It took a few moments for all of that to sink in but when it did, the tears practically stopped. She stared at him silently for a very long moment before she slapped him as hard as she could across the cheek. Her hand stung as it fell away, but it didn't hurt nearly as much as the ache in her chest.
"Don't you dare say you did it to keep me safe," she said. In that moment, she could hear Peyton telling her the same thing; that she and Lucas hadn't told her about the affair so that Brooke wouldn't get hurt. "If all of this is true, don't you think it would've been safer for me to know?"
She blamed Dean, there was definitely no doubt about that, but she was still upset with the others. So many of them were lying to her face and apparently didn't even feel guilty about it.
"Why did you even bother telling me this now? You had so many chances to come clean; what makes today any different? I trusted you, Dean. I believed every little thing you told me."
Realization sunk in and suddenly she was crying again, but she wasn't just going to fall apart anymore. Now she was pissed. "Did you even mean any of what you just said?"
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"Don't you dare say you did it to keep me safe," she said. In that moment, she could hear Peyton telling her the same thing; that she and Lucas hadn't told her about the affair so that Brooke wouldn't get hurt. "If all of this is true, don't you think it would've been safer for me to know?"
She blamed Dean, there was definitely no doubt about that, but she was still upset with the others. So many of them were lying to her face and apparently didn't even feel guilty about it.
"Why did you even bother telling me this now? You had so many chances to come clean; what makes today any different? I trusted you, Dean. I believed every little thing you told me."
Realization sunk in and suddenly she was crying again, but she wasn't just going to fall apart anymore. Now she was pissed. "Did you even mean any of what you just said?"