Chapter 29: [Bonus Chapter]28

"Ayla", I’m tired of him calling my names.

It’s hell annoying that I couldn’t even bear hearing my name. It is suffocating. The more he is calling my name, the more it is making me remember what I have gone through and everything again becoming so suffocating.

"What is it?"

"And who are you?"

As I asked who you are, he kept looking at me blankly.

Kylie and Jennifer came to me and said, "Ayla, what are you doing?"

"How could you behave like this to your brother? Have you finally lost it or what?"

I snapped.

"Brother?"

"Who are you calling my brother?"

"And if it seems he is your brother, then mine. Don’t you think so?" I raised my brow.

They stayed silent while I walked toward my so-called brother.

"So I asked you, right? Who are you?" I always like to come to a point. Why twist the word around when it will come to the same point at once?

"Ayla, what are you saying?"

"I’m your brother Jace. How could you say you don’t know me? Or is it too long since we met that my face seems to have changed? Tell me!!!!"

"What are you saying? When I truly don’t know I have a brother", I said while my facial expression was supporting me. They already waited a long time for me to say this line. I trained them enough not to cry but to stand strong and say.

"Ayla!!!!!!" he shouted my name.

"Yeah, I know my name is Ayla, but I don’t have any brother named Jace, nor do I have any brother."

"In my family, I have a dad, none else", I said without batting an eye.

He massaged his temple and again came back to me.

"I don’t know why you are behaving like this, but tell me what this is?" he pointed his finger to the visible hickey.

I laughed and said, "Can’t you see it’s a hickey?"

"Ayla, I’m not joking. I’m asking you something serious. Tell me, what is it?"

"Did someone force themselves on you? Tell me I will look after it", he said, shaking my body again and again.

I felt frustrated.

I removed his hand from my shoulder and said, "It’s none of your business Mr. so please don’t interfere in my matters when I don’t like someone pushing his nose into my affairs."

"Ayla, enough of your jokes and tell me", he said.

"I’m not joking at all", yeah it’s true I’m completely sane.

"Ayla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he raised his voice again.

Gosh, my eardrums are about to blast.

"I can hear you, so can you speak in a low tone."

"No, you can’t hear."

"Do you think I came here all the way just to hear this hit from you? No, right? Then behave yourself Ayla before I lose my sanity", he said, but it was more like a warning.

"Ha Ha"

"Do you think I called you and told you to come all the way? No, right? Then how do you think you may blame me when I did nothing at all?"

The entire place was silent. I’m surprised how silent Kylie and Jennifer are as well.

"So now get out of here. You are not invited here", I said, pointing at the door.

"Ayla", he called my name again.

"Stop calling my freaking name. I’m going insane each time I hear the name out of your mouth. It is suffocating, so please don’t you dare utter my name from your lips. Because I don’t want to remember those feelings which I want to forget till now", I said but I could see him again trying to call me.

"And another thing?"

"What is it?" he asked.

"Don’t send gifts again", I said.

"But you liked them, right?" he asked.

"Like?"

I said and pulled him toward the locked room and showed him how I kept those gifts from him.

"You see How much did I like your gift? So don’t do things on your own", I said and walked to my room, but I again stopped mid-way.

"And you two, did you have fun calling Allen to my place and showing him the room which I always keep close to showing off?"

"But iiiiii"

They shutter.

"Yeah you two, at least I didn’t expect this", I said and locked myself in my room.

I do not know what happened afterwards, but the silence I felt inside was incredible. I want this type of silence always, but maybe I will feel it only once I die.

I thud on the bed while I am lost in my world.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in my home. I couldn’t believe how long it has been since I came here but still, the nostalgia makes me feel alive.

I walked inside slowly but when I saw dad I ran to him and hugged him from behind.

"Dad"

"I can’t say how much I missed you."

"Oh, gosh, this feels so real."

He turned toward me and hugged me back. But it was more like he carried me in his arms when I realized I looked like a kid. My hands were tiny, my feet were small and my body as if I shrank.

"Oh My Ayla, you now can speak and know your dad", he looked so happy as if I could die with no regrets.

He let me snuggle while calling the entire house.

"Hey, look, now she can speak."

"She called me dad", he is announcing just how cute it is.

"Dad, let me too," I heard a similar voice.

I looked at his side when I realized it was Jace.

"Dad, let me carry her, too. You know she called your name first because you always carry her around and keep her with you unless it sure would be me", he said and took me from dad.

Is it true?

I can’t believe he loved me this much before. But look at now what he made me. No matter how I looked at it, I still feel as if he was acting all this time and he fooled me enough with his natural acting just to discard me from their life.

I don’t know anything.

"Jace, go call your mom", Dad said while Jace went inside, but I could hear some noise from her room.

Later, he came out of her room looking down.

"What happened?" Dad asked.

"I don’t know", he said and took me toward his room while dad went to her room.

I can feel the ache in my heart even if I don’t know if I went through this or not. I could feel the time when mom asked if I loved her or not, but still, I know I didn’t say something which was still stirring inside me up inside.

"Ayla, from now on, play with me, ok?"

"I will be your big brother."

"And my name is Jace White and your name will be Ayla White. Got it?"

Will be? What is he saying? I could understand nothing. What is going on?

"Ayla"

"Ayla"

"Ayla"

"Ayla"

I opened my eyes forcefully when I saw Kylie and Jennifer in front of me.

"Girl, you scared the hell out of us."

"Yeah, I thought I needed to call 911, but thank god she woke up and she is alright", they kept talking to each other when I asked, "What are you guys talking about?"

I still couldn’t open my eyes properly but I could feel my cheeks were wet and something uneasy was happening around me.

"Ayla, what are you asking? Didn’t you realize you weren’t even breathing, which made us freak out?" they said.

"I wasn’t breathing?"

"Yeah, you are not breathing, and it was too serious. We came and knocked on your door to ask you if you are ok or not but you didn’t open so we had to unlock it with an extra key but again when we found your breath was almost out."

"Jennifer shakes you like crazy and that is why we could wake you up", Kylie said.

"Tell me just what the hell is going inside your head. Is it too serious about your family? If it is, can you tell us too?" Jennifer said, but I didn’t reply. But kept looking down.

I’m sure if I say I will be a part of the pitiful side. I don’t want others to look at me with those sarcastic eyes as if they are owing, but I don’t want to be hated, too. I’m out of an idea which path I should choose and which path I shouldn’t but in the end, I’m all alone?

It is too suffocating and I wish I could say it out loud and express my freaking feelings.

Ayla, you are still so useless and pathetic as if you could die again and any time.

I feel pity for you, my dear self, Ayla.

You are really pitiful.

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