Sugg life | J.S

Chapter 17

As I lay in bed I fell deep in thought.

Me and Joe are technically family? But I didn't understand why my auntie and uncle wouldn't have told me about him.

Maybe they didn't want me to worry.

I tried to put everything into perspective for the next few days. As much as I didn't want to stay I had no choice.

A few days of staying in the house eating junk food of watching television.

A few days of staying with family.

"Joe," I shouted. Quickly he rushed into my room and sat on the end of my bed.

"You ok?" He asked.

"I want you to tell me more about your life, why didn't I know you?"

"Because they didn't tell me about you."

"But why, why wouldn't they tell me?"

"Because they were ashamed of me!" He replied. "I wasn't as good as Zoe, I was nothing. I was a complete failure."

"I'm sure you weren't-"

"In their eyes I was," I could see his eyes welling up, this was clearly a soft spot for him.

I put my hand on his knee and sat up in my bed.

"It's ok," I said trying to calm him. I gave him a hug because I could see clearly he was touched by this.

"Thank you kira," he said. "You're like the sister I never had."

"You had Zoe!" I replied.

"Zoe wasn't there to be supportive of me or be nice to me, just to out do me. She just wanted someone to climb above and prove just how good she was."

"Well, how about we find something you're good at, get your life back on track and make them proud of you," I suggested.

"We can't, the police are on the hunt for me. Everyone knows me, I have no chance of getting a job or anything!"

"I know exactly what to do."

"What,"

"First, you can go out and buy some hair dye, carefully so no one catches you. Then I'll give you a trim and dye your hair. You'll be hardly recognisable. Then we are going to find something you are good at. I don't know what yet but we will find it. Then we will go to auntie and uncle and you can prove you are a good person. Finally if they don't care you follow your plan to get away and no one has to know where you went." I explained.

His face lit up. You could tell he thought it was a good idea.

"Thank you, thank you kira, thank you so much!" He shouted and hugged me again.

"Sound good?" I asked.

"Very!" He shouted.

"Right, phase one makeover starts tomorrow,"