The Birthmark (#Wattys2016)

Poverty slaps hard

Mike's POV.

"Heard it?" The words just came out as a mere whisper. The man didn't hear my question and was looking at me from different angles. A frown was plastered on my face.

"Mike, didn't you hear, we need to go? Aunt Joseph is suddenly ill." My mom's statement brings me back to real world.

Why the hell is Aunt Joseph always ill?

"Ohhhh wait a minute. I have seen you a long time ago. Hey lady, I am talking about you." The man's words were directed to my mother.

From a good distance I saw my mom getting tensed up. She gulped down her saliva and asked the man,"Can we talk in private for a few seconds?" The man frowned and then smirked. Something fishy had hit his mind.

He cleared his throat and asked,"Are you two kids dating?" My eyes grew larger in size. From those big eyes I saw Sandra's eyes. She was shocked a bit to hear the statement as well.

"Yeahh and our parents know this. Why the hell are you asking this?" I asked, my voice rising after every word. He laughed. A belly laughter greeted him. He cleared his throat after he stopped laughing.

"Mike, I hope you know there is a huge history of yours." He said and my eyes went straight to my mother who was tensed as fuck. Sweat was dominating my dad's face.

"Please dude. Let the things go as they were going. For fucking god's sake." My mom screamed. The man raised his hands in surrender. But what followed soon gave me the mightiest shock of my life.

"Shut the fuck up women. Things can't be hidden for a long time. Let the things be cleared. Mike and Sandra, you both are biological siblings."

"Shutttt uppp." The scream went off, but wait a minute, did I even hear it?

Even louder than a volcano eruption, my heart blasted. The flow of blood stopped in my veins and the rate of my heartbeat increased. Everything stood standstill for a moment.

"You are gonna be fucking dead." My mom screamed. And immediately came over to me and Sandra. I didn't even bother to look at Sandra. I know she would be in tremendous shock too. As to what just happened?

"Mike, stay calm and listen to me." My dad came over to me and said. My body didn't move but my eyes moved to him, in a quick succession of time.

"I am not gonna waste anytime. So, here it goes." He said and continued.

"I had ditched your mother after you were born and were of 1 year old. I had fallen for another woman. I had left your mom and trust me, we were very poor that time. My company had gone under tremendous loss. And I was myself very poor. At nights we used to sleep empty stomachs. And your responsibility was cracking my head."

He continued as shock trembled on my face. "But as soon as I left, your mother got pregnant again. This too was our kid. She got shocked as to how will she raise another kid alone, when she can't raise a single kid. But her brother gave her little money and from that she survived next few months. My sister too gave her a bit of money. But they were poor as well. So, they couldn't give that much money to your mom."

"She survived 9 months and then it was time for her delivery. She delivered a sweet girl. But at that time.." He trailed off. All the time, my eyes never met Sandra's.

The man cleared his throat and said,"You got a brain cancer Mike. The day when Sandra was delivered, you got admitted in the hospital immediately. Doctors in India always require money first and then they do their jobs. So, here too they were asking for plenty of money. Unfortunately, your mom didn't have that much money with her. And she wanted you to be fine."

"If you wouldn't have been operated at that time, death would have greeted you. I, being a stranger in the hospital, saw everything. My friend had met with an accident and so I had come to the hospital there. I so wanted to thrash those hospital people. But there was no time. So,.."

He was cut off by my girl who screamed,"So what?"

"I couldn't give rise to a baby. I was and am still infertile. So, in order to help her and me as well, I gave a huge amount of money to your mom, and with that money, she came up with the harsh decision of selling Sandra to me. She wanted Mike safe and after all she couldn't raise Sandra all the way along. So, I took Sandra and decided to raise that kid by myself. After that incident, I never saw your mum."

"Enough." My mom screamed as a tear left her eye. She had her effect on me, as a tear departed from my right eye.

The man ignored my Mom's statement as it was nothing. He continued,"The initial says of Sandra and me went nice, but soon, I couldn't handle her. The responsibility of a kid is much more than it seems. So, one day, when anger piled up my neck, I decided to give Sandra to a orphanage."

"And that's how she is here. This family had adopted Sandra. I hope that Sandra knows this." His eyes were crashing with Sandra's. Her mom nodded as she broke into tears.

The man sighed and said,"This is just mother of coincidence that we all met up together after so many years. This was bound to happen. Admit it or not, you both are siblings Mike and Sandra. So, just forget everything that's happen between you both and move on. You guys can't keep dating anymore."

As soon as he finished that sentence, Sandra screamed,"That's enough fr now." That's when I saw her. She was broken completely. Tear patches were there on her face. And the very next moment, she slapped the man hard.

"Thanks for breaking my life apart." She said in between her tears. Then, she headed towards my mother. Correction, our mother.

Shockingly, she slapped her too.

"You sold me for Mike. How fake of a mother are you?" She screamed and then broke down on her knees. Her crying echoing in the full room.

"Sandra, it wasn't that I didn't care about you. The moment your dad came back to me, coz he was ditched by that woman, we filed a missing complaint for you. But then, after a lot of searches, when you weren't found, we gave up on you. Things weren't meant to go in this way."

My dad was next to say,"We couldn't tell you this Mike, coz the moment we realised that Sandra is your sister, it was too late. You had already fallen for her."

"Fucking shuuuuuuttt upppppp."

Sandra screamed at the top of her voice. Her fake mother couldn't see this as,"Please Sandra stop," These words escaped her mouth.

"Noooooooooo. I am not gonna except Mike as my brother. You guys got it? I..I need some time alone." She said and bashed her way out of the house.

"Mike, please say something son." My mom's eyes were pleading to me. She was pleading to my mind. Heart was broken a few minutes ago.

It was then when I screamed,"Fuck offff!"

To be continued in part 32. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please vote and comment if u liked this part.

Pleaseee, don't kill me. Pleaseeeee!

I know that everyone is hurt as fuck, but this was meant to happen one day. Sandra and Mike are siblings, no matter how much you try to ignore. I am telling you, my heart was actually thumping loudly when I was writing this chapter.

But guys, don't lose hope on Mike and Sandra. The end is gonna be pretty intresting.

So wait for my next update and till then keep smiling. :):):):)