Chapter 354-Before I Leave.
Helanie:
"Tell me what happened?" Emmet insisted, but I had shut down again. I couldn’t seem to forget how I once trusted Maximus, and now he was against me.
By the end of the day, Emmet was their brother. He would definitely lean toward them somehow.
"I got myself tangled up with them, and now they’re both angry with me because I didn’t want to make it official with either of them," I muttered, watching outside the window.
He was driving slowly, taking me back to his home. I would never call it my place.
"Hmm, that is messy. I guess I wouldn’t know until I hear the whole story. But I’ll suggest you let it be for a while. The more you try to explain yourself to them, the angrier they’ll get," he advised, knowing his brothers too well.
"Helanie, I want to suggest something, and I hope you take it just as advice from your stepbrother or your professor," he said softly, taking the longer route. It was better this way.
I didn’t want to sit directly across from him and look into his eyes while having this conversation.
"Sometimes, you just have to be honest. If you keep hiding things, you’ll look like the bad guy. People will accuse you of lying and betraying others because they don’t know the whole truth. For instance—" he paused, glancing at me to make sure I wasn’t freaking out at his words. "In today’s situation, they both deserve to know why you left them or picked them in the first place. The truth is important. We have to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes too.
Think about it like this for a moment—if Kaye had been with you and then left you for a reason that he no longer saw as valid when dating someone closer to you—let’s say your cousin—then what? Wouldn’t you be upset too?" he asked gently.
With a heavy heart, I answered honestly, "Yes!"