Rachel
I entered the room not thinking much about this mere conversation with Daniel. Yeah, it's true that he once was my best friend, someone who was older than me yet someone with whom I felt deeply connected. He was someone who always protected me when someone at school bullied me because of his silence and introverted nature. Even without knowing the fact that we were connected, he was my protector, someone with whom I shared all my secrets because I knew he would hurt me even unintentionally. But things changed drastically when my mom died when I was fifteen. I don't know who was my father; I never knew, but one day he just came in, taking me into his house and his life, and that was when I learned that Daniel is my half-brother and we are related, and also that somehow from the very
