Twisted Sisters

Chapter 5: Someone needs to know

Grace

“Your name is Costa?” I ask in disbelief. She nods in response seeming flustered.

It can't be her, I shouldn't jump to conclusions like that.

I write down her name and call Ling.

“all done” I say with a sigh.

Ling's thin lips stretched into a smile, making them look even thinner.

“good job” she says. I guessed she was talking to herself since she did most of the work.

She was about to say something else when the door opened and my mom walked in.

I quickly got up, surprised.

It wasn't even 6 o'clock and she was already back. I wasn't expecting her till much later.

“hi Ling” she says tiredly as she walks in. She doesn't notice Georgia sitting on the sofa.

I walk over to her and take her bag from her.

“why are you back so early?” I ask out of concern. It's not that I wasn't happy to see her, it's that it's very unusual for her to get back at this time, did she get fired?

“I was feeling a bit sick so decided to leave early today” she says, but it's obvious she's lying.

She heads over to the stairs but notices Georgia when she's about the climb it.

“ who's your friend” she says referring to Georgia who stands up.

“ that's Georgia ” I say.

It may have just been my imagination but mom's face fell when I mentioned Georgia's name. Like the name reminded her of someone dear to her.

Like her daughter.

“ that's a beautiful name ” she says, before turning to leave.

***

“ Can I come in ” I say from outside Caleb's room. Ever since that day I've been very cautious about entering.

“ ya sure ” I hear him say from the other side of the door.

I push the Door open and walk inside. He is curled up on his small bed using his phone when I walk in.

I look around the room when I enter, noticing it's cleaner than usual.

He must have finally cleaned it after all these years.

I walk over to his bed and sit on it making it bounce, and making him drop his phone.

“ Ah! ” he shouts and not so playfully, hits me on my back. I grab the spot where he hit and pretended like it hurt, then turned to hit him on his skinny shoulder.

“ why are you even here ” he asks, sitting up in his bed. The action caused his bright orange blanket to slide down his body exposing his bare chest.

I shook my head in disappointment at what I saw.

“ Caleb if you ever want Ling to like you, you should try working out ” I say looking at his protruding belly.

He looked at it too, then he looked up at me.

“ if you came here to body shame me, you should get going, cuz your mission is complete ” he says, scowling and I start to laugh.