"Say something." Stefan felt the dreed seep in when he noted Ella's silence after he finished speaking those words.
He noticed how her grip on the ice cream cup tightened and her eyes were tormented with feelings he couldn't quite understand.
"Did he also force Eveline's mother?" Ella asked, blinking her lethargy away and turning to stare directly into his eyes.
Jedrick was a nasty guy in her eyes, regardless of the circumstances.
"I do not know. Gabriel did reveal anything about it," he said in a whisper, making Ella clench her jaw.
"I wonder how many lives he destroyed and how he never felt regret," Ella spat, appalled by the guy who was, sadly, her father.
"Things are getting more complicated, which is why I want everyone of us to stay cautious." Stefan sighed.
Ella took him seriously and understood all he was saying.