Cole hadn't removed his face from his knees and I started to actually get really worried. It wasn't my place but I had a heart and it was reaching out to the sad soul on the floor.

I slide my uninjured leg down and then used the crutch to descend my other leg. Pain rippled through my leg and I hissed but I was successful on the floor next to him.

"What are you doing?" His voice was hoarse and he finally lifted his head up. His eyes were wide from shock but I noticed the moistness that lay on his bottom eyelid.

"I thought you could use the support." I say offering him my crutches and I cringed at my awful joke.

"You are terrible at jokes honestly." He says offering a sad smile.

"Why are you being nice to me?" He asks suddenly and I answer him with a shrug.

"I know what it's like to lose a parent you shouldn't have to go through anything similar no matter how much of an ass you are." It felt weird opening up to Cole this way considering nobody actually knew I was an orphan but this guy seems to always find out my secrets so did it even matter?

His face twisted in confusion and distaste. He stood up in anger, his eyes showed that he was hurt and my stomach churned maybe he didn't like that I was talking about my parents when his dad was on his death bed?

"Sorry" I quickly say and look away.

"No sky I can't believe that you can lie right now! Honestly you have two parents that love you!" He screams and starts pacing. It was my turn for my face to twist into confusion, what the actual hell is he talking about has he met my adopted mother? If he did I don't think he would say saying such nice things about her and my adopted father isn't even around.

"I'm talking about my biological parents asshole and don't assume things honestly I'm trying to be nice but you keep on being an asshat!" I blew up but it didn't have much of a dramatic effect that I wanted to, considering I was still stuck on the floor. Damn sprained leg.

"Biological parents?" He says exasperatedly and then looks away. His pacing intensified and he started muttering to himself constantly saying "no".

"You're an orphan?" He stops in front of my face. He was dead serious as if it was a life changing piece of information and I felt uncomfortable, why did it matter?

"So the woman that is raising you isn't your actual mother?" His voice was shaky and I was starting to get scared.

"No, I'm so glad that she isn't to be honest, I grew up in an orphanage and the Zedler's took me in at the age of six." I was skeptical giving him this information but something told me he needed to hear this.

"That was eleven years ago, oh my god I can't believe-" Cole started to say but was cut of by the nurse who had come into the hallway to call Cole in.

I waited in the hallway but the door was wide open and I couldn't help but eavesdrop.

"Dad what happened? The nurse said you were stable but how the hell did you get shot?" Cole was angry yet worried at the same time, I could hear it in his voice.

"C-Cole w-wh-" his fathers voice was gruff and he struggled to speak. I hadn't caught a glimpse of his face so I struggled to imagine what he would look like but all that was stuck in my very imaginative and creative mind was a really old senior version of Cole.

"Okay don't speak, get some rest." He says more calmly this time.

"No C-Cole why-"his breathing was heavy I could hear it from the hallway which was concerning.

"What is it dad?" Cole's voice echoed and I listened hanging onto every word.

"Cole w-why-"

"Yes dad? What is is?"

"Cole why do you look like a c-carrot?"

"Are you serious right now?! Dad you just got shot."

I couldn't hold it in I burst out laughing and then slapped my hands over my mouth. The image of his awful orange skin and green hair burned in my mind.

"Is someone with you son?" My eyes widened. Shit he was going to kill me. I'd rather get bitten by another snake again than this.

"Shut the hell up Zedler, it's rude to eavesdrop." Cole hisses from the room and I gulped, there was a huge lump in my throat and the heat rouse to my cheeks.

"Zedler? You're hanging out with a Zedler?" Cole's father's voice had changed from playful to venomous really quickly. What kind of personal vendetta did the Braxton's have with the Zedler's? I guess this is why Cole has always been cruel to me. Or was it ?

"It's not what you think, she got hurt on the trip and I had to escort her." Cole says quietly. Cole's father sighed and then demanded that I should be brought in. Oh hell no I didn't want to get into the middle of this.

Cole entered the hallway where I was still slumped on the floor and offered a hand to pick me up. I regretful took it ignoring the pain and entered the room. I let out a shaky breathe when I saw a man in his late thirty's attached to multiple machines and tubes. He had short black hair with bits of grey in it, wrinkly skin and those familiar eyes that has haunted me all those years.

"Hello Sky." He finally speaks sending shivers throughout my body, there was something off about this man but I couldn't put my finger on it.

"Hi." I say quietly and the both of them awkwardly looked at me.

"Look I'm going to get straight to the point, do you want to find out more about your biological parents?" The atmosphere was heavy and my breath hitched in my throat. I thought they were dead? They had to be I was in an orphanage god damn! And how did this man know anything about my parents?

"Wait ! You knew this whole time and you didn't tell me ? Father you don't know what I've done! You're such a selfish prick." Cole was furious and I was still struggling to comprehend what was happening.

"Your real name is Sky Aurielo, daughter of Anne and Marcos Aurielo. You can get all the information you need from this number." He says ignoring Cole, he then hands me a card which I firmly take and crumple in my pocket.

I was lost for words, I mean who would believe that your nemesis's father would come along and tell you the truth about your life? Is it even the truth? He said it so calmly. Honestly what do you say. It seems so unbelievable but why would he say this? What's his motives it's clear that he didn't want anything to do with a Zedler.

But you're not a Zedler.

Nevertheless there is something in his favor and something is telling me I'm going to find it out the hard way.

"My parents are dead." I whisper holding back a sob.

"No but as I said you can find out more if you want to." He held no emotion in his words so I quickly shifted my gaze to Cole. He was utterly frustrated and on a verge of a breakdown, I didn't understand why but I was going to get to the bottom of it once we left the room. That didn't take that long as Cole started to storm out, he grips me by the arm to follow him before turning around to tell him one last thing.

"I despise you honestly, I can't believe I was actually worried about you on your death bed, it's not like you ever returned the favor, you're nothing but a selfish coward."

I looked away pretending like this wasn't happening in front of me. Cole was harsh and I couldn't tell if he regretted it or not. I refused to utter a word as I collected my belongings and made it to the check out desk. Awkward silence filled the air as the secretary took her time to attend to us. We were finally done when we were pushed by a nurse and Doctor in blue scrubs.

"Emergency in room 402, gather the other nurses we're going to need all the help we can get." The doctor was on a younger side and his face expressed deep concern.

My gaze shifted to Cole and my stomach churned when I realized that was Mr Braxton's room. Cole sped of into the haunting hallways and I followed him slowly with my crutches. Adrenaline was in my veins, everything was happening so fast that I couldn't really think.

Cole was shouting at the nurse who blocked him from entering the room. Everyone in the room were using medical terms that seemed to make you much more worried.

"Time of death 17:04, cause unknown" My heart dropped instantly and my hand covered my mouth in shock. This can't be happening.

The doctor exited the room with a disappointed look on his face, ultimately making this a reality.

"I'm so sorry but Mr Braxton could not make it, we tried everything but there seemed to be an unknown drug in his blood spreading fast."

An unknown drug? How does that even happen in a hospital? Was Mr Braxton trying to commit suicide, did someone want him dead ? So many questions and absolutely the wrong time to ask for any answers.

Cole said nothing, blinded by tears he pushes past us and storms out of the hospital. The doctor looks at me expectedly and I nod before trailing behind him. By the time I had gotten to the parking lot there was nobody in site besides a familiar looking guy in camp uniform. He quickly introduced himself as the driver and I relaxed a bit. The driver pointed me in the direction that Cole had ran in and I thanked him.

I spotted him entering some dense bush and I fastened my pace so I wouldn't lose track of him. The air was dark and eery and my skin crawled at the cold seeping though my jersey. None of that mattered right now except stopping Cole. I don't know why I was even doing this I was the last person he would ever want to comfort him but there was nobody else around and I feared that something bad would happen. As much as I hated him I couldn't let him get injured or worse die.

He hadn't noticed me trailing behind him yet but he suddenly stopped at the edge of a cliff that was barricaded up because it was known for cars swerving into it and falling into the river below it. My breathe hitched in my throat. He wasn't going to do what I think he's going to do right?

He stepped dangerously close to the edge I slowly neared him but he kept on stepping forward, the words left my mouth before I could register what was happening.

"Cole, Stop please!"

He looked at me shocked that I had followed him but he shook his head when his eyes met mine and leaped into the air.

Everything happened so fast after that.

Dun dun dun. So many unanswered questions even I'm starting to get confused. I'll have to update soon because let's be honest cliffhangers are a real bitch. Lol cliffhangers, Cole . Lol.
Too soon?

What did you think about Cole's dad?

Soooo I wrote this half asleep so point out mistake please ❤️

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