CHAPTER 121

  Stefan

  I arrived at the hospital, but it was too late when I tried to stop Derek. When I entered my brother's room, my mother and father were with him. Derek's doctor told him that Kara had left the hospital with me. Derek stared at me, and I noticed the resentment in his gaze. Since he fell into a coma, I had thought that if my brother woke up, I would like to rebuild our sibling relationship, but what I did would never allow that. A new war between brothers had erupted. I could have avoided it, but I chose not to tell the truth and took Kara with me.

  "I can't believe you lied to me, damn it. You're a son of a..." My father didn't let him continue.

  "Derek, please. Don't say that!" my mother stopped him.

  Derek looked at my father and then at me.