Lies, hate but her

16

It's a week later. Fredrick and his girlfriend cancelled so I spend the afternoon with Regina and Freddie. Today I went to the cemetery to see someone I haven't in years. Someone I've lied about for my who life. The only other person who knows they exist is my mum. I walked into the cemetery and went through to find a grave saying Layla swan.

"Hey sis. It's been awhile" I say smiling softly at the grave of my twin sister. "Lots has happened since we last spoke. But surprise surprise I'm not with Regina. I miss you though. Maybe if you were here I'd have made different decisions" I say with a slight crack in my throats.

I placed my hand on the side of the stone and looked at her name. Under it said loving sister and wife and that's it. All these other graves have stuff about having parents and being parents and friends but Layla's just said sister and wife. It was just us until we were 2o and she was killed. That's what pushed me into becoming a detective. I thought about my favourite memory of her. We were 18 years old and I just broke up with Fredrick.
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"Layla? Hey you home" I call out walking into my sisters small apartment.

"Lounge" she replied from down the hall. I walked down and went into the lounge. My identical twin sister was sat on the sofa with a smile at me. I was having a bad day and she noticed instantly. "What's wrong?" She asked hopping off the sofa.

"Just a stupid breakup" I say as I tried holding back any tears I'd had.

I sat on the sofa and she sat back down next to me. Layla put her arm around my shoulder and kissed my head softly.

"You broke up with Fredrick? But your 6 months pregnant" she asked looking concerned at me.

"He left. He didn't say anything and he didn't even write a note. Just a text message saying bye. How am I going to raise this child" I say now letting the tears start to fall out.

Layla pulled me into a tight hug and held me close. I sat and cried on her shoulder since I didn't know what to do. I'm heavily pregnant with no boyfriend to help.

"I got you Emma. Your my twin and I love you. I'll help. This little one is my nephew and he's going to have the coolest aunt Layla to talk to whenever he wants. When he's 15 and got some chick knocked up. I'll be there for him" Layla says looking at me and smiling softly.

"15? If he gets some chick knocked up at 15 I'll kill him... But thank you" I replied with a laugh at what she said.

"This kid is going to be awesome because your raising him. I promise it will all be ok. I'm the older one so I'm more wise" she smirked cockily with a laugh.

"By one minute. I guess your more wise than me though. You always said he was a jerk" I say as more tears left my eyes and I made myself look like an idiot.

"All guys are jerks. One day you'll find the right person. The one who will be another parent to your son by his choice. Someone you will think of all the time. Someone that you hate being without. A person who actually finds you funny" we both laughed at that part and I slapped her shoulder. "A person who no matter how mad or how sick they are you'll always be there to help them. I know you'll find that love. I promise" Layla softly said as she wiped my tears away and smiled reassuringly at me.

"Thanks Layla. I hope that's true. How's you and Barney doing" I asked wanting to get the topic off me.

"Good. We're meant to be going on a date tonight but I can stay here with you. I don't want to leave you alone"

"Ow god no. Go out. I'll be fine here" I cut in with a smile.

"I love you my twin" she says smiling brightly at me.

"I love you too twin" I replied as tears started to slow down.
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I know that's a sad day for me but it's also one of my favourites because she told me all of that. She was there for me when I was low and cheered me up straight away. Barney and Layla went on to get married. She never got to be a mum because she died before she could. That's when I realised I haven't seen Barney since she died. I looked through Facebook and found him. I messaged him.

Me: hey Barney. It's Emma. Layla's twin sister. Haven't seen you in awhile. I'd like to talk xx

I stood up from the grave and wiped a tear away. I placed two fingers against my lips and then onto the top of the grave.

"I'll see you soon Layla. I love you" I say as I stepped back.

I walked out of the cemetery and went to my car. Before I could drive off my phone vibrated. I looked down to see Barney messages back. I opened it with a smile.

Barney: hey Emma! I've missed you. I'd love to meet up with you and talk. You still in town xx

I smiled at the message. Me and him were very close when Layla was alive. He was her husband so of course we were. He left town when she died because he was heart broken.

Me: yeah I am. It will be good to talk. I missed you too x

My sister was right about one thing. She was always the smarter one. I mean she got my true love definition right. She described Regina.