Chapter 20

Callie

I fell asleep after Anthony left me in the room. I don't know what it was, but when I woke up, I heard the raised voices of someone yelling, and for a minute, it sounded like my mom. When I listened properly, I knew without a doubt that was my mom's voice, so I got off the bed. The minute I opened the door, I heard my sister and brother. I immediately felt sick to my stomach. Anthony was sure that we weren't related, but I had another question on my mind: there was something else that was bothering me. If she thinks Mr. Collins is my father and he really isn't, then is my dad really my dad or what?

When we walked back out to the living room, Jace was standing with Crystal, just looking at both ours and Anthony's parents yelling at each other.

“SHUT UP. Now we need answers. All of you sit down.”

“Callie Sweetheart” She tried walking towards me; I raised my hand and stopped her.

“Don't sweetheart me; if you intend to act like a child, then you'll be treated like a child. Now sit down.”

Jace just kept looking at me, and he didn't say anything. I waited until everyone sat down. I pointed at Mr. Collins.

“Mr. Collins, Is Anthony your biological son?”

“Callie ”

“Zip it, Anthony.” I looked at his father and mother.

“No, when I was younger, I had an accident, which unfortunately left me unable to have children. Your mom and I used to date back in high school. When I met Jenny, I knew. Anyway, before we got married, I explained it to her, and she was okay with it. We had met Anthony's birth mother while at the hospital. She was a teenager, and her parents had kicked her out. She had no option but to put the baby up for adoption.”

“You're lying, David. Jenny was pregnant. I saw myself. I heard you tell Richard.”

"Quiet, not a word from you. Mr. Collins, please continue.”

“Jenny decided right there that she wanted Anthony, so with the help of our lawyer and the doctors, when the baby was born, he was ours, and she agreed and signed the documents. We told everyone that Jenny was pregnant and needed to leave for her health. Only certain family members knew. So we left and came back with Anthony nine months later. We kept in contact with his birth mom while he was growing up. We would send her pictures and everything. When Anthony turned 14, we told him he had met her. So you see Joanne Callie Can't be mine".

I looked at Anthony. I pointed at my mother. “You spill it.”

"Well, I already told you.”

"No, you didn't. Who is my father?”

“David is”

“HE IS NOT.” I saw Jace walking towards me, but I stopped him.

“Is Jace even my brother? Can I, do I even have a right to say that Jace is really my brother and not half brother?. The man I respected and adored, can I say he's my father?".

“Let's talk about this in private.”

“ANSWER MY DAMN QUESTION: WHO IS MY FATHER?”

“Well, fine, if it isn't him, then I don't know.”

I couldn't believe this. “So I'm someone's bastard child.”

“Callie ”

I couldn't move. I lost all feeling and all sense of time and reality. In that minute, I was numb; everything I knew was a lie. The one person that mattered most to me wasn't even my brother, yes he was my half brother but that hurt more than anything. All I knew was that someone was holding my face.

"Callie, look at me.” I started crying, because my entire life was crashing down in front of me and I couldn't stop it.

"Callie, no matter what anyone says, I'm your brother, and I will always be your brother, always have, and always will be.”

“For God's sake Jace stop saying that ,you have different Fathers ,I don't know who's child she is ”

“SHUT THE FUCK UP I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY , SHE'S MY SISTER . I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU'RE SAYING”

I looked at Jace , I could see the frustration in his eyes .I removed his hands from my face , and looked at all of them . I walked into the room and found my bag , while I was dressing Anthony walked in. But I didn't look at him or say anything. I had nothing to say ,I was too confused and hurt.

“Callie ,are you okay?”

“Baby talk to me please”

I grabbed my handbag and walked past him ,he tried to stop me but I just pulled away from him. I walked past all of them and out the door, I had no idea where I was going but I couldn't stay there any longer. When the elevator stopped and I stepped out I started screaming ,that was all I could do.

Anthony

I saw the Disaster unfolding before me but I couldn't do anything to stop it. I followed her into the room. she didn't talk to me ,she wouldn't even look at me. She just walked out the front door , Jace looked at me.

“Where is she going?”

“I don't know ,she wouldn't talk to me ”

Jace looked at his father. “Why aren't you saying anything?”

“What do you want me to say Jace ?, Your mother has crossed all the lines I only remained Quiet for your sake but now that everything's out in the open we come to the end of our Marriage”

“You Can't be serious Bradley”

“I am Joanne , I've tolerated enough and now to know that Callie isn't my Child hurts. I've loved her as my own and the fact that you don't know who her father is, that's disgusting and shows what type of person you really are. David, Jenny, Anthony,Jace I'm extremely sorry for this fiasco. I'll leave you all to decide what you'll do. Jace go find Callie ,you know how she gets in situations like this ”

After that speech he stood up and walked out the front door . I pulled my phone out and called her but she didn't answer . 

“Crystal, can you please call her , find out where she is ”

It's been over an hour ,and she hasn't returned or answered any of our calls or messages. “Jace I'm going to find her”

“I'm going too , you take one car and I'll take mine , we'll drive around and look for her”

Before we stepped out of the door my phone started ringing . It was one of the security guards from the club. “What is it Marcus?”

“Umm Mr Collins ,the young lady you were looking for the other night is here and She just got into a fight with the other girl that was here. ”

Oh shit ,I put the phone on speaker. “Where is she right now?”

“She's sitting at the bar drinking ,the bartender recognized her ”

“Okay , we're coming to get her , don't let her leave”

“Okay ,Umm Mr Collins I think she got hurt , there's blood on her shirt”

“Keep her there , Don't let anyone near her”

“Okay Sir”

I ended the call and looked at Jace . 

“Callie has a nasty ass temper ”

“Let's go get her”

Callie

Somehow I ended up at Anthony's Club I just wanted to forget so I sat by the bar and started drinking. I just sat there quietly drinking. They've been calling me for the past hour non stop but I didn't want to talk to anyone. It wasn't until someone sat next to me ,I could feel their stare ,when I looked to my right Rachel was sitting there smiling . I hated her so much at that moment.

What's the Matter Callie ? Are you okay” She had a smug look on her face ,I knew exactly what she was doing. I didn't answer her.

“ Oh come on you know you can talk to me ,what happened? Did you have an argument with Anthony? Or Jace Or What ?. Let me guess you have daddy issues”

Then she started laughing and I snapped for some reason hearing her say that made me see red . I stood up and looked at her. She wouldn't stop laughing So I punched her in the face and then slammed her head onto the Bar top. Then she started screaming, So I punched her in the face and wouldn't stop.

“What the hell is Wrong with you Callie”

“You think this is a funny Rachel? No you see I would have let it go but now, I'll make sure I ruin your life completely and Anthony is mine ,Now get the fuck away from me”

She ran off towards the washroom ,she didn't turn around . I sat back down and continued drinking. This was her doing ,she was the one that caused all of this.