Mistaken: The Lost Heiress

Unwelcome

{Adelynn’s POV}

That’s when I knew that I shouldn’t have come here.. I never should have tried to find them. I’m 18, I don’t need parents or a family anymore. Why did I ever think this was a good idea. I grabbed my wheel and turned the chair around opening the door and rolling out onto the porch, closing it behind me, tears spilling down my cheeks. I couldn’t leave, I couldn’t even get off the porch by myself. As much as I wanted to leave, I was trapped here. I couldn’t do anything but sit here and wait for someone to help me.

My mother came out on the porch and placed her hand on my back softly. “I’m sorry.. maybe I shouldn’t have come here..” I whispered through my tears. “He’s right, he had his sister, and I don’t want to be something kind of replacement.. that’s not why I’m here.” I said, looking up to her. “Really, I don’t want to replace the daughter you had! She was your daughter, and nothing can ever change that!”

“I know.. I know you’re not trying to replace her. Please don’t say that! We want you here! We want to get to know our daughter!” She said leaning down in front of me, and placing her hand softly on my cheek. “Liam is.. difficult, he always has been. He’s the youngest of my boys, he was devastated when he found out that the baby passed. He was so excited to have a baby sister..” she sighed. “I promise you, he’s going to love you, he just needs some time, this is all so new and unexpected. We didn’t tell them anything until we were sure, so it’s even more new for them.” She wiped away my tears gently. “Please, come back inside, and meet your brothers.”

I looked at her, kneeled down in front of my chair. She really does look like me, or rather, I look like her. She’s taller, and more beautiful than I am, her features were stunning to say the least. I nodded, wiping the stray tears off my face. “Okay.. let’s go.” I smile, nervously. She grabbed the back of my chair and pushed me back to the door, opening it up it, before pushing me inside. There they were, three brothers, who all looked so much like me. “Um.. hi..” I said softly, my nervous habit falling back into place as I began rubbing my palm.

Their faces were contorted into a shocked expression. The tallest of them walked over to me and put his hand on my shoulder. “Hi, I’m Theodore, your oldest brother.” He smiled softly down at me. His eyes were exactly like mine, a deep forest green, while his hair was darker, almost black like our father’s. His skin was tanned, and he was tall, about 6’6. He was muscular, and his arms and neck were covered in tattoos. He had stubble across his face, the shadow of a beard, and the top of his hair was slicked back away from his face.

“I’m Sebastian!” The second moved forward, waving at me. His hair was the same color as mine, and laid shaggy around his head, while his eyes were deep brown like our father’s. He was tall as well, just not as tall as Theodore, about 6’2. He was well built, but not as bulky as my other brothers, his body was leaner.

I heard the same voice from earlier begin to speak, as I turned to look at him, he cleared his throat. “I..” he started, raising his hand to rub the back of his neck. “I’m Liam..” he said, looking anywhere but at me. He was the shortest of all of them, standing about 6’0. His eyes were brown, and his hair almost black, and he had it slicked back. He was the spitting image of our father. He was bulky, his body muscular, I watched as he crossed his arms over his chest, they were covered in tattoos.

I nodded my head, and looked around to each of them. “My name is Adelynn..” I said softly, rubbing my palm and looking at the floor.

My mother pushed my chair past them and into the living room. “Alright, now that introductions are out of the way, let’s get you situated, and get you something to eat, I know we interrupted earlier!” She beamed at me.

“Please, you don’t have to go to any trouble!” I said, grabbing her hand softly.

“It’s no trouble! We’re all getting hungry too! I was thinking about making some Lasagna tonight!” She smiled, placing her other hand over mine.

I glanced up at her, and smiled softly. “W-Would it be okay if I helped? I always did the cooking back home.” I asked.

She smiled back to me, taking my hand in hers. “Cooking with my daughter.. that sounds wonderful!” She pushed my chair into the kitchen, and I watched as my brothers and my father stepped out onto the front porch.

I helped her chop up the veggies for the sauce, and began cooking it on the stove. She hand made the pasta, and rolled it out on the counter. “Who taught you to cook?” I asked, watching her cut out the pasta to the proper shape, I stirred the sauce, making sure not to let it set for too long.

She laid out the pasta as she got a deep pan and buttered the sides and bottom. “My mother, she lives here with us, but she’s out with some of her friends today. I tried calling her, but she always has her phone off when she goes out. I can’t wait for you to meet her!” She beamed as she began laying the pasta in. I mixed up the cheese filling, and we layered the pasta, cheese and sauce into the dish. I smiled as we put it into the oven, before turning to wash my hands in the sink. I noticed the pile of dishes, and began washing them up. “Oh honey, don’t do that! Let me!” She said, rushing over to my side.

I smiled, washing the pan I had in my hands before setting it in the dish drainer. “Please, I’d like to do the dishes, I helped make the mess, I should help clean it up!” I stated.

“Fine, I’ll dry and put them up!” She smiled back politely as she grabbed a towel and began to dry them.

I could hear yelling outside, but tried to ignore it. I really wasn’t trying to listen, I could still hear nearly every word. “I know that this is difficult..” my father said.

“Difficult! How do you know for sure that the doctors didn’t lie, or that she isn’t some gold digger? How do we know that she isn’t just using us?” Liam’s voice was loud, and to be honest I hated the way his words made me feel.

My mother looked over at me, as Liam’s words floated into the room. “Liam.. he’s difficult..” she started.

I shook my head, focusing on the task at hand as I washed another dish, placing it in the dish drainer. “It’s fine.. I understand. This is strange, and new. I don’t want anything from you all, I just want to get to know who my family is. I’ve only ever wanted a loving family. He makes good points, but I really hope that you know that I don’t want any money from you all. I have money, I worked hard and earned it myself. I even got money from taking the people who raised me to court. I don’t need money, I have more than enough.” I said, grabbing my purse from beside me and pulling out my phone. I opened up my bank app and showed her my account balance. “I have $500,000, that’s more than I think I could spend. Some of it is going to medical bills, but the rest is mine to spend.” I whimpered, putting my phone back up. “I don’t need or want anything from you all, I just want to know my family..”