Chapter 105

ELEANOR

“I know that you don’t like celebrating your birthday. Natasha told me your reason…”

“Then why did you…?”

“Open the box, Killian.” I said, stopping him. My heart raced against my chest and I knew when I first came here that this might hurt him, but if I could face my fear and pain, and if I could stand strong to start fresh, then so can he. His eyes hardened, but he took a deep breath and did as told. 

He frowned in confusion at the sight of a small album, it was what Natasha, his mother, and I could find of both him and his sister. Their pictures growing up, and it ended with the surprise that I wanted to give him.

His heart raced, and his hands shook as he looked at the pictures, and it took everything in me to stay still in my place as I forced myself not to walk toward and comfort him. If anyone knew how painful it was to lose your family member, best friend, and everything that you had, it is me. But if anyone knew how to rise from tha