Family Secrets

Chapter 6

"What?! You two are twin siblings?!" Magnus shouted at Male Jesse and Female Jesse.

"This is crazy..." Soren whispered to himself.

"I... I simply don't believe it! You've both got the same name, and you're twins!?" said Ivor.

"How can we be sure that they're siblings?" said Petra. She looked at Male Jesse and said, "When's your birthday? What year were your born? And what do you know about your parents?"

While he was able to answer the first two questions (which had the answers to be the exact same as Female Jesse's birthday and birth year), Male Jesse couldn't answer the third question easily.

"I honestly don't know much about my parents, but these past couple days have been crazy before I met you all..." he said.

"What can you tell us about your past? And what happened these past couple days?" asked Olivia.

Male Jesse wasn't sure if he could give them the answers they wanted, but since he and Female Jesse were twins and there was no denying this, he might as well provide the group with as much information as he could.

"Okay. I'll be as honest as possible, but... I honestly thought I didn't know much about myself until a couple days ago. I was raised in an orphanage that was for all boys. I hated it. The other kids bullied me, and the caretaker did take care of me, but he gave me the cold shoulder often," he began his story.

Female Jesse realized that he had been left behind in a situation similar like hers. Though, for her, Female Jesse wasn't treated badly by the caretaker of the orphanage she lived at, and although she struggled to make friends with the other girls, none of them bullied her.

"I lived there for a while, but about a year ago, I left the orphanage. The caretaker told me run away, and there was a look of fear on his face. I didn't know why, but he told me to run away and never come back. I don't know why he told me to leave, but I left the town where I was stuck in and found myself a place to build a tree house and call home. Things were pretty calm, until a couple days ago..." said Male Jesse.

"What happened a couple days ago?" asked Axel.

"A couple days ago, that same group of people who kidnapped your friend. They... they came after me. I don't know why they were after me, but before they could take me away, I was rescued by someone. He knocked them out and left them somewhere far from my home," said Male Jesse.

"Who was he?" asked Ivor.

"He had darker skin, brown eyes and brown hair. And for some reason, he said that he's my father. I didn't believe it because he doesn't look like he's related to me, but when he mentioned my half of the amulet, I figured maybe he was someone I could trust. I started to look for whoever had the other half of the amulet, but I didn't think I'd find out that I have a twin sister," said Male Jesse.

"And I never thought I'd have a twin brother. I was raised at an orphanage to, and the lady who raised me never let anyone adopt me. She told me to keep that amulet with me at all times, and I never expected that it would help me find my twin brother," said Female Jesse.

"So this guy, who's your father. Did he say his name? Did he tell you anything else?" asked Ellegaard.

"He didn't tell me his name. He just said that he's my father and to find whoever has the other half of the amulet. And when I find them, I need to meet up with him. He said that the amulet would lead me to the meeting location," said Male Jesse.