Separated At Birth

Chapter 21

Tiffany's Pov:

I tried to open my eyes but my vision was a bit cloudy, it took time for my vision to get back to normal. The room had one bulb which illuminated only the center of the room, leaving the corners of the room dark. I looked at my far right, then I saw Ivan unconscious on the floor. I tried to call his name but I couldn't form any words because my mouth was covered with a cloth. I tried to move my hands and legs but to no avail. Panic washed all over my body, I started moving my body until I was able to sit with my hands tied behind my back. The room had a table with four chairs. The table looked like it had never been touched by a cloth before, the chair had cobwebs. I saw Ivan slowly waking up, he struggled to sit but he eventually succeeded. He started screaming in panic but his voice wasn't loud, he turned to where I was sitting and when he saw me, he relaxed a bit. From his eyes you could tell that he had so many questions. 

We sat like that for a while until we heard footsteps coming towards the door, we heard the door slowly open and close. The person who we couldn't see properly because of the yellow dull light, started walking down the stairs. The lights suddenly turned off and my heart started beating faster than normal. I heard the door open again and then I heard a familiar voice. 

"Auntie Marie are you in there?" 

There was no response.

Wait, isn't that Taylor's voice? I know that we don't hang out together but I know her voice very well. But what is she doing here? could it be that she has also been kidnapped as well? If she was then she would be in the same situation as Ivan and I and she wouldn't be moving around freely. And she clearly called the person who was in this room her aunt, meaning she could be behind the all thing. I didn't know that she hates me to the extent of even kidnapping me, but what does she want with Ivan? I don't think he has ever done anything wrong to her….

The light turned back on and it instantly turned me out of my thoughts. The person who I now know to be a woman all thanks to Taylor ascended back the stairs quickly. I could hear them speaking in low voices. The whole room lit up, someone must have turned on the lights on the sides of the walls. The person walked back in with a tray of food, she was wearing a mask, so I couldn't see her face. She walked towards me and puts the tray down. The person took the phone from her pocket, and then typed something on it. She showed me the phone and the message read-i am going to remove the cloth on your mouth but don't scream cos if you do, you will put me in trouble. I nodded my head. She slowly removed the cloth from my mouth and I could still feel the pain from where the cloth was tied. I did the opposite of what she told me.

She puts the cloth back on my mouth "I told you to Keep quiet," she blurted out. She immediately puts her hands on her mouth before she could cover my mouth properly, and the cloth fails down. 

"Jasmine" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. 

She removed the mask and threw it away in frustration. She knelt down in front of me. 

"I'm so sorry Tj. It's just that my par-" she paused, probably thinking of what to say next. 

"Your what?" I looked straight into her eyes. 

Jasmine stood up and walked to the table, she pulled one of the chairs and sat down with her head hanging low, probably embarrassed of what she's about to say. "My parents kidnapped you guys," she kept looking at her fingers. I was shocked by her revelation. 

"So what do your parents want with us? it's not like we wronged them." 

From the right side of my eyes, I could see Ivan nodding his head in agreement of what I just said.

 "You no. But your parents, yes," she stated. 

"What did our parents do?" I questioned. Admiring the burger and the fries on the try next to me. If my hands were free, I would have grabbed mine already. 

Jasmine didn't answer me, instead she stood up and walked towards Ivan tiredly. She removed the cloth from his mouth and then she untied our hands so that we could eat. She actually begged us not to do anything funny cos we were all going to be in trouble when her parents finds out. We did as she told us, after we finished eating our food, she helped Ivan sit next to me and then she tied our hands and covered our mouth. She grabbed the tray and started walking back the way she came in, she stood on the stairs for a while and you could see that she felt bad for us. She finally walked out. I started thinking about my mom and dad, I don't know what they are going through right now. All I know is that they will do anything in their power to find me. My back started aching because I was leaning on the wall for a long time. Ivan noticed me struggling, so he shoved my shoulder and when I looked at him, he looked at me and then he looked at his shoulder. He was probably telling me to lean on his shoulder and it didn't take long for me to do that. 

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