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"Stay gentle,
everyone
is
at war"
- l.z

One More Mistake
Chapter fifty-seven


❱ I waited.

I waited for sterling to tell me what he's been hiding all this time but all I got from him was a blank stare. I begged him with my eyes to say something or do something but he didn't.

He knew how much I hated secrets, but he still kept them from me anyway. I know he hasn't been honest with me ever since he came back. Not to mention that he came back a totally different person. With unknowingly amount of secrets, to the way he acts towards me.

There was something off about it. It were as if someone were to hit him too hard he would break, completely.

He was breaking from the inside, the only thing keeping him stable is his self control though that could only last him for a while.

"I'm sorry, Thea" sterling said, finally speaking for the first time. His voice coming a bit monotonous.

For a second I've thought I've seen a part of him that I've only seen once though it quickly disappeared when he looked down. His hair was covering his eyes but I didn't need to look at him to know what he was trying to do.

"For what, exactly? For keeping secrets from me? For trying to push me away from you? Or for becoming a person who constantly lies to my face? Which one is it?" I asked, fully aware that sterling couldn't care less about me or even telling the truth.

"Don't—" he started, shaking his head but I quickly cut him off. I pushed Bruce away from my way, before ripping my hand out of Rory's grip.

Then finally stood in front of sterling.

"Don't what?" I asked bravely but deep inside, I was breaking just like him.

He stayed silent for a good minute before sighing.

"I don't know what Bruce is talking about" he said, shutting his eyes so I wouldn't be able to read him but it was too late.

"Just say the truth dammit, just tell me. For once in your fucking life, tell the truth" I begged him for the truth, but he couldn't even look me in the eyes.

"Enough of this bullshit, just tell her what the fuck you did. If you don't, I will" Bruce threaten, coming from behind me and standing so close to sterling.

Even after Bruce threatened the hell out of him, sterling stayed silent.

"Look at me" I said, my voice coming off heavy.
I expected him to look at me but he didn't even turn my way.

"Look at me, sterling" I said again, my voice becoming softer.

He didn't turn to look at me but he seemed like he was on the verge of snapping.

"Sterling, please look at me"

"Thea I fucking can't, I can't even look at myself after what I did! How did you expect me to look at you?" He asked, his last few words becoming softer than the others. Then he locked eyes with me and I knew he was in war with himself.

Even after everything, I still felt my heart break into pieces.

"I can't look at you because every time I do, I see her" he says, whispering the last word. He runs a hands through his hair before sighing. He turns away from me but doesn't walk away.

"Her?" I ask, a part of me knowing who this is.

"Should I say her name?" I looked away from Sterling and towards Bruce. He had amusement lit in his eyes, like this was all just a game to him.

"Come on Thea, you know who she is, deep down" Bruce pressured as he made his way towards me.

I knew deep down but I was afraid.

"Scar?" I asked, catching the attention of sterling.

We stared at each other, one of us having a guilty look.

"Scarlett?" I asked again, fully mentioned her name.

"There you go, Scarlette, your beloved older sister" he said, and I quickly turn to look at him.

"Your dead older sister" Bruce said a smile playing on his lips.

I made my way towards him and stood in front of him.

"Don't you ever mention her name again" I said angrily, glaring at him. Though, he seemed unbothered with me.  He grabbed my hand and pushed it away from his face.

"Sterling is the one that shouldn't mention her at all, after what he's done to her, to his own sister" he said and I quickly looked at Sterling. I ignored what Bruce said after and made my way towards sterling. Though, all along he stared down at the floor until I got in front of him and pushed him.

I caught him off guard which made him stumble a bit. But I didn't stop there, I pushed him again.

"What did you do to her?" I asked. I wasn't thinking anymore, I was just acting.

"Tell me!" I yelled as I pushed him again, and again. Though he didn't fight me back, and he just let me push him.

"Don't be silent, tell me!" I said and pushed him again until he finally grabbed my wrist and held me still. 

He looked straight into my eyes.

"I'm sorry" he said and with force I pulled my hands out of his grip and pushed him again.

"You fucking liar!" I said as I pushed him back. He stumbled but didn't fall.

"Tell me what did you do to her!" I said, about to push him again but didn't get the chance to because he grabbed my shoulder and pulled me down to the floor, now on my knees.

He went down with me, and with teared eyes he opens his lips.

"I killed our sister"

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