CHAPTER FORTY FIVE

What?!" I gasp.

The breeze whips through Luke's hair, blowing it across his face. His hand pushes it back.

"Yeah. There is this lady called Sienna that I started seeing quite often with my dad since like three months ago. She is pretty, jovial, and I thought she was just one of my dad's friends. But this week Monday, my dad came out to me about his true relationship with her. I was paralyzed with shock to the point that I couldn't do anything that day."

"You said you found out this week Monday?" I interrupt, my mind going through a puzzle.

"Yeah."

The dots connect. Shit. "So that was why you weren't in school that day?" I blurt out, my realization hitting me with a bang.

He nods. "The news fucked up my head so bad that I couldn't bring myself to come to school that day. I spent most of that day at Tyler's studio. I wasn't expecting to see you there later that day. I also wasn't in my right frame of mind." He sighs deeply. "I still feel a bit pissed at myself that I reacted so bad towa