Evil Hearts - A Listen To Your Heart Book

A Promise

Jane was still slightly upset at her mother for making her keep a secret she did not want to keep. She was in the study, catching up on her summer assignments, school starting in a matter of weeks. The summer had passed by quickly and dreary at the rehabilitation center. But now she was home.

Her stomach growled. But have ignored it and went to pick out another book. She tripped over her own feet and banged against the bookcase. She stepped back when the bookcase moved, revealing a space behind it. A secret room!

She cautiously entered, not knowing what to expect. She walked into what she assumed was a storage room. She looked around and saw boxes upon boxes of stuff. Some were marked mementos, others were marked photos. She picked up a box marked "Jane Age 1".

She sorted through the pictures and smiled. She was honestly a cute baby. She knew the hard part was coming. Pictures of her with her dad. From what she could understand, her father died before she turned two. So these were the only pictures that remained of her and her father.

Jane wiped away a tear and moved onto the next box, "Jane age 2". She rifled through the endless amount of photos. But what surprised her wasn't the amount of pictures, but more so the content. There she was, smiling at her second birthday with her dad. She couldn't believe it. She looked through more pictures of her and her parents.

How could her mom have lied to her? And then she saw it. A family photo taken at those prehistoric photo places. Her dad, toddler Jane. And her mother holding her stomach.

Jane got up and started to sift through more unmarked boxes. She went looking like a mad woman. She needed to find something, anything.

Fairy Godmother entered the study to finish her work as her office had become taken over with paperwork for the upcoming school year. She noticed the bookcase open to the storage room. She panicked. She mentally reprimanded herself for leaving it open. Open for anyone to discover.

"Oh dear," she said, running to close it. "How could I be so careless leaving this open? Wouldn't want-"

"Me to find it?" Jane said.

"Jane!" The one person she didn't want to find this, had found it. "I can explain."

Jane scoffed, tears in her eyes. "Explain what? That you lied about when my father died? That he might've not even died from illness. Or the others secrets you've been hiding?!"

Fairy Godmother paled. "Jane I know you're upset-."

"Upset? Upset doesn't even cover it!" Jane had never been this angry at anyone, not even her mother. She walked across the room to where her mother was and held up a blue blanket. "And how do you explain this?"

"Oh that's your baby blanket." Fairy Godmother said.

Jane couldn't believe it. "Stop lying to me mother. It has the initials TJF on it. And I already saw my yellow baby blanket in a box with my initials,JAF on it. So who's is this?"

"Jane I really suggest that you calm down so we can discuss this as adults."

"Ok," Jane said calming down. "Explain why you've been keeping secrets and lying to me for all these years."

"You could never understand how hard that was for me. I didn't think you were ready."

"And now? How long did you plan on keeping this from me?"

"I promise I planned on telling you soon."

Jane scoffed. "I can't listen until you decide to tell me the truth." She walked out of the study, blue blanket still in hand.

"Jane!" Fairy Godmother called after her. But she was gone.
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Mal gritted her teeth at the loud laughter outside her window. Today was a field day at the art camp so there were no classes. So Mal took the opportunity of both Vega and Sasha being gone to work on her art project. However, the noise outside was just as distracting.