The Secret I Will Never Tell (The Secret Series Book 1)

Chapter 16

I take a deep, shaky breath. Nathan's blue eyes pierce mine. My hand is still on his chest. His heart is beating so fast. I blink a few times then take another breath.

"Nath-" I'm cut off when my phone starts to ring in my pocket. I immediately fetch it out and press the answer button without seeing who the caller was. "Hello?"

"Hi, sweetie!" I sigh. Just mom.

"Hey, mom. What's up?" Nathan pulls me into an awkward hug and my arm is getting cramped between my side, head, and his huge biceps. "How's Aunt Debbie?"

"Actually that's what I wanted to talk to you about." She sounds anxious and nervous, although I can't fathom why.

"Okay.."

"Well..umm..I wish I could tell you this in person, but I'm not your real..mom. I'm your aunt."

I begin to laugh hysterically. I can't stop and soon the only thing keeping me on my feet is Nathan. "Wow, you almost got me! Good one, ma."

"I'm not kidding." Her serious tone makes me stop laughing instantly.

"What!?"

"Evelynn, this is why I went to Tennessee. Your real mom is my sister, Deborah, or Debbie as you call her," She coughs and then continues. "She wants you back and I'm fighting her for custody of you."

"D-did you just call me Ev-Evelynn?"

She mutters something under her breath then speaks. "That's your real name."

This is the most confusing day of my life. First Nathan admits his love for me and now I find out, over the phone, that my mother is actually my aunt, and now my name isn't even my real name? Tears begin to pour in my eyes. Why didn't anybody tell me? I had a right to know earlier than my Sophmore year. It feels like the world just stopped. Everything just freezes as these thoughts flood through my mind.

I don't think. I just throw my phone and it hits the trunk of a birch tree about twenty feet away.

"What the hell?" Nate asks from behind me. I whirl around and see him looking shocked at the shattered pieces of my broken phone. His eyes dart to me. His expression softens and he holds out his arms to me. I run into them. I can't hold my tears back any longer and I begin to soak his shirt in my sorrows. "What happened, Shyanne?"

"Don't ever call me that AGAIN!!" I shout while crying even more into his chest.

"What happened? Princess, please. I want to help." I tell him my whole conversation with the woman who used to be known as my mother. When I finish, he opens his mouth, closes it, then opens it again. "What's your name then?"

"Evelynn."

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Sorry it's a short chapter, but I crammed a bunch of new info into this short chapter!

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