Veronica is just a regular girl. A girl with big dreams for a perfect future. A girl who craved finding true love and not just the idea of it. A girl with friends who were family to her. A girl who had nothing special to tell you about her life, unt...
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"Stop answering a question with a question!" I snapped.
I had been pleasantly surprised to receive a call from Julian about an hour ago, asking me to meet him here, but I had been even more surprised by what I found here.
There were so many things running in my head from the moment I saw Tyler here with Julian and I really needed some quick answers, to silence my thoughts. It didn't help that they were equally surprised by the situation and were asking questions of their own, instead of answering mine.
"Sorry. And yes, he is my brother, " Tyler answered.
"Half brother, " Julian corrected.
I nodded while staring at both of them. That's when I noticed the small similarities between them. They had the same dark messy hair and chocolate brown eyes, but except that they looked nothing alike.
Everything was falling into place slowly. The cheating dad, their hatred towards Max, how did I not see it before?
Julian and I were secretive regarding most of the parts of our lives, but Tyler? How had he never mentioned that he had a brother and that too who goes to Edgewood high? I bet even Neil doesn't know about Julian.
"I have some questions, " I said looking at Tyler.
"I know, " he said, "But I think it's better if Julian is the one to answer them. It's more of his story to tell than mine."
I looked at Julian expectantly, who removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes. He let out a long sigh and nodded, "Fine."
We walked towards the small gazebo in the center of the park and sat down. The park is completely silent and deserted. I felt like it provided us a strange sense of privacy.
"So? What do you wanna know?" Julian asked.
"Ahm..firstly I have known you for around 2 years now, Tyler. We may not have been close, but how does anyone not know that you have a brother?" I asked looking at Tyler.
"Well...Jace, Ryan, and Eric know. But nobody else, " Tyler said, "Look I was 7 years old when I discovered that I had a half brother. It was also the first time both my mom and I found out that dad had been cheating on her. I don't think we would ever even find out if it wasn't for.....you know what Julian, you should be the one telling this."
"Okay, " Julian sighed. "Dad had refused to marry my birth mother after he had knocked her up, but to compensate and to keep her quiet, he sent her monthly allowances to help her look after me and all the expenses. I was four when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. 4th stage. The doctors gave us no hopes. Desperate for some help and worried about my future, my mother reached out to dad and asked him to take me in, if she didn't make it. Which obviously my dad refused to in the beginning but when she threatened to go public regarding this whole issue, worried about his reputation, he finally agreed. She made him adopt me, which made him my legal guardian. Dad had to finally come clean to his real family when my mother died later that year, " he let out a long breath. His jaw clenched as he stared off into the distance.
