Aaron was turned on by Aaliyah. He felt terrible about because his family treated her like their daughter.
But he couldn't help it.
Ever since she went through puberty he would always catch himself staring at her boobs and her ass and he felt ashamed of it.
Aaliyah had a few exes and so getting her nudes wasn't a problem for Aaron. He messaged a boy that he knew Aaliyah was seeing and he immediately gave Aaron the nudes.
Aaron wouldn't try anything with Aaliyah because he knew she would tell Nate and Nate would be furious.
And when Cal exposed him that night he wanted to beat his dad up.
He felt embarrassed for himself and for her.
"Come with me." Nate grabbed Aaliyah's hand and took her to his bedroom. She glanced at Aaron who wouldn't look at her and he walked into his room too.
Aaliyah sat down on Nate's bed and he ran his hands through his hair in frustration.
Aaliyah stared at him "What's going on with Jules and your dad?" Nate sighed and Sat down next to her "Listen, Lee. There's a lot of things I haven't told you about me and my dad. One of them is Jules. My dad used to record himself having sex with men and I found them."
Aaliyah couldn't even look at Nate as he continued speaking to her "One of them was a video of Jules and I stole it."
Aaliyah finally looked at him "Do you still have it?" Nate shook his head "No, I thought you might've taken it but clearly not. It might've been Maddy."
Aaliyah nodded slowly and rubbed her hands together "I don't understand, what does this have to do with you?"
Nate sighed deeply and looked at Aaliyah guiltily "I've done a lot of things I'm not proud of, Lee. I just want you to know that I'm making amends. I wanna be honest with you from now on. No more secrets."
Aaliyah smiled softly at Nate and whispered "Is there anything else you wanna tell me, Nate?"
The boy looked into Aaliyah's eyes as she patiently waited for an answer "No."
Aaliyah took his word and the two feel asleep.
Aaliyah could barely sleep that night knowing that Nate was hiding something. Although, she had no idea what exactly he was hiding.
It wasn't until she was over Cassie's house a couple of days later when she had an idea of what Nate was hiding.
The girls were in the kitchen when Rue walked into the Howard household. Maddy was the first to greet Rue and embraced her in a hug. The girls then all hugged her and Suze walked down the stairs with a smile "Hey, Rue Oh, jeez. Are you feelin' okay? You look terrible. I mean, really terrible."
Rue nodded "Yeah, I think I just have, like, a cold or something." Suze put her hands up "Well, don't get me sick. I have a compromised immune system. But otherwise, are you doin' okay?"