Grandad's Secret ✔️

Loser

"Aunt Jenny cheated on Uncle Dave" I said and expected her to look shocked but she kept staring blankly at me, ushering me to go on but I was too confused -as to why she wasn't surprised- to keep on talking.

"Why aren't you suprised?" I asked

"I knew" She said in a duh-tone "for fuck's sake Luna, it was obvious my mum got married because of the money so I knew she was cheating. I expected her to anyways but what has that got to do with Eva's death?"

Wow! I wasn't really expecting that

"So when I found out, I kind of felt bad for Uncle Dave and I wasn't myself, I was uneasy having caught Jenny cheating on her husband and he didn't know. It was torture, including the fact that Jenny threatened to do something she'll never regret if I told anyone about it and it added to my uneasiness. I was too young to experience that kind of thing and Eva was my best friend, she saw right through me, knew when I was nervous, sad, scared, sick, happy, angry, and any other emotion in me so she knew something was bothering me" I paused for a while to look at her and she was staring intensely at me, no blinking

"So-- when Ev found out she killed herself?" She asked.

"What? No Bec, Ev would never do that" I said rolling my eyes.

"Well continue" She said

"Eva forced me for two weeks straight to tell her what was bothering me but I didn't, I just couldn't do it. She was my sister, my cousin, my best friend, I couldn't tell her, it would hurt her a lot cause her mum was like a role model to her" I said

"Why'd you stop, continue" Bec said impatiently

"Wanted to know if you were catching up." I said before continuing

"So after we had the family dinner that day five years ago at grandad's lake house, Eva and I were in our room and I kept on zoning out while Eva was talking to me because aunt Jenny kept on cheating even after I caught her and when Eva saw that I wasn't paying enough attention, she kept on pushing me to tell her what was going on."

.....FLASH BACK.....

AT THE OLD LAKE HOUSE...

"Come on Luna, tell me what's wrong" Eva said pulling my wrists as we sat on the floor in our bedroom in grandad's old lake house that we usually used when we were all coming together for special occasions.

As much as I would love to tell her what's going on, I couldn't

"Ev, I can't" I sighed and she looked disappointed and hurt

"Why? I'm your best friend and cousin, we never hide things from each other. Your secrets and problems are mine and mine yours, so spill" She said confidently.

I didn't want her to get hurt but she always had a way with words. But again, what if Eva goes out of control and gets hurt and aunt Jenny ends up harming me? Can I take such a risk?

"Leave it Ev, you'll get hurt" I said

"And how can you tell?" She asked

"I don't want you to get hurt, either physically or emotionally and whatever it is I don't want to tell you, I'm making that decision because I know you'll get hurt which I don't want to happen, so--" I trailed off

"Alright Luna, let's pinky swear, I'll be emotionless" She said bringing her pinky close to me and I sighed, this girl's unbelievable.

"And how can you tell?" I asked and she smiled