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The next Morning.

My teary eyes were left opened overnight, I don't even know whether to be happy that the guy who I always want by my side is actually my brother, Hell no.. It doesn't worth being happy about. This is the saddest thing ever.

Has Simon himself heard about it? How would he feel?

What if we've once somehow had our pants down??
Ah! It never happened but what about the emotional kisses we've shared..

The feelings we have for each other..

"It's morning!" My mom said walking into my room only to see me sitting on the floor with my head on my legs.
"Oh My God, Audrey. Don't tell me you are still thinking about it" She exclaimed.

I raised my head up and she looked at my face and gasped.
"Red face, Red eyes.. You wept profusely over the night and here you are, you're still crying" She said and bent close come closer to me.
She was about to say some words of consolation when we heard a knock on the door in the living room.

"Who could it be early this morning? " She asked rhetorically.
"Cheer up Audrey. Give me some seconds, I'll go get the door" She said, stood up and left.

Even when I tried to wipe away my tears, they kept on flowing down the more. It ain't easy to get over it, It's worst than heartbreak or this is literally a heartbreak itself.

" Harry? Simon? " I heard my mom voice saying to someone (Some people ) The people at the door..
My father and my brother ¿.. Jeeez

I rushed outta my room to see what's going on..I saw Mr Anderson first and Simon behind him.

If it were other poor people, they'll feel so honoured to have these two reputable people (Simon and his father) in their various small houses but I'm not feeling that way, I'm feeling a combination of worst feelings.

Wait, Mr Wealthy is my father?
Come to think of it, how can that ever be possible?
I recalled my mom's voice saying to me 'You're a rich girl remember? "

I shook my head in negation as if all these things were dream.

"Audrey " Simon called my name and walked towards me.

Hasn't he been told by his father? By our father that we are siblings?
I don't even know if I should walk to him or move away from him.

"What are you doing Harry? What are you doing here? " My mom confronted him.

"To make things right, between us and between the young lovers. Seems like you have told Audrey already" Mr Anderson said to my mom.

And... While Simon was already close to me, I think he cried too Bcos his eyes were red and he intertwined my hand with his like it doesn't matter if we are siblings. What the heck? I unintertwined my hand from his but he pulled me and hugged me affectionately.
We both began to cry afresh.
Impossible Relationship, that's what this is called.

"Make things right between them? Listen to yourself Harry! They are step silbl....."

"They are not exactly siblings! Kathleen, I never got married and I adopted Simon" Mr Anderson said.

What??
I don't know who was the first to disengage from the hug. We did it together and turned to look at them (My Mom and His... Dad, My Dad)

"Daddy? What did you just say?? " Simon asked shockingly.
Not just him, Mom was shocked and I was shocked too.
(It became part of the combination of the worst feelings that I was feeling)


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Audrey's POV

"They are not exactly siblings! Kathleen, I never got married and I adopted Simon" Mr Anderson said.

What??
I don't know who was the first to disengage from the hug. We did it together and turned to look at them (My Mom and His... Dad, My Dad)

"Daddy? What did you just say?? " Simon asked, he was very puzzled.
Not just him, Mom was shocked and I was shocked too.
(It became part of the combination of the worst feelings that I was feeling)

"Can.. Can we all have our seats first? " Mr Anderson, My... Father stammered.

"Harry, what... What did you just say? Tell me, it's a truthful lie, tell me you just told a lie only to make things right like you've said" My mom said to him

Which one was she referring to as a lie, Is it that he never got married or that Simon not being his real son.

"Daddy" Simon called again and paid total glance at his Dad then he walked towards him.

"You are not my father? You adopted me? " He growled.

"I.... Mmmm, Well I... did" Mr Anderson continued to stammer.

"You are not my biological father?? " Simon screamed.

My mom and I just stood there watching the supposed father and son.
Never have I seen Simon this upset, talkless of cry.

"Oh, that why you couldn't show me a picture of my mother, that's why we don't look alike even a little. You lied to me Daddy! " Simon shouted at his... dad and the man sighed sadly.

"Would you just hear me out first?? " His father asked him but Simon responded by sobbing.

Mr Anderson sat on one of the couches and expected us to do the same but since we remained on our foot, so he stood up.

"I adopted you Simon" He repeated..

"Why didn't you tell me? Who are my parents? Why did you lie to me that I've lost my mother? Why... "

"I didn't lie about that, Your mom is dead"

"I don't understand!" Simon screamed.
"Didn't you just say you never got married, My mother isn't your wife? " He asked.

"Yes" Mr Anderson replied and began to explain;

"I was an eye-witness when your mother was involved in a car accident due to reckless driving and she gave up the ghost instantly but you were in there, in the upside-down vehicle, safe and sound, smiling fondling with your fingers" Mr Anderson began to explain.
"One could easily tell that she was about leaving the country in a rush 'cos the severe accident happened at the border part of Wearous"
"Everyone was screaming and shouting as you were brought out of the car. I followed you as you were taken to the hospital for thorough test to be sure if there's no internal bleeding. There wasn't"
"They couldn't get in contact with your family because no-one knew your mother's family"
"I don't even know why I felt so moved and concerned about you, I followed you here and there, even when you were taken to the orphanage home. Somehow, I had the feeling that you had a father and of course, you have a family somewhere, but since no-one came for you , the sistrens at the orphanage home decided to have you"
"I went to them, even my fame didn't make them to allow me to adopt you, they waited for a year, yet no one showed up as your family or part of your family. That was when they permitted me to adopt you with a deal I signed that says when I find your father or any of your family members, I have to return you back to them. Then I took you in because i was ready to have you as my son and take care of you" He explained...
I don't know what to say as my legs became feeble to stand, even my mom dropped stamina-lessly on the couch.

I don't know what to do, whether to console Simon 'cos I've never seen him so sad, like completely downcasted.

It's okay to be sad after hearing this whole bad story but why exactly is he not himself. Is it because he has no biological relationship with Mr wealthy or because he lied to him or because his adopted father is my biological father?

Mr Anderson pulled him closer and patted him on his back.

"Okay, in one straight sentence, you're not my father" Simon began to speak;
"In another sentence, I have no family" He added sadly.

"You do, I'm very sure you have some people, somewhere searching for you that's if they've not lost the hope of finding you" Mr Anderson told him and embraced him, allowing his tears to drop on his back.
"Listen Simon, no matter what you are still my beloved son" He said consoling him like he was a baby.

After some minutes, they disengaged from the hug.
"Dad... Daddy" Simon wanted to say something to him.
"Jeez, I can't even call you my Daddy anymore knowing fully well now that you're not my father"

"Go ahead " Mr Anderson told him

"Did you also lie about this necklace? " Simon asked him drawing it out of his neck and showing it to him.
"You told me my mom gave it to me before she died, Was that a lie too? "

"No, not exactly a lie. The necklace was around your neck during the accident. Like I promised the sistrens, to always make sure that you have the necklace on just in case it would make you find your family" Mr Anderson answered him.

"Speaking of your necklace... " I spoke up, remembering it's familiar and I walked towards him.

"Can I see it? " I asked and Simon unhooked it and showed it to me.