From Enemies To Lovers (English Version)

Chapter 22

Dean slides under the blanket up to his shoulders. He always does that, he likes it. Ace lies on his side so that he looks at Dean. Dean looks up at the ceiling and fiddles with his hair for a moment. Dean feels a hand run through his hair. Dean looks at Ace with a calm look. "Ace," he says softly. "May I tell you about my parents?"

Ace nods. "Of course. "

Dean turns on his side and looks at him. "When I was 7, my parents went out for dinner one night, just the two of us," Dean says in a soft voice. "My sister was 13." Ace nods, listening.

"My parents arranged a babysitter for us, that's my foster mom now," Dean says with a short smile. "Everything went fine at first, nothing was wrong. My parents kissed us before they left and told us we must behave. " Dean begins to lower and lower his voice. "Later that night my sister and I had to go to bed. We persuaded our parents to stay together, which we often did. So as always, the two of us secretly stayed awake. Usually, we stayed awake until we heard our parents back. come. "

"So, your foster mother was your nanny?" Ace says surprised. "What happened then?"

Dean nods. "At one point the bell rang. My sister and I started giggling because we stayed up the evening until our parents came home, it felt like a kind of victory then." He still speaks softly. "So, my sister and I went to the bedroom door and looked through the crack we had left open on purpose, but to our surprise, it wasn't our parents. It was a man in uniform, a cop."

Ace cannot help but continue to stroke Dean's hair.

"It was difficult to hear and see the officer. The siren was on in the background, but what we could still hear was' Sorry, but Mr. and Mrs. --- got into a car accident. rushed to the hospital," he told her.

"So bad. And you and your sister felt bad, didn't you?" Ace says carefully.

Dean nods. "My sister slowly opened the door to the babysitter's bedroom, or rather our foster mom now saw us. It took me a while to get to me, but when I saw my sister standing there in tears.... I broke. She had a frightening look on her face and tears streaming down her cheeks. That was heartbreaking," says Dean, looking difficult for a moment. "My foster mother looked at us worried and even the cop had a look of guilt on his face. We went straight to the hospital."

Ace looks sad. "Man, Dean, that sucks."

Dean looks at Ace for a moment and smiles, but then talks again. "When we got to the hospital, we had to wait in the waiting room. As much as I could, I tried to help my sister. I got a drink, I asked a staff member about sweets for her, I made sure there were tissues for her. After waiting a while, my foster mother came to us with a sad face and a sister next to her. They didn't survive. "

Ace nods but does not know what to say. All he keeps doing is stroking Dean's hair.

My sister was devastated. My foster mother took care of all the adult things, while I tried to take care of my sister as much as possible. 3 days later the funeral was. Of course, I could not stop crying although the funeral was unbelievably beautiful. Sister and I stood by their coffin, my sister did something that I will never forget in my life," Dean says, speaking softly. She said with tears in her eyes, 'Mommy, Daddy, don't worry about us. I will take care of Dean and protect him from all the bad things. I will grow up for him soon and buy a house with him. "As soon as I can. I will help him with school and raise him as you would like. So, do not worry, everything will be fine. We love you." then she looked at me with tears in her eyes and gave me a hug. She has kept those words ever since."

"Your sister is really very strong," says Ace and feels tears coming up herself.

Dean nods. "I am also very proud of her; she also works very hard."