Bad Boy Meet Bad Girl *Major Editing*

Chapter 17

“Nicolo?” I asked the person in front of him. “Hey” he said. “What are you doing here?” I asked him. “Visiting my siblings” Nicolo said.

“Why now?” I said folding my arms across my chest “Why not before?”

“I was doing things” Nicolo said. “What kind of things?” I said. “Something” Nicolo said.

“You left us, wait let me rephrase that, you left me” I said to him my eyes watering, but I blink it away “And now that I’m asking for your explanation, you won’t even tell me”

“I can tell you guys are hiding something from me” I said. They were all silent.

“God damn it” I shout and I saw them flinch “You all left me with an abusive uncle and tell me there is no reason”

“What do you mean ‘you all left me’?” Nicolo asked.

“When you disappear the same day the funeral, Nikki, Luke, and auntie left, too leaving me with the bastard” I said “Now tell me, what the hell the reason is”

I saw Nikki opened her mouth. I held my palm up. “I meant the real reason” I said. I eyed up everyone.

“Tell me” I shout.

“We were looking for your twin” Nicolo said. “What?” I asked him and turn my gaze on him “What do you mean you’re looking for him?”

“I still have hope in myself that he’s still alive, that he’s out there somewhere” Nicolo said.

“Why didn’t you tell me, so I can help too” I said. “You were still a kid” Nikki said.

“And so what” I said my voice rising “He’s my twin for god’s sake, I can feel everything, but I just ignore it because you all made me think that he’s gone”

“We just didn’t want you to worry something” Luke said.

“He’s like my other half, Luke, I don’t care if that’s going to add some stress on me, all I care is my twin in my side, and you guys hide it all from me” I said.

“We just want to protect you from whoever the person that kidnapped your brother, what if the kidnapper hurts you or take you too” Nikki said.

“You’re all busy thinking that I am safe because uncle is beside me, well guess what I was all in danger all my life” I said. Nicolo raise his eyebrows in confusion.

“Uncle abuses me ever since you all left me” I said “He wouldn’t stop hurting me; he would slap me or punch me every day”

“That bastard” Nicolo snap. “Don’t act now like you’re all pity” I snap at them “I don’t need those”

I went upstairs and slam my door. I crouch down under my bed and grab the box. I walk towards my window and sat down on my window seat. I opened the box and took a picture.

I stared at the two newly born babies. I ran my fingers on the picture especially on one of the baby’s face.

The newly born babies in the picture were me and my twin. They took a picture of us together before they brought us inside the nursery room. Before they kidnapped my twin.

“Even though, I don’t remember you at least I know that you exist” I whispered to myself “I hope wherever you are, you’re okay”

I look outside my window and took a big deep breathe. I put down the picture.

Why do I feel sad about my behavior when Devine ‘confessed’ his crush on me? Is it because I’m starting to believe in myself that I like him, too?