Liam Payne’s Sister Nicola Reveals The Heartbreaking Way She First Found Out About His Death

Liam Payne’s sister is opening up about the heart-dropping moment when she found out about his death.

On Monday, the One Direction alum’s sister Nicola Payne took to Instagram to pay tribute to her late brother. During that tribute, she shockingly revealed that she first heard about his death online. She wrote in a lengthy post:

“When I saw the news pop up on my phone that you had left us I went cold, I wanted so much for this to be untrue. I have spent days hoping that it was a mistake and somebody has got it wrong.”

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What an awful reality. And obviously, it’s even worse that she didn’t get to hear it from family or a law enforcement official at first, too. We can’t even imagine her logging on to see news like that. She went on:

“You were truly too good for this earth, you are an angel to everyone you met and it shows with just how many people have confirmed what we always knew! We don’t have many pictures together as we never really did that as a family, we never wanted you to feel like you were in a room of fans, but we were your biggest fans always and forever. Your talent alone puts you miles ahead, but also you being you.”

Aww. What an accommodating family! When together, they didn’t want him to feel like Liam Payne of One Direction… They just wanted him to feel like Liam.

She concluded:

“You led your life with a motto of why bother doing something unless you are brilliant at it, and Liam you were certainly brilliant at everything you did!! Unfortunately this cruel world is always to [sic] quick to judge someone from a few 5 second clips, they then think it entitles them to be able to speak like they know you. We knew you and we loved you. I hope you have finally found peace up there and that you’ll continue to look after us all as you have done in this life. We will make sure Bear knows about his daddy and how much you loved him, we promise this. See you soon Liam, Love You xx”

Of course, Liam shares 7-year-old son Bear with ex Cheryl Cole.

You can read Nicola’s full post and scroll through her sweet photos with Liam (below):

So difficult. Ugh. Our hearts continue to be with the Payne family.

[Images via Nicola Payne/Instagram & WENN]