Unaware

chapter 6

"No I can't calm down. How could you make her do something like that just because she isn't your reall daughter, what would she do if she found out about that huh?. Would you be able to look her in the eye and tell her that you loved me way more than her because I was your son and it was ok for her to marry God knows who as long as I am out safe and sound?"

I heard Connor say as I froze in my place. Did I just hear what I think I heard??

"Connor just listen to me please , we love Ashley so much but.." Dad said as Connor interrupted "But what dad ?? But What?! , What is a reasonable explanation that you could have?! ". She is your best friends daughter that you vowed to take care of her as long as you are alive , and is that how you treat her?! Using her to get your son back?! Thats so low dad , shame on you..."

The next thing I saw was dad slapping Conor on his face as hard as he could as mom gasped not believing what she just saw .

"what was that for ?! " Connor said as he placed his hand on the red area of his chick " was it just for reminding what you taught me?! Do you remember the first day that you brought Ashley and Jessica to this house ?! You told me to treat them like my sisters , like an actual member of that family and I promised that I will , and I kept that promise until now , but how about you !? Could you keep your promise to treat them like your ACTUAL daughters!?? I don't this so".

That was enough for me to hear , I wanted to cry but no tears came out , so I stared blankly into space while feeling my heart break into thousand pieces. I wanted to run to my room and lock myself for the rest of my life ,but I stood there like I was glued to the floor . My body was that tense that I wasn't able to move a muscle .

And then Connor saw me as he got out of the room as his face switched immediately from anger to worry . " Oh my God Ashley... , how long have you been here ?" He said as he started to panic.

"Enough to hear everything " I mumbled as my parents came along too and looked as panicked as Connor right away .

" Ashley , just listen we can explain it to you okay? Just please listen to us , we know its hard but please try to control yourself " mom cried out .

"When were you planning to tell me this?! " I said as tears start to fall down as dad said

"Ash, we didn't want to hurt you thats why..." .

"I said when were you planning to tell me " I screamed like a maniac .

"Ashley please don't do this , I said we would explain . Just let us" mom said as she got closer trying to comfort me .

"No , just leave me alone and don't you ever try to talk to me " I shouted then rushed upstairs to my room and locked the door.

No this is not true , its not like that . Maybe I misunderstood or something . Maybe They didn't mean it that way, maybe they are just messing with me . It was near midnight and I was curling in my bed soaking in tears trying to convince myself that whatever I heard was wrong , and those lots of Maybes were starting to kill every single cell of my brain . It was like a nightmare , a painful reality that I had to face .

I never ever thought that I would be addopted, that thought didn't even cross my mind , and now it makes me sick even by thinking about it . How come I lived that long and not realizing it? . How could I have been that unaware of my life !? ...

And then another thing came to my mind .. Who is my parents!? Why did they gave me and Jessica to that family ?! Are they dead!? Or they are alive but they can't look after us ... But if they are alive ,what could be more important than us in their lives that they left us here!? .

The only one that I wanted to talk to was Jessica , because I wanted to get the answer of those questions so bad , but deep inside I was really angry that she never told me about this.

Oh my God , everything makes sense now . That's why Jessica was that protective of me all the time , that's why mom asked me not to tell her that I agreed to marry Jesse , because she is my REAL sister unlike the rest of my family .

I woke up to get changed to school at six , I went to the bathroom to wash my face . I couldn't recognize who was the person in the other side of the mirror . she was too pale , her eyes bloodshot , her hair messed up in all directions , yeah thats the new me I guess , I have never struggled like that in my life . I took a quick shower , wore the first piece of clothes that caught my eyes in the wardrobe . Put my books in my bag and got out of the house.

I walked to school as usual , the lessons started but I was too busy thinking about my life to listen to the teachers . So I tried all day long to put the pieces together to figure something out while I failed each time , because I couldn't remember anything that happened to me while I was a child , I didn't have any photographs till the age of three or four I guess , but what about before ?! I had no idea.

Cora and Lia asked what was wrong with me every two seconds , while I was staring at my desk or the wall , space anywhere but at their faces .. How could I say that I was adopted ?! if I said it , they would feel sorry for me and I didn't want their pity , and then they would start asking millions of questions that I don't have the answer of them myself. So I stayed silent while they shook me , poked me ,shouted but nothing worked so they gave up .

I went to the coffee shop by the time school ended and started working my shift . I walked around lazily taking their orders , and then I approached a table and guess who I saw!?

"Um he..y.y Jess..y what are you doing here !?" I said with a shaky voice.

He answered with a smile " Hi Ashley , so you work here!!".

"Yeah" I said quietly . " so , can I take your order!?" . stupid Ash , is that how you start a conversation with your future husband? Well , I am a waitress and thats my job so I have to do it properly right !? And by the way , who says the marriage will take place after I found out the truth yesterday? .

"No " he said with a hard face , making me get confused. " what!? " I asked raising my brows .

" Okay Ashley lets get this straight , yesterday I was invited in your house and .." Oh I don't want him talking about it , it was too embarrassing so I interrupted " oh my god , I am so sorry about yesterday , I am reaallyy sorry " .

" Ohh Ashley you have no idea how hurt I was yesterday " he said placing his hand over his heart " so yeah I will accept your apology by one condition ".

" and that condition is !?" I said.

" You will go on a date with me " .

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Hey guys , I am so sorry for the late update , I planned to write this chapter much sooner but school started .... And I changed my school , so I had to do lots and lots of studying that I didnt have time to write I am so sorry again .

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