom were the cause of everything, and we had to teach them a lesson.”

“Under the influence, we drove down to their home, but Stefan was home alone, and in bed.”

Colt inhaled now, his words shooting out faster.

“It was all very quick