Bound by a secret

The first clue

Amelia’s POV

I could barely eat dinner that night

I kept on remembering the pictures I found upstairs, I looked at the pictures so closely hoping I would find at least the littlest clue but I found nothing, the pictures were my mothers, she looked so happy but there was a picture of her and a man. She didn’t look happy in that one at all.

I kept on looking and I saw a picture of her in front of a large house. The house looked a bit familiar but I couldn’t rap my head around it.

“Amelia?”

I looked up and saw aunt Victoria in front of ny room,she moved closer and sat close to me she looked at some of the pictures except the ones I had hidden before she got closer

“That’s your mother, such a happy soul”

She says as she smiles at the pictures scattered on my bed.

I decided to show her one of the pictures I had hidden, I bright it out and showed her. It was the picture of my mother and behind it was written,

Blackwood estate 1852.

I showed aunt Victoria and she immediately grabbed it from me

“You’re not meant to keep this Amelia”

She was uneasy so she stood up and left my room after wishing me a good night, right after she left my cousin maya came to tell me Goodnightt as she does everyday

“Ameliaaa”

She screamed as she jumps on my bed to lay with me , I laughed and hugged her tight

“ your mum is such a sweetheart”

That’s what I told maya.

“She really is”

Maya replied with a warm smile

Maya and I talked about a lot of things before she fell asleep on my bed and couldn’t go to her room that night so we shared bed, but I still couldn’t sleep cause of two things. I was still bothered about my mother and also the next day was my birthday!

I was filled with joy throughout the night even though I was still thinking about my mother, i just couldn’t wait.

The next morning I woke up with a maya already in my face

“Happy birthday!!!”

She shouted and started singing the birthday song in her horrible voice

I laughed so hard and I was genuinely happy, we both ran downstairs and the smell of freshly baked cake hit our nose

“Hmmm” me and maya looked at each other and laughed uncontrollably

“Happy birthday Princess!”

Aunt Victoria shouted from across the room, I quickly ran to give her a hug, she held me tightly and looked at me

“You’re eighteen” she whispered “I can’t believe how much you’ve grown”

I looked at her and smiled warmly

“Im still your little girl”

She looked at me and laughed

Maya yelled my name from upstairs and told me to come get ready I ran upstairs to freshen up and look good for my birthday party and wait for my friends to show up

And then for that short period of time I realized I wasn’t thinking about my mother or being bothered about anything I forgot about everything

I was eighteen and I was going to enjoy my day

We went downstairs to eat breakfast, we talked about old memories and laughed about it. But I noticed something, aunt Victoria, she kept looking at the door as if she was expecting someone

“Aunt Victoria, are you expecting someone”

She looked at me and shakes her head then smiled

She kept on looking at the door and I was curious

Maya also asked her and said

“ mom what’s happening?”

She smiled and told us not to worry about anything

Suddenly we heard a knock at the door and aunt Victoria became agitated, I told her I was going to get the door and she said it was fine. I stood up and opened the door

“Happy birthday Amelia!!”

It was my friends, I was so happy to see them they came all together and gave me a hug and we all went inside

But someone wasn’t here yet, Damien

“Maybe he decided not to come” I shrugged and went back to party with my friends. The house became louder as everyone laughed and music played, I was so happy to see everyone especially my best friend , maya, i loved maya so much she was very supportive

We all enjoyed ourselves and partied. Aunt Victoria brought out my cake with 18 candles on it

“Make a wish Amelia”

Maya yelled from where she was

Everyone gathered around me and I blew off my candles

“What did you wish for Amelia”

Elena asked

“If I told you it wouldn’t come to pass”

Everyone laughed hard

It felt normal, my 18th birthday

I wasn’t thinking about anything

I was just Amelia

The night was over, everyone had gone home, except Elena, and it was time to open up my present

Maya, Elena and I sat around my presents and started opening them one by one

“Open mine first!” Elena exclaimed

I reached out to the present Elena have me and brightly closer to me with a large smile on my face , I opened it and saw a beautiful bracelet inside, it had two hearts on a line with an inscription of our initials

“A+E”

“This is so lovely Elena and I love it”

I said to her as I reached out for a hug

“ I knew you’d love it and I love you”

“Awww”

Maya made puppy faces while looking at us

We all laughed together

I opened maya’s present also and it was a beautiful hair clip, I hugged her and appreciated her

We went through all the gifts and I was so full of gratitude while opening them, but there was one left

It was a black box

“Wait that wasn’t here before” Maya said

Elena looked at me and she told me to open it so we could see what was inside

I brought it closer and opened it

Inside was a letter that had my name on it

Amelia Hart.

And again I felt something drop inside me

Nothing felt normal anymore

It was as if my birthday was the beginning of a new mystery and I was scared