This had to be some kind of sick joke, it had to be.
I was an only child, I had grown up an only child. How can I suddenly wake up one morning and have two sisters.
"You're joking right? Is this some kind of set up... Is Katy behind this? Where is she?" I shot multiple questions at Viola in hopes that she would prove me right and say that this was all for some sick giggle.
"No, I'm not joking... I swear I'm not joking! Tell her Estelle, we're sisters." Viola looked and sounded hurt that I'd accused her of joking, and as much as I wish she was lying, I could tell that she wasn't.
"Look, I'm not really sure why but Viola has been trying to find you... Or rather your dad for years. All we had to work off of was an old polaroid photo of him and our mum and a last name." Estelle had slung her arm around her sisters shoulder and pulled her closer, as if to shield her in some way.
"Well how did you find Desiree? You hardly had enough information to find her father, let alone anyone else." Harry had stepped in now, his hand wrapped around mine and a scowl on his face.
"Uh... this is probably going to sound so strange-"
"Stranger then you coming out of nowhere and announcing that you're potentially her sister?" Harry butted in causing Estelle to stop mid sentence.
"Will you please let me talk? Anyway, as I was saying, it's kind of weird but um... Well I enjoy watching a bit of porn every now and then, and basically I came across Desiree's film? I don't know how to make this any less awkward, but it was hot! I kinda just saw your face and thought you looked too alike for it to be a coincidence." Estelle's cheeks were flushed but I'm sure mine were on fire.
I was mortified, my so called sisters had seen my unintentional porno. How the hell do you move on from that, we're never going to be able to look at each other normally from now on.
I turned to my side and stared Harry down, a very displeased scowl on my face. He was going to get it when we were alone.
"Oh... You saw that?" Harry asked the twins, trying to play dumb like the idiot he can sometimes be.
"I mean yeah, your scenes are porn gold." Estelle seemed so chill about this, it kinda made a small weight lift off of my shoulders.
However I didn't realize Harry and his industry were so.. up there? But to each his own, I obviously knew who Harry was, and what I was getting myself into before all of this happened. I just hadn't realized people thought his work was 'gold'.
I won't argue though, I can vouch for him if need be.
"Do I.. Do I say thank you?" Harry bent down and whispered in my ear, genuinely confused about what to do. I inwardly sigh and slightly nodded, not one hundred percent sure myself.
"Thanks I guess?" Estelle smiled in response and all of us fell into silence for a short while after that.
"Could we maybe get coffee or something? I just really want to make the most of this time, and you can ask questions if you'd like." Viola pleaded with us, but it took no effort for her to persuade me. I wanted to hear more about my sisters.
Harry and I had just eaten but we still decided to find a near by cafe to sit and talk. Harry ordered a espresso shot, I ordered an americano, and Viola and Estelle ordered flat whites and full lunches so I guess this is their lunch.
As we all waited for our drinks to arrive we sat in a weird silence. It wasn't exactly awkward, it was just weird.
Estelle glanced beside her at Viola and then returned her eyes to the painting above my head.
I didn't know how to start this conversation so I looked at Harry in hopes that he would think something up, however when I turned to face him, he was silently laughing down at his lap. At what? I couldn't tell you, his cellphone was in front of me on the table and his hands were on the arm rests of his chair.
"What are you giggling at?"
Harry brought one hand up and ran it through his hair as he faced me. He mumbled 'nothing' under his breath and then proceeded to laugh at nothing.
"Harry, you're such a freak sometime... Uh so anyway, whats your mum like?" I decided to just go for it, we were wasting time.
Estelle and Viola shared a glance and wide smiles spread across their faces at the mention of their mother.
"She's amazing, utterly and truly amazing. She raised us on her own because she didn't want us to grow up thinking we needed men in out lives. She's still single, but she reminds us all the time that we're all she needs to be happy... I'm not so sure though." Viola spilled a little to excitedly.
Their mum sounded like a beautiful woman, soul wise. She raised her kids to be independent, strong woman and I found myself wishing my mother had done the same for me.
"She sounds wise, maybe one day I can meet her." As the seconds passed I found myself wanting to really get to know the two strangers in front of me. They were beautiful and didn't seem like they wanted to cause me any harm, plus it also would be nice to actually have some family that cared about me.
"She's our hero, but what about yours? What's your mum like?" Estelle seemed to be slowly warming up to this whole thing, she seemed to be against it when I first met them so I'm glad she's not holding back so much anymore.
"Um, well my mum.. My mother is proper, and poise, and never has chipped nail polish. She would never be caught dead without make up on and she likes to put people down." I confessed absolutely ashamed that my mother was nothing like theirs.
"I'm sorry she's that way but um.. Is- is our dad like that too?"
I didn't know if I should tell them the truth about their father, crush their image of him and replace it with one of a multimillionaire, stuck up prick. My mum was a horrible person, she hated giving money to charities, walked all over everyone who was 'below' her and verbally abused anyone who got on her nerves, but she was a breeze compared to my dad.
"He's not a good person. I know that's probably not what you want to hear after all this time, and coming all this way, but he just isn't someone you want to know."
The hopeful smiles on both of their faces instantly vanished, it hurt me to have to tell them this but they were good people and they didn't deserve to be degraded by my parents.
"It really sucks to hear that.." Viola looked at her now empty coffee mug. Estelle nodded her head, as if to help herself understand what I've just told them.
"Could we still get your cell number? We might not get to meet our dad but we've found you. We're also staying in London for a while so we could hang out, get to know each other." She was persistent, just like her father. Just not in a bad way.
"Of course, it would be nice for me to actually have family to talk to."
The rest of the afternoon we all spent talking and laughing about the stupidest things, and Harry seemed to get along with my sisters perfectly. This trip honestly couldn't get any better.
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Desiree's mum is played by Sandra Bullock and her dad is played by Matthew McConaughey.
Estelle is played by Danielle Campbell and Viola is played by Barbara Palvin.
The twins last name is Payne...
