My Life Without Him

Chapter 2

We had stopped in a book store before going to the house, Adam, my six years old brother, absolutly loved reading.

As son as my mother parked outside the house, I started feeling nervious, now I would have to I was going to see more of my brothers.

The house looked massive, three floors and a basement gave that impression, in addition, the entire building was very wide, I guess with seven -now eight- people living there, they would need a lot of space. Surely, the money wouldn't be a problema, my mother had a very important job in a bank, working with bussiness agencies all around the world, and for what I knew, Jack worked in one of those agencies, that's how the bitch and the dick met.

I got out of the car, closing the door and fixing my leather jacket. Slowly, I walked to the house, while my mother closed the car, I knocked on the wooden door, and a few seconds later, a boy around my age openned. He had brown hair that reached his forehead and almost his also brown eyes. He looked confused to see me, and I heard my brother shout from upstears.

"Who is it?" asked Justin, his voice deep, sounding like a man, even if he was only fourteen, almost fifteen. I still remember that summer when he was twelve and his voice changed.

"It's me!" I shouted back.

There was a silent for a momento and then I heard someone running down the stairs untill it reached this floor and then running again towards the door, he stopped a few metres away and looked at me, I could see happiness in his smile, but also confusión in his eyes.

Why was he surprised? Didn't she told them?

"Why are you running around guys?" asked a voice from a man -guessing it's Jack- opening a door and entering the scene, behinde him came Adam, who whem he saw me, smiled and ran to the door, almost throwing the boy who openned the door down.

"Alex!!" shouted my Little brother as he jumped on me, I catched him just in time to hug him, almost falling in the process.

"Hey little buddy!" I saluted him, after a Little while I put him back on the ground and then I hugged Justin, "Hi."

"Hey!" he said happy and pulling away from the hug, he asked "What are you doing here?"

My eyebrows crunched up in confusión, didn't he know that..? Then I realised.

I turned around to meet my mother's eyes, that wereby now looking at me guiltly.

"You haven't told them?" I asked, even if I knew the answer already.

"I-I... I couldn't, not even Jack knows" she defended herself, a few tears in her eyes, she looked like she regretted it, but I didn't care, she had done something horrible, it was their own children, his brothers! They should know.

"Well done, well fucking done!" I exploded, how could she haven't told them, I was angry and my voice was showing it "What type of mother are you?"

"Why don't you go upstairs, Parker?" interrupted Jack, I suppose talking to the confused boy who stood inconfortably in the doorway.

"O-Okay" he agreed with his father before turning around and going to the stairs, dissapearing from our sight a few seconds later.

I sighted and looked at my two brothers.

"We need to talk."

"Ok, but is everything alright?" asked a worried Justin, Adam also put a worried expression, turning his head to the side, as if asking the same question.

"Let's just talk" I said, leaving no room to discussion.

I followed Justin to a dinning room, with Adam in my arms, leaving our mother with Jack hugging her and asking what was wrong.