Lavenders green, lavenders blue (spot conlon love story)

Chapter 10 - an explanation

"You're name is Adelaide Mumford, not Adelaide Kelly." You we're born and raised to Emma and James Mumford according to ellie and you lived just down the block from her. I didn't live there and no" he took a deep breath " I am not you're real brudda"

"Shocker" I said sarcastically 

"When you were 9 you were kidnapped. You were trapped in a warehouse with 3 guys for probably 4 or 5 months before I found you. I would come by every night and smuggle food into the basement window for you and we had a big plan to help you escape. I was gonna come by during the day when the guys were usually gone and I would undo you from the wall where you were usually chained and I would smuggle you out and you could come live with me and my newsies. Well that day that we had planned for me to come, the guys didn't leave. You had no way to tell me. I picked the lock and there were the guys. Beatin up on you like they usually did. And now I was there. I did the only thing I could do, fight them back. But three grown men against an 11 year old boy? I knew I couldn't win.  So I changed my plan, I just tried to get you out of there, I distracted the men by kickin em where the sun don't shine and quickly untied the knots that's had you bound to a chair."

It had been more than 5 minutes but I didn't care, this was my whole past being unveiled to me. This was the most exciting moment of my whole life.

"I got you untied in time but just as we were about to slip away one of the guys hit with a huge chain right in the back of your head. You passed out right away and I had to carry you all the way back to the lodging house. I don't know exactly what happened to those guys but I think they got caught for some kind of drug smuggling because I saw them about a year ago in the papes and they were going to jail in a different country. Anyway I carried you back to the lodging house and you didn't wake up for like 4 hours but when you finally did you were real confused. I asked you how you were feelin and you just kept asking me who I was I would say 'it's jack cmon don't you remember me' and you kept sayin no and I asked if you remember anything and you said no. I knew then that telling you I was your brudda would be easier and you'd be less likely to be sent to an orphanage because I could just get custody when I turned 18. The only thing you remembered from your life before that was that song you always sing, and that's it"

I just sat there, absolutley shocked. I had just been told pretty much my whole life story and the only thing that could come out of my mouth was-

"Damn"

Jack chuckled. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, I thought about telling you so many times I just, I just chickened out"

"And ellie?" I asked "did you tell her to keep it a secret?"

"Yeah I did." He said "just a couple days after you found her. I had to practically beg her not to tell you and she felt so bad lying to you addy please don't be mad at her"

I should have been mad but I wasn't. All I felt in that moment was relieved that  I wasn't living a lie anymore. And a little overwhelmed. 

"Um addy" davey piped up "I don't mean to intrude or anything" He such a dork, I laughed a little under my breath at his uncomfertableness "But were gonna print our own paper about a children's crusade that we're gonna have tomorrow morning, and I know that you're kinda umm you kinda know spot and stuff so maybe you can go get Brooklyn to join back up with us?" I looked down at my shoes and then up at jack and smiled sheepishly

"We will talk about that another time" Jack said in his fatherly way

"There ain't nothin ta talk about" 

"Oh yeah? Tell that to the hand holdin I saw" 

"He's mad at me anyway, and I don't know why. Trust me there isn't anything special going on, he doesn't even like me."

"Sure"

"So can you go?" Asked Dave 

"Yeah I guess I can try"

""Be careful addy" jack said 

"I'll try" I smiled and hugged him. Jack might not be my brother my blood, but that doesn't mean he's not my real brother by heart.

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A/N 

WOW! A lot of info just got spilled in this chapter. I hope you like it! What do you think of addys backstory? It's super crazy. Also I'm gonna die bc midterms yay

- Rory