Transparent

Chapter 5

*Brookes P.O.V.*

"Mum can you bring us some popcorn please!" Kian, Sam, Andrea, and I sat up in my room laughing and talking about our secrets. "Waiiit Brooke has not shared something with us!" Andrea tackled me playfully. "Fine fine! Okay... My parents got into a divorce, thats why my I moved here."

"I am so sorry Brooke" Andrea hugged me and Kian and Sam sighed.

"Its fine."

"I have something to share." Sam spoke softly.

"Go ahead," I focused on him. "I have a brother named ramon...nobody knows about him...not even Kian..."

Kian's eyes shot out of his head. "You are such a liar!" Kian laughed so hard he fell to the floor. "Im being serious Kian!" Sam was in a serious mood now. "Im...confused?" Andrea placed her fingers on her temples.

"I knew." I said before thinking.

"How? You just met us." Sam and Kian stared at each other then at me. Andrea was still confused.

"When i was in the hospital...Ramon was my doctor."

Sam looked at the ground and then his eyes widened.

"He is HERE? is LA??" Sam stood up quickly.

"Yeah.." I stood up and sat on my bed.

"He has been gone for years...at a school in D.C.!" Sam got up and put his jacket on. "Sam where are you going?" I asked.

"To tell my parents!" He was about to open my bedroom door when Kian stopped him. "Sam wait" Sam did not look at Kian. "What?"

"Why didnt you tell us about him..and why is he a secret?"

Sam shoved Kian out of his way. Kian shut the door after Sam. "What just happend?" Andrea looked at us. "Ugh." I slammed my body down onto my pillows.

"I will text you B." Kian grabbed his coat and Andrea's. "See you later Brooke..." Andrea patted my back as i rolled over to watch them leave me alone in my room.

I texted Sam.

Me: Hey Sam are you alright?

Sam: Im okay.

Me: What happend?

Sam: nothing its nothing

Me: are you sure?

Sam: Ramon ran away from home when he was 15. I have not seen him since.

Me: He ran away to a school across the country?

Sam: 4 years later, we got a notice from the school that he was there...We dont pay much attention to him. He never talked to us when he was here anyway.

Me: Oh...

Sam: Are you positive you saw him at the hospital?

Me: I talked to him and he said you were his brother.

Sam: What did he look like?

Me: He had light brown hair and green eyes, he was tall and thin but had perfect teeth and a freckle on his cheek.

Sam: Thats Ramon.

Me: Stay safe Sam.

Sam: I will.

I put away my phone and decided to take a nap.

*Sam's P. O. V. *

"Mom?" I walked inside her room. "Yeah Sam" She was folding laundry in the closet. "I have some serious news." She lowered her gaze and stood up with her hands on her hips.

"Who did you get pregnant?" She was literally being serious.

"What??"

"Whats the news Sam!?"

I rolled my eyes. "Ramon is home."

She walked straight past me and into the bathroom. I heard pills shuffling. She took her meds and came back out. "What do you mean home?"

"Brooke Howard from next door saw him when she was in the hospital." I took a deep breath.

"Lets go." We drove to the downtown hospital in silence. It was 8:30 at night. We pulled up and my mom rushed out and into the buliding.

The lady at the front desk gave us questioning look. "May I help you?"

I cut in. "We need to speak with a doctor from level 2?"

She stared at me for a second and looked down at her laptop. She began typing away. "Which doctor?" She chomped on her gum.

"Ramon Pottorff." I choked at the sound of his name.

My mom got tears in her eyes as I spoke. "Reason for visit?"

"Personal reasons." She raised an eyebrow. Typing away, the lady spoke again. "appointment?"

"We- We don't have one.." She closed her laptop and put it in her bag.

"Then I am afraid thats a no can do." She turned off the lamp that dimmed the room and put on her coat. "Sciddadle!" She shooed us out.

"Please you dont understand!" My mom broke the silence.

"I do understand and I cannot help you." She pushed the door open and locked it.

"Have a nice night." She walked out to her car and left us standing on the concrete in front of the building.

"Excuse me you cannot be-" A familiar voice came from behind us. We turned around to see a suprising face. His expression hardened.

"Ramon!" My mom ran up to hug him but he pulled away.

"Ramon." She crossed her arms.

"I dont know what you are talking about..Who is Ramon?" He is such a bad actor.

"Shut up! My friend Brooke spoke with you when she was here the other night and you told her about our family." I snapped.

"I left for a reason Sam."

See I told you he was a bad actor.

He turned and got into his car.

And in a split second

he was gone.

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