Harker went quiet on this, his face dark. The bison kept on chewing at the distance, while the blondes hesitated on whether to interrupt or not.
Mina decided to speak out in Harker's favor. "Little girl…. Your brother didn't mean to lie to you. Sometimes you just have to make sacrifices for your family. You'll learn that when you're older. It's called a 'white lie', a good type of lying. Have you heard of that?"
Roland shook his head disapprovingly. "White lies or not, the truth always comes out eventually. Just look at what happened now, Chloe's going to have to be involved no matter what happens. And the rest would be too. It's only a matter of time."
Harker rubbed his forehead from these two opposing points. They were both valid, and he felt that confusing feeling again that he had as a child on what to do or not to do.
He closed his eyes. "Chloe…. I just want to protect you. I'm sorry if it feels like I don't trust you."
