As angry as Hunter was, he read through every line on the article, despite how his pulse hammered violently in his ears and every word on the screen felt like a dagger to his chest.
He knew that she had published it as much for him as it was for the public. She wanted him to read it, and to understand.
Beside him, Jessica was sobbing. Her lips parted in horror. "She… she never told me," she whispered, her hands trembling as she clutched her phone.
Damon stood frozen, his face pale with disbelief and his fingers steepled against his mouth as if trying to process the weight of what he was reading.
Even Ned, who had thought he knew it all from his conversation with Delilah that morning was shocked to the bones.
