What Really Happened
I started to wake up, I slowly opened my eyes. My head hurts so much it feels like it's going to explode. I felt nauseous and wanted to vomit. I lifted my head slowly, the feeling of wanting to vomit was inevitable. My stomach contents came out, strange... all that came out was water.
My vision, which was previously dark, slowly started to become brighter as before. I started to fully realize, I found myself on a bed in a strange room that smelled of medicine. I know this must be in the hospital. I held my head, it turned out to be in bandages.
"Ah... are you awake?" asked a female nurse who had just entered.
"Where am I?"
"This is at the hospital. You're injured that's why you're here."
"Who brought me here?"
"Some villagers found you seriously injured at the bottom of a ravine. They took you to this hospital. Then take some medicine now, okay?"
"Am I the only one they brought here?"
"No, there was a man, he looked like he was a policeman because he was wearing a uniform. But his condition was very bad, his body was covered in wounds and there was a gunshot wound right next to his heart. 5 hours ago he had just had surgery to remove the bullet.
"H... how is he now?"
"Thankfully the operation went smoothly. Even though he was bleeding a lot."
"Oh... thank goodness!"
"I'll put the medicine here, OK? If you need anything, just press the bell, the nurse will come," he said as he started walking.
"W... wait a minute, nurse...!"
"Yes?"
"I... I want to see that guy!"
"Now you can't because your condition has not recovered."
"I...I want to see it now...!"
"But ...!"
"Please nurse, that man is my brother. I want to meet him!"
"Huh... okay Miss, just a moment, okay?"
The nurse took me to the room where Bryan was currently being treated. I really couldn't believe what I saw. The situation is truly sad. Part of his body was bandaged. And there were many wounds on his face. Like not the Bryan I know.
"Bryan...!" I said shaking, my tears started to come out of hiding. I'm trying to control my emotions right now. When he heard my voice his eyes slowly opened, and his fingers moved. Maybe he noticed me nearby.
"A...An...ka...!" he said shakily.
"Y...yes it's me Anka! Do you remember that?"
"O... of course... so... I remember, you... you... my little... little brother, right?"
"It's you! Sister, can you leave us alone for a moment?" I asked.
"Okay! If there's anything, just call me!"
"Yes, thank you," I answered. The nurse left and closed the door to this room.
"Bryan... why did this happen? I'm sorry... it's all my fault, it's my fault!"
"This isn't your fault, Anka. So... don't often blame yourself."
"It's my fault... I always give you trouble, if only I hadn't followed you at that time, none of this would have happened. I... I'm stupid... I'm useless...!" I said while crying hysterically.
"Anka...!" he said while holding my hand.
"Ah...?"
"I love you, Anka. I really love you! Don't think of yourself as useless."
"I'm useless, I should be the one who was seriously injured... I should be the one in your position right now, I should be the one suffering!"
"No, I will never let you suffer more than this. You have suffered all this time. Don't waste your life, Anka!"
"Bryan... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!"
"Never mind, don't cry!"
"How could I not cry at a time like this," I said sobbing.
"Anka...!"
"What?"
"I... I want to tell you something!"
"Say."
"I should have wanted to tell you this a long time ago, but I couldn't bring myself to say it."
"So what?"
"This is a secret I've kept to myself for years."
"Secret? What do you mean by secret?"
"This is about our mother Anka."
"I... Mother, you already...!"
"Yes, mother is indeed dead and I started to find out this secret after mother left."
"What secret? Please tell me!"
"But you have to promise me first."
"Promise what?"
"Promise me, when you find out everything you won't hate Dad anymore?"
"Wh... why is that?"
"Promise me!"
"Okay... okay."
I'm confused about why I have to promise like this, but it's to find out the truth about my mother's past.
"Th...three days after Mother's death, I was told by Aunt Eli to get a shovel in the barn. When I was looking, I suddenly found Mother's diary. I read it all, and at that moment I knew that Uncle Clark is our real biological father."
"W...what? Uncle Clark? N...no way...!"
"Before marrying Father, Mother and Uncle Clark were lovers. But Father secretly loved Mother. Until one day Mother became pregnant while Uncle Clark was on a flight. Mother intended to tell Clark that at that time she was pregnant with Clark's child. But "Before Mother said that, a letter came from Clark saying that he had broken up with Mother and was going to marry another woman."
"W...what? N...no way, you're lying, right?"
"I'm not... I'm not lying Anka, this is the real truth."
"Then what happened to Mother after that?"
"Because of stress, Mother tried to commit suicide. If her parents found out, she would definitely be kicked out. Mother tried to commit suicide by jumping from the top of a multi-storey building. That's where Father came and helped Mother. Father said that he would take responsibility and was ready to marry Mother and to be the father of the child she is carrying."
"Impossible...impossible...!" I shouted hysterically.
"Anka, that's what really happened."
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