Kate's P.O.V
It's been 3 days since me and Alejandro went to give the DNA test. I didnt tell Charlie about it, if We aren't related, then i would only be keeping Charlie all tense. We have to go get the results today. I was sitting outside a cafe, waiting for Alejandro to bring the test results. After around 15 minutes if waiting, I saw him walk towards my bench.
"Hi Dr. Kate" he said.
"Hey, have you opened them yet?" I asked as I stood up.
"No, I think we should open them together." He answered as he handed me a sealed file. I took it from him and took a deep breath before tearing open the seal.
"Do you still think we should do this?" Alejandro said right before I was about to pull out the pages. I nodded 'yes'. He took a deep breath and nodded his head too.
We closed our eyes as I pulled out the pages. I didn't know if I wanted to open my eyes again. What if he wasn't Adam? Was I ready to go through the pain all over again? Was I ready to get my heart broken from losing Adam over again? Yes. I was ready.
I slowly opened my eyes and looked down at the paper. My eyes didn't believe what they saw.'Related'. It said related. It was Adam. He was Adam. I looked at Alejandro who was still looking at the paper with tears in his eyes. This must be so shocking for him. He was never who he thought he was. Imagine waking up one day and telling someone you aren't you. He wasn't Alejandro Miles, he was Adam Parker. My brother.
I hugged him as I let the tears out of my eyes. He hugged me back now crying. He was much taller than me now. My little baby brother was all grown up.
"Adam, I missed you so much. My little baby" i ran my fingers through his curly hair like I used to when he was younger. He was still too shocked to respond to anything I did. He just hugged me some more and cried while constantly saying "I'm back sister". We stold there crying and hugging to fill in all the love we were unable to share for these 20 years.
"I'm so sorry. Please forgive me" I cried "I gave up on you"
"Its okay. I'm here now, you found me. You didn't give up" he reassured me and I noticed he smiled through the tears. I wiped my eyes and smiled too. Why was I sad? This was a happy moment, Adam was back. If only mum and dad lived to see this day, they would be so happy to see him again. But I know they were both happy, watching us from somewhere up above.
"Don't ever run off on a wedding like that, ever again." I said as I stood on my top toes and as he bended his knees a bit so I could kiss his forehead.
"I won't. I promise." He responded.
"Let's go celebrate." I said and he nodded.
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Charlie's P.O.V
It was almost evening and Kate wasn't home yet. She said she would be back home soon after she finished 'a little bit of work'. I was thinking about her when someone knocked on the living room door. It was probably miss pearl.
"Come in" I said and Miss Pearl walked in, as I had expected.
"Mr. Charlie, the delivery man left this for you. He didn't tell who it was from." She said and handed me a paper file.
"Okay." I said as I took the file "Do you have any idea when Kate will be back?"
"No, she didn't tell me anything" she answered.
"Okay, thanks. You can go now" I said and she left, closing the door behind her.
I opened the file and a little paper fell out and onto the floor. I picked it up. It read, "see how loyal your darling Kate is" . What was this nonsense? I tossed the card away before I noticed there were more papers in the file. I pulled out all of them and my eyes didn't believe what they saw. They were pictured of Kate. With a man- with the Spanish boy from her hospital. She was hugging him in one picture, they were so close, smiling at each other. In the last picture, she did something I didn't expect her to do. She was kissing his forehead. Was this real? Was Kate just like all the other girls I dated? I thought she was different. No no. This must be wrong. Maybe these are fake but they look so real. It is her, the person I loved more than anything. It is Kate. She's cheating on me.
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Kate's P.O.V
It was almost dark when I got home, I was so excited to tell Charlie what happened. Me and Alejandro went for lunch first and then we went to the amusement park. He used to be scared of the Ferris wheel, turns out that fear is still there. He's just like Adam. He is Adam. Nothing had changed. We went for a long walk where I told him everything about mom and dad. We are going to visit their grave this weekend. I went up to our penthouse. I opened the living room door, all the lights were turned off.
"Charlie! I'm home!" I said loudly but no response. I put my bag on the table and walked further inside, still clutching the test results in my hand. It only took me a second to notice the broken glass on the floor. The shattered vases and decoration pieces. Oh God. Did someone break in? Was Charlie okay?
"Charlie!" I called him but still no response. I slowly walked to the kitchen where I could see a faint light turned on. The closer I got, the number broken plates and glasses on the floor increased. There were also a few broken bottles of alcohol.
"Charlie!" I almost screamed but no one responded. And then I saw him. Behind the kitchen counter, sitting on the floor with a half empty glass of vodka in his hand. I sat down beside him.
"Charlie are you okay?" I asked but he just sat there looking at the ground.
"Charlie? What happened?" I asked again, getting more and more concerned by the second.
"How could you do this to me Kate? I thought you were different." He spoke after a while as he turned his head to look me. He had been crying.
"What? What did I do?" I asked, confused. He stood up, with difficult as he was drunk and had shards of glass all around him. I helped him regain his balance after he stood up.
"Don't touch me!" He shouted as he swatted my hand away. I was scared and shocked. He had never done this. Was this even him?
"Charlie what happened? Why are you behaving this way?" I asked.
"OH. I'm behaving this way? I'm going around, marrying people for fame and then fucking with someone else?" He screamed and threw the glass in his hand at my feet. I jumped back, with tears forming in my eyes.
"What do you mean? We can discuss this in peace! There's some misunderstanding." I said as peacefully as I could.
"Now you're playing innocent, you're using the oldest trick in the book! All of you sluts and whores do this. Every single one of you. You just sell your fucking bodies for fame. You go around sleeping with a trillion men at a time. I wish I had realized your true colours." He screamed as he broke more things. I started crying. How could he? He didn't even listen to me? Every time I would open my mouth to speak, he would throw more insults at me.
"Charlie, please listen to me" I started.
"I'm not listening, I've done enough listening." He said.
"I love you. And only you" I said between tears.
"Oh really? Are you sure you're not using me for fame and money and sleeping with that Spanish boy?" He shouted "Kate. I'm going. I don't want to see your face ever again. You are just like all the other girls. You're a hoe. You were actually willing to marry me and give birth to my children for fame. Oh wait. Maybe even the children aren't mine after marriage. See, that's why you don't let me touch you. So you can keep me waiting and hanging while you sleep with other men."
"Charlie. I'm not cheating on you" I screamed as I cried louder.
"Oh really? Then what's this?" He said and threw a bunch of crumpled pictures at my feet. I blended down to get them and straighten them. They were pictured of me and Adam from earlier today.
"Alejandro is my brother." I screamed at him.
"What brother? You have no brother." He screamed back.
"I had a brother, I thought he died. No one knows about him, about Adam. I found him today. You don't believe me? Then see this!" I screamed and threw the file in my hands at him. He took it and took out the results. How could he do this to me? I forgave him when I knew he kissed Becky. When I knew it was real and I still forgave him- told him it was not his fault. I believed in him. He didn't believe in me. He didn't even listen to me. How could he? I couldn't let my heart be broken anymore.
"Kate. I'm so sorry. I- I didn't know, I'm so sorry" he said as he looked at the results in his hands. I turned on my heel and started to leave.
"Kate listen! Stop!" Charlie ran after me but I didn't turn once before leaving. I wanted to turn- to see his beautiful face, the face of the man I still unfortunately love.
