Separated At Birth

Chapter 24

Tiffany's pov:

For some time now I have been trapped in the dark. Every time I hear the voices of the people I love, I try by all means to open my eyes but I keep on failing. But today I need to try very hard, I need to do this for my parents, my grandparents and my friends. I slowly opened my eyes and my vision was hazy. After some time it became clear, and I was happy to see the two people I love the most in the world sitting right beside the hospital bed holding my hand. 

"Matt, s-she's awake," Mom says in excitement. 

"Oh my God, my little girl is awake," he moved close and hugged me" are you OK? Do you feel any pain," 

"Honey, call the doctor," Mom told him. 

Their excitement made me wonder how long I have been in the hospital. 

"Oh yeah," with that he left the room. 

My dad came back with the doctor. And he started examining me. After minutes of being examined, he turned to look at my parents. 

"Mr and Mrs Jones. Your daughter is out of the coma as you can see and I have examined her, she seems to be fine but I will recommend that she stays here so that we can run more tests on her," the doctor explained. 

"Doctor, how long will the tests take?" dad asked. 

"A week or so," the doctor informed him. 

"Doctor, is it fine if we can stay with our daughter," Mom asked. 

"Sure. If you need me I will be in my office," he gave me a smile before walking out. 

My parents sat back on the chairs and we started talking about random stuff. They told me that I have been in a coma for over a month, that's a long time. They told me that they started losing faith and that they didn't think that I would make it. We actually talked about a lot of things and I ended up finding out that Jasmine's parents, I mean adoptive parents. To be honest I don't even know what to call them, they died. Nick died on the spot but Marie died three weeks after the incident. The bullet was stark in her heart, the doctors were even surprised that she made it that long. 

It must have been hard for Jasmine to lose the people she grew up thinking they were her parents and now they are gone . I wish I was there to sympathize with her, no child deserves to go through what she went through. I understand why she did what she did. The whole time Ivan and I were locked up in the basement, she gave us everything we needed behind her parents back, she even pleaded with them to untie us and they did. I know that sometimes she would treat us badly when her parents were around but despite everything I still love her and I am happy to know that she's my sister. If I was in her shoes I would have done the same thing. 

I also found out from my parents that Mrs Hathaway was arrested and sent to jail for helping Marie and her husband with their plan. Paul filed for divorce. I wonder how Ivan is taking it. After we finished talking my dad went to get us lunch, he came back with two boxes of pizza and we ate together. 

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The next day I woke up and there was no one in the room. I sat up on my bed feeling a bit disappointed. I heard a knock on my door before it slowly opened up and my mom and dad came in together. 

"Morning sweetheart," my mom greeted me. She was smiling and I knew that something was up but I didn't know what. 

"Morning mom," then I turned to look at my dad, "morning dad."

"Morning princess," he moved closer and he gave me a peck on my forehead."Ah Tiffany, your mom and I have something to show you but first you need to close your eyes, no peeping,"he told me. 

I was anxious about the surprise. I heard the door open and then I heard footsteps. My dad told me to open my eyes and I was shocked to see everyone I know in the room, my grandparents from both sides of the family took turns to hug me. Then Kim, Ivan, Jasmine, Ashley, Elijah, Ivy, William, Ethan and Jordan also did the same. We talked, we laughed, it was the best surprise ever. After that they all left the room except for Jasmine and Ivan, apparently Jasmine wanted to talk to Ivan and I. The room is big so I told them to move to the seats next to the bed and I sat criss-cross because I wanted to face them. 

"I wanted to apologize to you guys for what my parents…I mean Marie, Nick and I did to you guys." Jasmine stated. On the verge of tears. 

"There is no need for you to apologize," Ivan told her. 

"Yes, I agree with Ivan. We are all victims here, I am sorry to say this but Nick and Marie are to blame for everything and of course Mrs Hathaway." I didn't like saying what I said but I had to, we can't hide away from reality. 

"But I… I had an opportunity to save you guys but I didn't, I could have at least told someone about your whereabouts." she sobbed. Ivan held her shoulder and I also stretched my hands and placed them on top of hers. 

"You don't have to beat yourself up, what's done is done. Anyone in your shoes would have done the same thing plus you considered those people to be your parents." I told her. 

"Ivan, Tiffany. You're good people, I don't deserve to be called your sister." 

"You're also a good person Jasmine, don't ever forget that." Ivan told her. The tears I was holding back fell down my cheeks. Ivan stood up and he went to the table to get a tissue for me. 

"Group hug!"Jasmine shouted. 

"Wait, you can't start a group hug without your elder brother," Ivan stated. With a tissue in his hands.

"Uh according to what mom-I mean Marie said, I am the eldest duh," Jasmine says. 

"Guys…," 

"Shiiiiii, when grown-ups are talking, you keep quiet." Jasmine told me. 

"The last time I checked, you guys are older than me by minutes. Jasmine by seven minutes while you Ivan by two. Anyway I just wanted to ask if the group hug is happening because my hands are aching," I informed them. They thought that I had forgotten about what Marie said that day because I was shot.

"Oh yeah," Ivan said. And he handed me the tissue.

We hugged each other and I was happy to know that I have siblings. I liked being an only child but I love having a brother and sister and I believe that our bond will grow. I was happy when Jasmine and Ivan told me that they moved in with my parents. Paul will be living with us as well and the reason he didn't come to the hospital to see me, is because he went to see his parents to tell them what happened. The door opened and everyone came in, we let go of each other and we started chatting with everyone else. I layed back on my bed and the sight in front of me made me smile. Marie and Nick thought that they broke us, instead they made our bond stronger and after going through what we went through, I don't think there is anything in life that we can't handle.

                       The end

A. N. Guys this is the last chapter of my book, I hope you like it.

I will miss my characters 😭😭

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