Chapter 6 - Half Truth
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JACK
I waited for Alex to come out or even call me, It took him twenty minutes to come out, “I have to watch Sam,” He says
I nod, “What problem have you caused me in the entire twenty minutes?” I ask.
He smirks, “I would never ever do that”
“You lied to her,”
He shook his head, “Right now, She believes you are my adoptive brother, who voluntarily took her surname because he didn’t have one and it suited you well. Other than that, I didn’t tell anything about you or your relationship,”
I fist his shirt, “Are you insane? Why did you lie that I’m your adoptive brother? And all this s**t?” I sneer at him.
He keeps calm, “I’m so used to you being angry. listen to me, I did something good for you,”
“Lying to her is nowhere good for anyone,” I say
He sighed, looking worriedly, “Jack, Do you think I would do something bad to you?” He asks, offended, “Or Idris?” he adds.
He is right, He would never do anything that is bad for me or Idris, but lying to her…” Jack,”
“Hmm?”
“She is waiting for you,” He says before he goes inside the apartment, I run my fingers in my hair, I groan, I don’t know how to face Idris with a lie.
“Don’t think too much, just talk,” Alex says when I enter inside.
I nod, I walked to my room, this would be the first conversation I will have with Idris after the seven years of agony. I knock on the door, when I knocked again Idris opened the door, “Sorry, I was using the bathroom,” SHe says
“It’s fine. I just want to..” I want to wrap my arms on you, tell you how much I love you, how much I missed you. How much it is hurting me to keep this distance between us after everything. But I stayed silent,
“It’s your room, You don’t have to…” She says walking to the bed.
I want to say it’s ours. But I have no idea what her beautiful head is. “How are you?” I ask.
She sat on the bed, hugging the pillow, ignoring my questions, “Are you mad at me?” I ask, again ignored. When I knew she was not gonna answer me, I turned to my small workspace and started working, “If you feel disturbed let me know,” I say knowing she will not reply to it too.
“Who is Sam’s mother? What happened to her?” She asks after ten minutes.
I turned to look at her laying on the bed on her back looking at the ceiling still hugging the pillow, “Alex didn’t mention it,” She says, I realized I forgot that she asked me a question.
“She… Sam was not planned, Alex got a girl pregnant and she didn’t want the baby, but Alex decided to keep the baby,” I replied.
She thinks, “How long was I in a coma?” She asks.
She didn’t see the report properly, I don't know whether she really wants to know that she was in a coma for seven years on the same day she woke up? “Idris, How about I answer all this question tomorrow and take you on a tour of…”
“No.” She cut me off. “I want to know,” She says in a very low voice.
I wish she is not fragile to break down after she hears it, “Do you really want to know?” I ask.
“I know, I can’t get the time back, but I still want to know,” She says, still looking at the ceiling.
“Idris..”
“Please,” She pleads
I know I have to answer her, “Seven years,” I answer her.
She was shocked, she took two minutes to accept it, “How old am I?” She asks.
“We celebrated our 30th birthday two months back,”
She sat up shockingly, abandoning the pillow, “What? I’m thirty-one years old?” She asks herself.
“Um.. Yeah.”
She looked so sad, I stood up, “Hey,..” I call her, but she is lost in her thoughts.
“I’m thirty-one years old?” She asks me
I nod slowly, “And I don’t remember a thing of my thirty-one years life,” She says
“Idris…” She plopped on the bed with her hands on her head,
I kneel in front of her, “Idris,”
“Do you think I will get my memory back? Like Matt said?” She asks. Her eyes are hopeless, and she wants me to give her hope. But It would just be false hope. How can I tell her she ain’t gonna get her memory back. Before the accident. She used to tell me she wants to forget everything, so she can start everything new, now that she has it she should enjoy it.
I shook my head, “No,” I say honestly.
She was shocked by hearing it, “Idris, Life didn’t give chance to everyone to start new, It gave it to you. It’s in your hands and you can change it however you want. You have the chance now to live your life for yourself,” I say
“I don’t even know my parents, I don’t even remember any of my friends, I don’t know what I’m, what I was. I don’t remember or know you..” She says
I pat her leg, “It’s okay for me that you don’t remember me,“ She looks at me in disbelief.
“I have another chance to make you fall in love with me,” I say cockily
Her expression changed from sad to fear, “I was just joking. I don’t pamper you,” I say, only half-joking.
“Do you still… Do you still let me live here if I don’t love you back..”
“Idris, it’s your home too. And No, If you don’t want to bring our past then I don’t.” I say honestly. I will not force her to do anything, if she doesn’t like talking about our past I don’t talk a word.
“I want to know but…” She hesitates.
As much as it hurts me I understand her, “Idris, I know. You don’t have to. We were best friends since we…” I try to come up with a lie that will match Alex’s. I’m gonna kick his ass for this.
“We were friends?” She asks.
“Yeah, And I don’t know what Alex told you, Don’t think too much about it. We were friends, Alex was your friend too. We used to live in the same appart…”
“What had happened to me?” She asks.
She meant the accident, I can’t exactly tell her what happened because it would bring Alexia, Graham all the bad memories she desperately wanted to forget. So I go with the half-truth, “You had an accident, you drove your car off the bridge to the lake, your skull was injured, you almost drowned, the skull was operated but it put you into a coma,” I explain.
She hears everything, “Thank you!” She says.
I smile at her, “You’re welcome,” I say
She looks at me hesitantly, “shoot your questions, I will answer everything,” I say
She giggles, the sounds make me realize how much I missed it and now I can hear it, I can’t get enough of it. “Umm…” She hesitates.
“Don’t ever hesitate to ask me anything,” I say
She nods, “You looked so sad since I talked, I didn’t mean…” I cut her off
“No, I was so happy and excited to see you, to talk to you. And yeah, I won’t lie, I hadn’t expected you…” I trailed off.
“To forget everything,” She finishes
I nod after a few seconds, “Do you mind If I ask you to cook something?” She asks.
I giggled, I’m happy to have her, “No, Not at all. What do you wanna eat?” I ask
“Anything, your cooking is mouth-watering.” She says. I smiled proudly., “But veg,” She adds.
I nod, “Yeah, My bad,” I say. “I will cook something special for you,” I say turned my heel to the kitchen,
“Jack.” She calls me when I reach the door. I turn to her. “Can we be friends if we didn’t work like before?” I can understand her hesitancy behind it.
“That’s totally fine to me. We are always the best friends,” I say.
She looks relaxed like the heavyweight on her shoulder was lifted off. “Thanks!” She says smiling
I made vegan enchilada, She savored every bite of it, she ate the food in silence, once she was done. “Where are Sam and Alex?” She asks
“They are sleeping in the next room,” I say
She looks at the door, “Alex will be up in a few minutes or he will be awake and watching his son while he works.” I say
She nods, there are a lot of things in her head, but she refuses to talk to me. “Wanna go for a walk?” I ask.
“Umm… Thanks. I want to rest,” She says
I nod, “Okay, good night then,” I say
“Bye, Good night,” She replied before she walked to our room, her room now.
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