Always Be Forever

Chapter 48: David, What are the secrets of the past?

2087, BCE, November 6

James had called up Ellie, Hector, Erin, and Luke. I called up Lucy, followed by Jane and Ross, asking that they leave their kids at home.

It was about time we established the truth of what happened in the past. Except for the affair, of course. I don't want anyone to know the truth about Cashmere and I. To be honest, I never knew that she already had a boyfriend and was secretly in love with someone else. But you know what? She decided to cheat with me, and I'll take that as a good thing. Look, I know what I did was wrong on so many levels, but I loved her, I really did. Okay, yes cheating is wrong, but I wanted to anyway. Lucy and I were going through a dry spell, so I thought she was already cheating on me with someone else. I felt like I had every right to do the same thing to her that she did to me, so I had sex with Cashmere. We see Ellie and Hector walk in together, followed by Erin and Luke, and then Jane and Ross, and finally Lucy came in. See? She was the last. She's up to something. She's getting some on the side, so I should get some on the side. Aside from that, I think it's about time we all talked about what happened in high school, and it was cleared up. "I hope you don't mind, " I called up Hannah. She said that she'd bring Jennifer and Liam. They'll promise to behave," Ellie told us. My hand slowly started to change into a fist, but Lucy grabbed it and calmed it right away. "We should get Francesca here as well if we're all going to be telling the truth about high school," Lucy had commented, holding my hand. "Okay," Ellie had let out. "Why exactly are we here, and in all places, the hospital?" Hector had asked as Lucy called up Francesca. "Jasmine tried to kill herself," James had told them, seeing Hector shut up. It's been a long time since it's just been all of us. "Well what are we doing here? Where is she?" Ellie had asked rather worriedly. To describe the relationship we all had in high school, it would be like this: Ellie is very much like Snow to Cashmere, but Cashmere is Jasmine. Ross is very much like Ben to Cashmere, but Cashmere is Jasmine. James is very much like Alex to Cashmere, but Cashmere is Jasmine. Andrea is very much like Tiffany to Cashmere, but Cashmere is Jasmine. Francesca is very much like Amy to Cashmere, but Cashmere is Jasmine. Liam is very much like Jack to Cashmere, but Cashmere is Jasmine. You get the picture. Francesca had entered in a couple of minutes later, followed by Hannah, Liam, and Jennifer. Jennifer never went to the same high school as us, but Liam as a tendency to be better behaved when she's with him. So she's just here to observe. Doctor Henshaw had come back up to all of us. "Okay, are you all here to see Jasmine?" He had asked us. "Yes! Where is she?" Ellie and Erin had asked without thinking. Doctor Henshaw had leaded them to the room that Jasmine was in, and when we went in to see her, she was hooked up to the monitor, and alive. "Jasmine!" Ellie had exclaimed, going to Jasmine and hugging her. "Ellie! What are you all doing here?" She had asked as the rest of us filed in. Hector went up to Ellie, with Erin and Luke behind them. Hannah, Liam, Jennifer, and Francesca were on the other side. Jane, Ross, and Lucy were beside me. We were at the foot of the stretcher, with James sitting on the bed near Jasmine's feet. "Liam," Jasmine had let out rather screechy. "I promise I'll behave," he had let out. He better behave, otherwise I'm going to punch him. "David, James, you called all of us. What is it that we need to clear up?" Francesca had asked. "It's about time we put this mystery to an end," James had told everyone. "What do we start with?" Luke had asked him. "How about the real relationships that these kids have?" James had asked. "Let me go first," Hannah had let out. "I know about Luke," Erin had told Hannah. Wait, what did I miss? "Okay, in order for us to not get mad at each other, we should just state who we slept with that caused us to get pregnant," Jasmine had told each one of us.

"I'll go first," Jasmine had told us. Was there something she was keeping from us? "James, I didn't lose my virginity to you. I lost it to Luke. In grade 11, a teacher raped me; he caused me to get pregnant with his kid. I was on my way to telling him the truth when Liam had killed me," she told us. "I never knew," Liam had told Jasmine. "I remember when the two of us dated," Liam had commented. "Fast forward about ten years, James and I have our first kid, a son, which you killed Liam, just to get back at me. It was then that you raped me and I was pregnant with Cashmere," Jasmine had told all of us. I think we all knew what she went through, but man that must've been hard to step up and to admit to all of those things. "Luke?" Jasmine had asked him. Guess he's next. "When Hector and I came over from Belgium, we both mistook two women for Ellie and Erin. I mistook Hannah for Erin. I raped her, multiple times, causing her to get pregnant with Amy," Luke had told us. Damn Luke, I never knew that you could do something so vile. "Like Luke said, we both mistook women for Ellie and Erin. I mistook Francesca for Ellie. I also raped her multiple times, and caused her to get pregnant with Chris," Hector had admitted. Okay, that was a bit of a shock. I mean; Hector's a lawyer! I guess he learned his lesson to never rape again, but then again, every rapist needs to learn that. "Glad to hear you admitting your action," Francesca had let out. "Francesca, I am truly sorry for what I did to you. If I could go back and tell myself who you really were just to stop myself, I would," Hector had told Francesca. "Apology accepted," Francesca had let out.

"But there's one thing that everyone should know. Francesca and I went into labor on the same day, causing Amy and Chris to have the same birthday, but Erin suggested that I give Amy to Francesca, so that Luke never found out," Hannah had told us. "Well now I am," Luke had commented. "Okay, there's something I need to admit," Lucy had let out, going towards James. I knew there was something going on with her. "Yes," Jane had said out-loud. "James and I are Ben's birthparents," Lucy had let out. Wait, what? It was just a hunch; I never wanted to be right! "We adopted Ben so that you would never find out," Ross had told me. "Now that we got that cleared out, it's about time we told the truth of who actually killed the Kyle family," Hector had let out. Lucy and I shared a look with both Erin and Luke. "Hector, do you remember when you came over and asked the kids about motifs against Tiffany?" Erin had started. Lucy was standing up now. Heading over to Erin to make sure she didn't say anything, I pulled her back, telling her, "He should know the truth." Lucy backed away from Erin, and I held Lucy in a hug. "I don't want Snow to go to jail," Lucy had told me before I held her, seeing the tears fall. "Is there something going on that I should know about?" Hector had asked. I looked over at Erin, who then shared a look with Ellie, and looked over at Luke. "What, you want me to say it?" Luke had asked, seeing all of our eyes on him. "Just tell me what's going on!" Hector had told us, raising his voice.

"Jason and Snow actually drove Tiffany out of town. Apparently, due to Jason, he dropped off Leandro before the two of them kidnapped Tiffany. They never planned on killing her, but due to the fact that she was making noise, they had to stop. They were near the river. They were originally going to push her in, hope that she can save herself, but a gunshot went off. The blood had hit Snow's dress, and they left Tiffany there as they went back to the car. Jason then went to get Leandro, and they came home," Erin had let out-loud. "Leandro was used as a pawn?" Hector had asked us. I didn't want to answer. "But we don't know who had shot her or had put her in the water," Ellie had told everyone. "We know who shot her," Liam had told us. "It was Jack," Jennifer had added on. "But who put her in the water?" Hector had asked. "It was Michael," Hannah had told us. "What?" Jasmine, James, Hector, and Ellie exclaimed. Hold on, is he the same Michael that Cashmere dated? Wow, I'm glad that she cheated on him with me. "I don't understand," I had let out, trailing at the end. "I guess that since Michael wanted to be with Cashmere so badly, that instead of calling the police, he had put her in the water so that she wouldn't be found. He wanted Cashmere all to himself. I don't know what he'd to Rose," James had told everyone. "Well then I think our answer is pretty simple. We report Michael to the police, but not Jason and Snow. We just report them as unfit parents. Leandro and Rose will eventually be taken away, but it's the best chance that we have," I had told them. "I can do that," Hector had told us. "Wait, what about Andrea and Julia?" Erin had asked. "I was the one that killed Andrea," Jasmine had let out. All eyes were on her. "What? She was a constant reminder of what happened in high school, and it needed to be taken care of," Jasmine had told us. "And Julia?" Ellie had asked, focusing our attention back to the matter. "She killed herself," Hannah had told us. "Well, I guess that's everything. This mystery is now closed," Hector had told us.

"I'm sorry for everything. I don't know what came over me. I don't know why I thought I needed to kill and rape," Liam had told everyone. "I know you guys will never forgive me, but I just want you guys to know I only did it because I felt like I lost love," Liam had told us. "Liam, you don't lose love," Lucy had told him. I remember that Lucy and Liam were good friends in high school. She was the one that bailed him out of jail when he killed a bunch of people. "I need a moment alone," I had told everyone before leaving the room. I turned around to notice a woman standing there, facing the other way. She was wearing black heels with a lace/belt that wrapped around her legs up to the knees; along with a black mesh top, and a black skirt that opened up at the knees. I recognize her. Her hair was short and curled, and must've worn glasses. She turned around to notice me. "Cashmere?" I had asked, recognizing the look on her face. That's a face that I'd recognize anywhere. "David," she had let out, walking up to me and giving me a hug. "What are you doing here?" I had asked her, holding onto her hands. I missed these hands. "I wanted to see you," she had told me as I kissed her hands. Her hands were very good. "Cashmere, there's something I must tell you," I had started. It was about time I told her how I actually felt. "What is it?" She had asked as I lowered her hands. "I love you," I finally told her. "I love you too," she had told me before I leaned in for a kiss. Oh Cashmere, what would I do without you?