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Chapter 172 LAKE"You don't have to," Troy assured me. "You can stay here as long as you need. Rhodes and I have a guest room. You and Ollie can stay, no questions asked.""Rhodes is Ramon's brother," I said. "Won't he—won't he want me to go back? To talk to Ramon?""Rhodes is a doctor first," Troy said. "And more than that, he's a decent person. He's not going to force you into a situation you're not ready for. Neither am I."Relief flooded through me. "Thank you," I whispered. "Troy, thank you so much. I didn't know where else to go.""You can always come here," Troy said firmly. "Lake, you're not alone. You have people who care about you, who want to help. And right now, what you need is space and time to process. So that's what we'll give you."We sat in silence for a while, Troy's presence steady and calming beside me. From the playroom, I could hear the kids playing—Ollie's voice mixing with Sophia's and Julian's, sounding more normal than it had since we'd left Ramon's house.

Chapter 174LAKEBecause I didn't know how to explain this to him. Didn't know how to tell my five-year-old son that his beloved papa had been with me when I was barely older than Ollie was now.Rhodes knelt beside me, his hand on my shoulder. "Lake, let me," he said softly.I nodded, unable to speak past the lump in my throat.Rhodes turned to Ollie, his expression gentle but serious. "Ollie, what Sophia said is true. Papa Ramon is your biological father. But the situation is complicated, and it's making your mama very upset right now.""Why?" Ollie asked, his eyes darting between Rhodes and me. "Why is Mama upset? Isn't this good? Isn't it better than the bad grandfather being my father?""It's better than that, yes," Rhodes agreed. "But Ollie, the way your mama and Papa Ramon had you—it happened a long time ago, before Papa knew your mama very well. And your mama was very young. Younger than he should have been with someone Papa's age."Ollie's brow furrowed in confusion. "I don't

Chapter 176RAMON"Because you didn't choose it," Elena said. "Ramon, if you'd been sober, if you'd been in your right mind, you would never have been with someone that young. We both know that. So stop punishing yourself for something you couldn't control.""But I could have controlled this week," I said. "I could have told Lake the truth immediately instead of hiding like a coward. I could have been honest with him this morning instead of—instead of—"I couldn't finish the sentence. Couldn't voice what I'd done this morning while knowing the full truth about Lake and Ollie."Ramon," Elena said gently, "are you there? Talk to me, mijo.""I don't know how to fix this," I admitted, my voice breaking. "Mamá, I don't know how to make this right. Lake hates me. He thinks I raped him. And he's not wrong. Legally, morally—what I did was rape. Even if I don't remember it, even if I was drugged, I still did it.""Lake doesn't hate you," Elena said. "Rafael spoke to Rhodes who spoke to Troy. L

Chapter 178LAKE"No," I admitted quietly. "No, I don't think he would have. Ramon would never—he's not like that. He doesn't—" I stopped, struggling to articulate what I meant. "Samuel used to bring men around. Men who knew exactly how old I was and didn't care. Men who wanted me specifically because I was young and vulnerable. Ramon isn't like them. I know he isn't.""Then what are you really angry about?" Rhodes asked gently. "Because Lake, I don't think you're angry about what happened five years ago. I think you're angry about what happened last week. About the lies, the secrecy, the fact that Ramon touched you yesterday morning while knowing the truth."He was right. God, he was right. The thought of what had happened five years ago was disturbing, was difficult to process. But it wasn't what was making me feel this crushing sense of betrayal. That came from Ramon's choices over the past week. From his decision to hide the truth, to avoid me, to be intimate with me while keeping

Chapter 180LAKERhodes drove me to his office at a quarter to two. The drive was quiet, neither of us quite knowing what to say. What was there to say? Rhodes couldn't tell me what to do, couldn't make this decision for me. Only I could decide whether my relationship with Ramon was salvageable.We pulled into the parking lot of Rhodes's practice—a modern building in a nice part of town. I'd been here once before, months ago when Rhodes had done Ollie's initial medical examination after we'd moved in with Ramon.Back when life had been simpler. When I'd thought I knew who Ramon was, what our relationship meant, where we were heading."He's probably already inside," Rhodes said as we walked toward the entrance. "Ramon tends to arrive early when he's nervous.""Is he nervous?" I asked, then immediately felt stupid for asking. Of course Ramon was nervous. This conversation would determine the fate of our family."Terrified," Rhodes said honestly. "Lake, my brother loves you desperately.