Haunted Affairs

19 | Cruel Reveal

I started to wake up slowly, my breathing was back to normal, Ellie had her arms wrapped around me, and she was using her strength to pull me back, I looked at the figure coming closer to us, I thought this was the end game.

I was petrified.

Until I heard a voice "Hands up!" The voice was stern, and the figure stopped and turned as Javier had the pistol aimed up, I was so overwhelmed, his eyes widened seeing me in front of him. Eventually, the figure just put its hands up. Javier and the rest of the cops came running over, guns were raised. Javier came closer to the figure and placed handcuffs on its hands.

I saw Javier debating taking off the mask until he did, and my body completely stopped working "No..." tears filled my eyes, and I shook my head in disbelief. Ellie gasped, I got up and ran over to the person "Please tell me this is a joke," I had tears down my face, and I grabbed onto the figure.

Javier pulled me back, as I cried in disbelief "No... please. No, it's not true. You wouldn't do this to me," I shook my head, my breathing got heavier, and I grabbed onto Javier as I cried.

"Mom... why?" It was hard to get those words out of my mouth, instead, I held onto Javier and sobbed.

Everyone was silent, it was like it was only me and my Mom here no one else.

"Tell me why you did this. Tell me... please," my eyes were going back and forth, I walked closer to her, and she looked at me with a cold stare, I looked up at her "Why?" I felt my chest become heavy, Javier pulled me back so did Ellie "Vae we need to get you out of here," Ellie said as she tugged on my arm.

I shook my head "I need to know why," I kept crying as I pulled myself away from them.

I saw the Police Officers walking her away, and I started to follow them "I need those answers, let me speak to her!" I yelled as I kept crying, Javier grabbed me and pulled me into his chest, and I sobbed holding onto his blazer, he put his hand on my head and comforted me, and I sobbed into his arms.

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Javier carried me into his apartment, I didn't understand why I couldn't be at home with my Dad, he must've been so worried about my whereabouts. Javier gently set me down on his couch, he knelt in front of me. I looked into his eyes "I need to see my Dad, he'll be so happy that I'm alive," I said as I felt tears building up again. I was still in shock with the sudden news, it wasn't going through my mind. It wasn't even processing.

Javier sighed and looked into my eyes, I looked back at him "What? What's wrong?" I looked at him still, tears were building so much that my eyes were getting foggy.

He placed his hands on top of mine "Vae, I didn't want to tell you this now but after you went missing, your father was murdered," he said bluntly, I looked at him. My eyebrows were raised "No. That is not true, he's alive, h-he..." I burst out in tears, and Javier pulled me towards him. I pushed him back "Don't, don't touch me. You were supposed to stop everything from happening but you did nothing," I kept crying.

My heart was broken into millions of pieces, finding out about my Mom and then this, I felt completely broken. It feels like the rest of my life has been robbed, the trust I had was unbearable. His face was blank, I looked at him with tears down my face "Vae listen to me, you're safe and we will figure out why. But I know you hate me and you don't want me next to you," he said before I cut him off.

"You don't understand the pain I've been through, the things I had witnessed and I had the feeling of happiness and peace that I escaped this nightmare. Then when the mask was removed, I saw the person who I loved and trusted, the woman who raised me was behind all of this. Now knowing that my Dad is dead because of her, you don't understand what I feel like. You never will, so don't pretend you tried to save me, save those lives because you didn't. You and my Mom robbed my life, and the truth has disappeared because of cruel people," I raised my voice at the end of the sentence.

I felt my tears falling faster down my face, I wiped my eyes and sobbed. He just got up and walked over to the sink where he poured a glass of water but didn't say a word. I felt a little bad raising my voice at him but I didn't know what to feel or what to do. I felt confused, in shock and lied to all these years. It was hard to trust anyone.