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Chapter 2

I got home and decided to do a little snooping around to find out what my mom was hiding from me. I was home alone and my parents won't be home for another 4 hours.

I started in my parent's room. I went through all there paperwork and stuff like that and didn't see anything, they would need to hide from me.

Then, I went to the basement, where my mom hides a lot of things but again didn't find anything.

Then, there was the attic. I got up to the dusty attic and saw a box, right next to the entrance, as if someone put it here to get out of there way or to hid, but need back, easily.

I got the box and went to my room, having a gut feeling that it was what my mom was hiding from me.

I picked up the one laying on the top. It was my Birth Certificate.

It didn't say my name though. It said "Ryder Nicole Dallas". What the hell is that suppose to mean.

The next one I pulled out showed me the truth. I am Ryder Dallas. And I was adopted at birth.

After going through all the papers it said, who my real parents where. They lived in California, with a son.

I was crying, knowing that the last 17 years of my life was a whole lie. I'm not who I thought I was.

I heard a bus pull up in front of my house. I wiped my eyes realizing Dom was home. I didn't want him to see me crying.

I went to go open the door for him. "hey Ry"

"Hey Dom" I said.

"Are you okay? You look upset." Dom said.

"Yes. Dom do me a favor. When mom gets home use my phone use headphones and play music. Okay?" I asked. I didn't want him to hear me or our mom yelling.

"Okay. But why?" He asked.

"Because, I want you to relax and listen to music" I lied, making up an excuse.

"Well okay" he said sounding confused.

"Dom, don't take the headphones out. No matter what you hear." I told him and he nodded. "I love you, Dominic"

"I love you too Ryder" he said and I smiled and hugged him.

We hanged out for a little more until, I heard my mom's car pull up. I grabbed my Beats headphones and put them on Dom. "Now, remember, don't stop the music or take off the head phones. we clear"

"Crystal" he replied. I played the music, kissed him on his forehead.

I went downstairs, with the box. I was crying again. I spotted my mom and she spotted me with the box in my hands. "Is this what you meant? This was whats best, for me?" I said to her.

"Ryder how did you find that." she asked me.

"Thats not important! What is important is why you never told me" I yelled at her.

"Ryder, I was trying to protect you." she remarked.

"Protect me? You hid the biggest fact of my life, to protect me?! Or were you protecting yourself from this argument or me leaving to find my birth parents!" I yelled at her. I dropped the box on the floor.

"I was gonna tell you when you were 18" she said.

"You were only gonna tell me in a year! Are you fucking serious! You wanted me to live another year in this lie! My whole life has been a fucking lie!" I yelled at her.

"Ryder stop yelling" she said trying to calm me down.

"Is there anything else I should know mom? Is my name even Ryder? Are you a superhero, and I have powers, too? Am I also related to some famous person?" I said, still crying.