Chapter 57: 42|Secrets Written In The Document

My fingers shook uncontrollably as I concluded the document. How can they hide so much from her? Do Parker's know about her background or they adopted her without knowing? How am I going to tell her that she isn't who she thinks she is? My jaw clenched in fury at the idea of Neal or anybody hurting my bestfriend. Seething with anger, I dialled Alex's number. "Hel-?" "Listen here, Cedric or Alex, Astrid is my bestfriend and I can't hide such a huge truth from her. I am not letting you or that Neal hurt her and-" "Neal?" "You don't know?" I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion as he fell silent. I sighed in exhaustion and anger. "Meet me at Starbucks in 15 minutes." This won't end well. ~~~~~~~ "What the-?!" "Yes, Neal is Logan Hunter. I still don't know how you never realised!" I hissed as mental images of that snake touching her invaded my head. "I fucking did a background check on him! He was a student of Pete Knight High since the beginning!" "Then, you didn't do your work well because he hacked and changed the records! They are corrected now." He passed a hand through his hair and cussed. "We need to tell her. This will kill her, but I am not hiding it from her." "NO!" he looked at me with wide frantic eyes. "No. I d-don't think that the Parker's know about her real identity. I think that they took her in because she had no memory and she was alone. I-I don't know what to do. Knowing Cygnet, t-the first thing she will d-do after knowing the truth will be cutting us away. H-Hunter is waiting for her to do that. The moment she has no support, he will take her away. I-I can't let that happen." "So, am I supposed to lie to her about her whole damn existence?! Especially when she is under danger!" "Give me a few days, Liam. Keep it away from her for a few days. I am going to talk to Parker's and I will find a way to take care of Hunter. He has got her wrapped around her finger. One wrong move and we will lose her." I stayed silent. I will be betraying her trust by keeping this secret but what am I supposed to do? I can't imagine her reaction on knowing the truth and I don't even want to imagine Hunter taking advantage of her pain. "Fine." I nodded. "A few days, Alex. Please talk it out with them and clean this shit. She needs to know all of this." His face contorted with pain. "I know. But how am I supposed to tell her? She think that I am trying to kill her when it kills me every time she calls someone else her family. I will always be an outsider to her and it hurts. It hurts to know that my sister doesn't even remember herself or me. Hell, she thinks that tomorrow is her birthday! Asher and Aiden are so excited and I don't have heart to break this truth to them if they don't know." I bit my lip and passed a hand through my hair. "It will be alright, Alex. A lot has been kept from her and I know that she won't take it well but she is a strong human. She will be okay. You won't lose her. We won't lose her." Maybe we wouldn't have lost her if I locked my window that day.