The Secrets That Free Us

Chapter 14

I wake up to my Mom and Dad sitting on the end of my bed. Huh?

My Mom smiles at me lovingly and grabs my hand in hers. Her long nails bite into my flesh as she tightens her grip causing me to wince as her face morphs into a scowl.

"You should have done the job properly. You ruined Cody's christening you know."

Why is she saying this to me? Why is she being so cruel?

I look to my Dad for help and his face shows his sympathy, "She's right you know. You've always been a disappointment Grace but not being able to even kill yourself properly? Wow."

I feel the tears dripping down my face as my bedroom door swings open to my siblings all looking angry with me.

"You're so selfish, you forgot I had even gotten engaged." Parker growls at me.

"You ruined my son's christening!" Joey yells at me.

"I haven't stayed in my own home for weeks because you can't be alone! You're pathetic." Mia sneers at me.

I try to block my ears and their horrible words out but I can still hear them all.

Cole appears with a sinister smile, "You've been the bane of my life for eighteen years. Not everything is about you Grace!" His eyes go black with anger as his fave twists, "It was all your fault" he whispers, keeping my secret between us still. He lets out a laugh that chills me to the bone "you deserved it"

I hear heavy boots walking through the hallway, I know the sound of those footsteps. They've haunted me ever since that night. Cole knows that I'm aware of this because his smile grows even bigger and in a mocking tone he says, "I brought you a visitor.."

Before the footsteps reach my bedroom door I let out a scream and screw my eyes closed.
"Stop it! All of you stop it!"

"Grace? Grace?" I hear a frantic voice. I open my eyes when I feel strong hands on my shoulders and my eyes meet my eldest brothers cold blue ones.

The same blue eyes that had been shining with amusement as her was taunting me only moments ago.

I let out another scream and push myself as far up the bed and away from Cole as I can get.

It's only when his face falls at my reaction to seeing him that I start realising it was just a dream. A horrible, fucked up dream.

"Are you okay? I heard you screaming?" He asks me, emotion thick in his voice.

"Yeah. New sleeping meds." He nods in understanding but I can still see the hurt in his face. Cole is usually my source of comfort and the person I confide in, not the villainous person who was in my dream.

"Do you want to talk about it? You're sweating and you've been crying."

I shake my head no and he tries to give me a small smile as he gets up and leave. I think it would break his heart if I told him about my dream.

My parents are paying Dr. Blaylock a  ton of money for me to talk about this stuff so I'll let her analyse that shit show later.

***

The remnants of my dream is still weighing heavily on me at lunch as I pick at my chicken sandwich.

That was the first time I've had a dream like that and I can't help but think about what the evil-twin versions of my family members had said to me held some truth.

I did ruin Cody's christening and I've been ignoring the fact that Joey hasn't spoke to me since I got out of hospital.

My Mom and Dad do worry about me, Mia has put her life on hold for me and Parker's engagement was the last thing on my mind.