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Chapter 5: Brotherly love!

I barged into Ethan's room not caring to knock at all as the barbaric bitch I am. He was on his bed, his body facing the ceiling with his phone on his hands. I wanted to talk to someone right now and my brother was the best, always the best.

''Get up, we need to talk.'' I said in a demanding tone, which I could not care right now. My whole life shattered in a matter of seconds and I could not bother being nice to people now.

''What happened?'' Ethan asked me without even glance at me or move a muscle. What's wrong with him? Can't he at least act like he gives a shit?

''Hayden has a kid.'' I announced as I folded my arms and waited for his reaction. I couldn't believe it either.

''What?'' He said shot up in the bed with his mouth wide open. Yeah, I knew it. I had almost the same reaction with him when I saw that little boy standing in front of me. I didn't know how to act, what to say. My brain froze and I couldn't think anything. As the reality hit me, the only thing that came through my mind was ask him what's his name was. And he said Valentino in that little cute voice.

That name was Hayden's favorite one. I always thought it was kind of boring from my respective but she really loved it. And now I could see that she wasn't lying.

''Hey Gray.'' Ethan was standing in front of me yelling my name and shaking his hand in front of my face. I blinked and focused at him.

''What?''

''Is it true? Hayden having a child?'' He questioned me. I nodded my head and passed him as I went to sit on the bed. I put my head on my hands and tried to process all the information.

''And the worse part isn't this.'' I bubbled. I could feel the bed shake as Ethan sat down. I raised my head and looked in his eyes, he had that questioning look on them.'' I think that he's mine. That boy is my son.''

The words were easy to say and seemed a little weird for me. I didn't think I was going to say them at least for fifteen or so years. I was only twenty years old, I couldn't seem to have a child, and from what I knew and looked, he wasn't a baby anymore. He was two or three years old. That meant that I was seventeen or eighteen when he was born.

And then it hit me. That was the reason Hayden was talking about when I asked her why she left. She was pregnant. She left because she was pregnant, probably with my child. Whatttt?

''Why do you think that? She told you that he is yours?'' Ethan shaked me once again out of my thoughts. I shook my head.

''No, she didn't. But he looks like me. Exactly like me. He has my eyes, my lips, my colors. Except his nose, it's definitely Hayden's.'' I answered him. I had looked every little detail on his face. I wanted to.

''Well, I don't know what to say.'' Ethan sighed, he patted my back and then he hugged me. I could feel the hot tears run down my cheeks and for some reason I didn't know why. Why I was crying? Fro what reason? It didn't make sense any of this. What's wrong with me dear God? ''Come on, stop. See this from the positive side.''

I wondered what's the positive thing was in this situation.''Please, tell me what's the positive side.'' I gestured for him to continue.

''First of all if you are sure that Valentino looks like you that means Hayden didn't cheat on and left you because of this. And secondly, you got out of this a son.'' Ethan replied optimistically. He had a point here.