"Ember! C'mon Ember!! Please open the door for me, hear me out please dear." She cries from outside.

How could she do this to me, I loved my parent so much. My back facing the door as I cry. I was falling little by little. My knee became weak.

I finally collapse on the floor bring my legs to my chest and my head in between my them. "No!" I scream. It hurts so much, how could they? I kept on crying.

My phone lit up, signaling that there is a message. I dragged my body to my bed locker.

I open my phone to read the message.

"Em, my mom is not home for the night. Do you mind coming by?"

---Kella.

I need to get away from here. I need to think. I purse and look at my phone for a while before texting her back.

"Yeah. I will be there in 30mins. I'm staying for a while, Kel."

---Ember.

Not long after she replied me.

"You okay, Ember?"

---Kella.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Will explain everything when I get there."

---Ember.

With that, I begin to pack the things that I will be needing for a week. When I open the door of my room I saw my mom there, on the floor crying. "Em darling, please listen to me. I beg of you... I and your father wanted to tell you the truth. We were just waiting for the right time."

"Get up mom." I help her stand. "I will going for a week. Please you and dad should not call nor message me. I need to think this through, will get back to you after I clear my mind." With tears welling in my eyes, I left.

I ran through the stairs...I can't look at my mom again. I'm scared I might not go. I got to the living room and I saw my dad and Emilia sitting on the couch.

I avoided my dad, from my side-eye I felt him looking at me.

"Ember, why is mommy crying? Why is daddy not saying anything?" My younger sister, Emilia ran towards me.

"Mila, your sister is going for a week. Don't worry about anything. Go to your room and sleep, okay?"

"Okay."

I hugged her. "I love you, Mila. Take care." I peck her forehead. "Okay, sis." I looked at her as she walk towards the stairs to her room.

My father begins. "Em, don't you think--"

"Take care of mom." I walk out of the house. The last thing I wanna do right now is to talk to this man...

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"Hey Kel." I grin. "Babe." She hugs me from the door. "Do I have to invite you in?" She raise one of her eyebrows.

I shrugged as I entered. Sensing something was wrong with me, she asked. "You okay?"

"Yeah, I needed a break from my family."

"Mm...wanna talk about it?" She asks. "Not now. I'm hungry, Kel." She smiles at me. "Go help yourself Em, you aren't new here."

I got up and went to the kitchen, I open the fridge and scan what I can eat. Then my eyes spot doritos. I grabbed it and took a bottle of lemonade along with it.

I walk back to the living room sitting on the couch. "Let's watch a movie and stop looking at me with those brown eyes of yours." She smiles. "Sure."

I smiled back. Ever since high school Kella has been my best friend. Anytime I have an argument with my mom or dad I always come running to her home. I find peace here, most especially if it is only both of us that is home. Her mom, Mrs. Jax always welcome wholely. She had been my second mom... Kella's father died when she was fifteen years. I had to stay over at her house for three months, I must say, it was hell of a time.

Thank goodness it's summer break. I need to gather myself before the break is over. Before I went out with Kella this morning, my mom told me that she and my dad has something really important to tell me. I wondered what they wanted to tell me 'cause from the look on their faces, I could tell it's not something good.

The summer break is going to me over in less than a month, till then I will be staying over at Kella's.

Tears being to form in my eyes, I don't want Kella to know. She won't let me go until I tell her what's going on with me. I fake a yarn... "I'm going to bed, Kel."

"Hey, you haven't even watched half of the movie yet. I wonder if you are even watching it." She mouths

I smile. "Goodnight, Kel." She shifts her gaze from the movie to me. "Night."

I stood up from the couch and start walking towards the stairs. She understands me so well, she does know when I'm not in the mood. Anytime am down, she makes sure she is there for me. She never forced me to open up to her when I don't want to. That's why I love her.

I even own a room in this house. I entered my room and bolt the door behind me. I walk up to my bed and lay on it... Then my phone lit up from the nightstand. "I taught I said they shouldn't contact me." I mumbled in annoyance.

I took my phone from the nightstand to check who messaged or called me. A little smile appear on my face when I saw who called.

3 missed calls from Emilia.

I check the time on the pink square clock hanging on the wall, on the left side in the room. The time says 8:56pm. I taught I said Emilia should go to bed... She never listens.

I went to my contact to check for her name. Then after scrolling for seconds, I saw her name 'Emilia' I smiled before pressing the green button to call her.

She picked it on the third ring. "Sister." I can imagine her jumping for joy. Oh I love my lil sister very much.

"Hey Mila, I taught I told you to go to bed. Why are you still up by this time?"

Although I can't see her face, I know she pouts her mouth. "I couldn't sleep. Mommy won't sing me to sleep, she said she was tired. So I called you."

My smile vanish on hearing my mom's name. She can't tell Emilia what happened. She is too young to know something like this.

"Em, you there?" Her sweet voice sounded from the phone.

"Yeah, I'm here. Alright, where are you?"

"I'm in my room, sis."

"Okay. Go under your duvet. Let me sing you to sleep." I smile. "Okay, sis. I'm in already." Then I begin to sing;

Oh little Mila, go to bed.

Another, another, Mila.

Go to bed, your mommy loves you,

Go to bed, your daddy loves you,

Go to bed...

I stop for a while, when I didn't hear anything. I assume she must have fallen asleep. "I love you, Emilia." I whisper. Then I hung up.

I begin to sob quietly, I wished my mom was my mom, I wished my family was my family. And I wished Mila was my own sister. I find it hard to believe that they are not my own flesh and blood, even though I and Mila kind of look alike. Still, it hurts...

I cried myself to sleep.

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