Chapter (Two Hundred) Ninety Two: Siblings

He even had Fernanda's eyes. There was no way he wasn't related to them.

He saw his mother's face crumble with a pained wince and instantly knew he had said the thought out loud.

" That's because they are your grandparents. Lorenzo…" She squeezed her eyes shut and took a deep breath to swallow down the sob clawing up her throat. " Damien, Lorenzo is your father."

He pulled his hands out of her hold like her touch burned him and stumbled backwards. He was shaking his head before he could register the action. Celeste moved to close the widening distance between them but he put out a hand to stop her.

" Stop. Just stop. Please don't come any closer." He felt too volatile right now. He wasn't in the right state of mind to tell right from wrong, and he might do something he would regret later on. He had to get out of there, he shouldn't have come in the first place.

She was weeping now, her face red and wet with tears.