Chapter 52: 38|Destroyed

After an hour of shivering in winter rain and letting the path lead me, I finally ended up at my front door somehow. I felt lifeless. Screw it, I was lifeless. Every truth seemed like a lie. Every lie seemed like a conspiracy. Every conspiracy seemed like a memory. And every memory stabbed me to death, slowly. Was the happiness nothing but a mirage? I didn't notice that I was standing like a zombie in front of my door until it banged open and Asher and Aiden hugged me like their life depended on it. I just stood there frozen. Literally frozen. I may have hypothermia at this point but it is better than dying from heartbreak. I saw every of my so called friends rush out of house saying that I scared them and they were looking for me but all I could focus was on the glittering decorations visible from outside. Happy Birthday Astrid! Is it even my birthday, today? And that's when I lost it. I pushed Asher and Aiden away from me with as much force as I could muster. They looked lost and so did my dad, Felix and Lizette. Alex, Rose and Liam immediately looked away. Neal and Ryder didn't even grace me with their presence. I never had expectations from Xavier. "W-Who am I?" My family paled. "Who. Am. I?!" I screamed. "A-Astrid-" "How could you do that to me? How could you?! You lied to me! Every bit of my existence was a lie! How-?" Parker's were frozen. Alex took a step in front of me and tried to touch me. I slapped him. "Don't you dare touch me?! What else are you hiding, huh? How many lies are buried in your existence, brother?" Everyone gasped and looked at Alex in horror. "What were you here for? To kill me?! To finally crush the possibility of your twin taking away your dream crown?!" I yelled and he shook his head. "Well if that is the case, then congrats dear twin, you won!" "W-What are you-?" "Oh! How could I forget my 'brothers'? Aiden, Asher, meet my long lost twin who I never knew about- Cedric Alexander Law. And Alex, oops! Cedric, meet my fake brothers who used to be reality of my life." (A/N- I have to clear, Alex pulled the gun on Astrid in previous chapter because he didn't knew who was breaking in his home. HE DIDN'T INTEND TO PULL THE GUN ON ASTRID! Why did the alley incidence happened, will be explained in later chapters.) "Astrid-?!" "You don't believe me, Asher? Brother Cedric, won't you be kind enough to show us your reality?" Cedric paled. "Show us your true colours!" I yelled. "Reveal the real colour of your eyes that I had the pleasure to witness just now!" He bit his lips and removed his coloured grey lenses to reveal blue eyes. Not just blue, my blue. "See, Aiden! We share the same fucking eyes!" I used a sarcastic happy smile on a frozen Aiden. "Now, I won't complain that I have a totally different eye colour from my family. Because, news flash! You aren't even my family!" I took a step back and clapped. "Wow. I completely outdid soap operas with my life." "Astrid-" Rose tried. "Don't call me that!" I pointed a finger towards her and she flinched. "Don't." I balled my fist and took a step towards her. "Because, according to the newly revealed story, I am Cygnet Victoria Law. The baby swan!" she gulped in fear. "Are you scared of me? Don't be, Rose or should I say Crystal Roselyn Arrow?!" I turned back to look at Asher's heartbroken face. "Looks like we both were lied to, fake brother." I pouted. "But sorry, I defeated you in most betrayed list. Because, thanks to you people, I had a fake family who pretended to love me more than anything and I had a real family, who oh-so gracefully, left me to die with strangers!" I staggered a bit at the intensity of my own words. Liam held my shoulder to steady me and I immediately pushed him away. "You!" I pointed my finger at him. "You're the worst person I ever came across in my life! I used to wonder what must have broken you this bad but now, I know. You are a backstabber. A fucking betrayer! I gave you every bit of my friendship. I stood by you in your fights but what did you do? You took away my fight from me! You are as guilty as they are. And I fucking hate you! I hate you Liam Williams!" He looked away in guilt and hurt. My eyes fell on Felix and Lizette. I wobbled towards them. "Please tell me you don't have any alter egos." I pleaded. "Come on, please! How am I going to remember so many new names and identities of same people? Okay let's take it one by one." I looked at Felix who was looking at me with pity "Tell me you aren't a potential murderer hired to finish princess of Kovorelle AKA me, like my boyfriend?" Liz gasped and I looked at her. "And you aren't like your boyfriend who was his watchdog, right?" I looked back and forth between the two shocked people. "Right? Right?!!!" They flinched and I turned back towards dad. "And you, dad." I hissed. He was completely pale and frozen in his place. "How much did they pay you for the act? How much did they pay you to give princess a devastating ending?! Was mom ever my mom? Or was she a story too. Oh wait! She was." I laughed bitterly and spitted on floor. "Bad Astrid! Oops, bad Cygnet! A princess should not talk to her father like that, right? But oh wait! You're not even my father! I kept wondering why mo- that women addressed me as 'baby swan' in her last words but now I know. I am baby swan, after all." I laughed humorlessly. "When you used to call me princess, I used to feel special. I used to feel loved but I wish I knew that the endearment was out of courtesy not love. All I feel now is disgust!" I took a sharp breath. "Tell me, was that women really your wife? Or you just took advantage of my memory loss and made her up too? Answer me, Mr Henry Parker- wait, it's your real name, right? Because keeping accounts of new names is getting very tough!" I screamed. Everybody was looking at me with shock and even Samantha and Janet along with a few neighbours were staring. Like I care. "Got nothing to say?" I mocked. "For first time in my life, I left my family spellbound! A round of applause for me!" I applauded and fell on pavement as my knees buckled. I cried. I screamed. I slapped the floor until my hands were covered in red and they remained silent. They kept looking at me with pity but stayed silent. Oh why are you pitying me? Isn't that what you wanted? To destroy me? But I had a feeling that I am not fully destroyed yet. How? Dad fell down clutching his chest.