Separated At Birth

Chapter 13

Ivan's pov:

A loud knock at the main door woke me up. I looked at the watch, the time was 5:50am-who would be knocking at this time. I got out of my bed and decided to go and see the person at the door, because my bedroom was closer to the living area as opposed to my parents bedroom. I grabbed a t-shirt from the ground where I dropped it last night, I got out of my room into the hallway and I walked down the stairs all the way to the front door. I opened the door and I found a woman wearing a hoodie and she covered her head, so I couldn't see her face clearly. She asked for my mom- that's odd, no one has ever looked for my mom at this time of the day. I was about to call her but she was already downstairs coming towards the door together with dad. 

"Son, who's at the door?" Dad asked. 

"Some lady who wants to speak to mom," I told him and then he went back upstairs. 

"That's weird, no one has ever come to look for me at this time," Mom said. 

"I thought so too," I told her. 

She opened the door and I started going back to my room, but before I reached the stairs, I overhead mom saying to the woman-"You! What are you doing here? And how did you even get my address cos I don't remember giving it to you?" My mom asked her in a whisper. I walked back and stood closer to the window so that I could see what was happening, because I couldn't trust the woman after what I just heard my mom say, she sounded a little scared." You know you're not supposed to be here right? I heard my mom say.

"You ask too many questions, or do you want me to tell you husband our little secret" the woman threatened my mom. She grabbed my mother's hand and dragged her to the car parked in the street, they both got in. A few minutes later my mom got out of the car and started coming to the house. I rushed back to my room cos I didn't want her to see me, I closed the door behind me and jumped on my bed. I just lay on my bed because I couldn't go back to sleep. I kept on thinking about the secret she and mom had that they don't want dad to find out. I showered and then I went downstairs. We all sat down at the dining table eating our breakfast silently, but not until dad broke the silence. 

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"Who was that woman who came to see you earlier this morning?" Dad asked. 

She hesitated a little before she spoke up. "Uh she's uh my cousin's friend; we were introduced at the family gathering last year. She recently moved here and she needed help with some money so my cousin gave her my address," She told him. 

"What does she need the money for?" He asked. 

"She needs it to bail her husband from prison," She said. 

When we were done eating, she grabbed the plates and headed to the kitchen. I quickly grabbed mine and followed her to the kitchen. "Hey mom." I said while putting my plate in the sink. 

"Hey sweetheart, what's wrong?" She said stopping what she was doing. 

I was a bit scared because I didn't know whether I should ask her or not, but I decided to go ahead and ask."Earlier today I overheard you and uh that woman talking. And I heard her say something about a secret that you don't want dad to find out, what secret was she referring to?" 

The next thing I heard was the sound of a cup failing on the floor and breaking. She accidentally bumped into it when I asked her the question." It's nothing," she said nervously. She knelt down and started picking up the broken pieces; I joined her and started picking up the broken pieces as well. 

"Mom just tell me, you can trust me, I won't get upset I promise."

"I told you it's nothing," she snapped and accidentally cut her finger."see what you have caused, are happy now," she went to the sink to wash the blood off. 

"Am sorry mom I didn't mean for this to happen I-" 

"You didn't mean for what to happen?" Dad asked me. 

"Nothing," I said and walked past him. 

"Where are you going?" he asked me. 

"Am going outside to wait for Ethan and Liam to come pick me up and then we go to Tj's house," I told him. 

When I was about to close the door behind me, I heard my dad ask mom what happened to her finger. I don't know what she said because I closed the door before she could respond. I sat on the stairs at the front porch waiting for them to come. I was about to start playing music when a blue BMW pulled over, I got up and started going to where the car was parked. I sat in the back seat and Ethan started driving the car. 

"Hey bro. What's up, you look a bit upset?" Liam asked me, slightly turning to look at me.

"It's nothing," I told him. Not feeling like telling him what happened with my mom.

"It's nothing and your face looks like that? Did you quarrel with your parents, that's why you're upset?" Ethan asked me. 

"Yeah tell us bro," Liam said. 

"Guys I prefer not to talk about it, can we talk about something else please," I told them. 

"Okay bro if you say so but when you feel like talking just know that we are here for you," Liam told me. 

"Yes bro Liam is right, if you feel like talking about it will be here for you." 

"Thanks guys," I told them, feeling a bit happy. I didn't even notice that we had reached Tiffany's house, and was glad that we were there on time. 

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