Facade

Chapter 9

Mia's pov

I hugged Damian as if my life depended on it. Damian hugged me back just as tight. I could hear the occasional sniffles and I realized he was crying. Of course he would cry. Anyone would. In my case, I wasn't crying. I was just a blubbering mess. Believe me, there's a difference. My emotions were all over the place. I didn't know what to feel and my brain seemed to want to register all emotions at once. My heart was beating like the sound of helicopter blades. Damian disengaged from me.
"How are you? Sorry how have you been? How do you feel? Wait a minute, what the hell am I saying?" He shot different questions at me till he became confused. He scratched the back of his head as he stared at me sheepishly and pouted his lips. He looked so cute and adorable that I couldn't hold it in. I burst out laughing. I fell on my knees, clutching my stomach while I laughed my head out. Tears of mirth rolled down my cheeks. I was too far gone to notice. I heard chuckles in the background and raised my head to see Davis and the other man, who had introduced himself as Eric laughing. Damian just crossed his arms and watched us with a scowl on his face. I noticed the tint of laughter on his lips. It seems as if he was struggling to hold in his laughter.
"Are you guys done laughing at me?" he asked with mock annoyance. I rolled my eyes at his childish behavior. Suddenly the clearing of a throat made me turn to Davis. I arched a brow questioningly. He smiled at me then said
"I'd like to leave but I have a few things to say before I do" his head was lowered, as if in shame. What does Davis have to be ashamed about? I wondered.
"Yes we have a few things to settle Davis" Damian snapped back in reply. He looked as if he was struggling to keep up his annoyed expression. I noticed Eric too was staring at Davis with disdain. Okay it seems I'm missing something here. I cleared my throat drawing the attention of everyone and asked
"Can someone tell me what the heck is going on?" My voice was sharp with irritation. Eric and Damian looked pointedly at Davis. It seems he'll be the one to provide me answers. I turned to Davis and glared at him. Nice work Mia, I told myself. It seems I'm getting brave. Few days ago, I wouldn't have dared glare at Davis or God knows the amount of beating I'd receive. But now that I've found my family, I can do whatever the hell I want. Davis shrieked back away from my glare and began softly.
"Years ago, Helen and I had just gotten married. I lost my job immediately after the wedding and we became broke. In other to feed, I started moving drugs. I was too scared to attempt something big so I stuck with that. At first Helen was okay with the little I could provide. After some time, she started complaining. She kept saying I didn't love her, I couldn't take care of her. She threatened to leave me. At the time, that was the worse thing that could have happened to me. The thought of it alone brought me shivers. I told her to find a business that we could go into. She came up with the idea of kidnapping for ransom. I immediately refused and rebuked her for suggesting such. But she persuaded me and I agreed. We chose our target a few days later. The operation was successful and we were able to kidnap a billionaire's daughter. We were supposed to demand for ransom but things didn't work out. The billionaire organized the biggest law enforcement agency all over the world for the search of his daughter. The heat was too much on us that we couldn't do anything. Helen suggested we abandoned or killed the child. I had become attached to the child the short period I was with her. I insisted we keep the child and raise her like our own. After lots of arguments, I got my way. We brought the child to Canada and raised her"
My mouth was hanging open by the time Davis was through. W-w-what the fuck? That was the first thing that came to my mind. My mind was muddled with different ideas. My brain filled with different scenarios. It was confusing. Before I could form a coherent sentence, Davis continued
"That child's name was Mia. Yes you Mia. I'm the one that kidnapped you by tricking you with ice cream. I am so sorry for everything and I hope that one day you'll find a place in your heart to forgive me"
My ears were ringing. Tears pooled in my eyelids. My mouth numb. My vision blurry. Damian pulled me into his arms and held me tight. I clutched his shirt into my fists and sobbed. Damian rubbed my back soothingly but I was too hurt to listen. My entire life had been a hard lie. All thanks to an idiot. Davis.

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Helen's pov

I sat in my office at the warehouse holding the report that was delivered to me few minutes ago. Though it was on short notice but the information was detailed. Now let's see what you are hiding Davis, I thought and opened the file.

Name: Damian Rodrigo Carlos
Age: 25
Occupation: CEO Carlos enterprises
Parents: John and Mary Carlos
Sibling: Amelia Violet Carlos (Mia Lee)

I sat up on my seat when I read the last part. Damian is Mia's brother. And that bastard Davis knew about it. No wonder he took her away. He had always had a soft heart towards Mia. Much more than Karen. Probably much more than me. It made me so jealous that I began to abuse Mia. Shit this isn't good at all. Now that Mia is probably with her brother, Davis will tell them about my plans to sell Mia. Damian will definitely come after me. I am so screwed. I gotta get out of here. I stood up, grabbed my car keys and ran out to my car.

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