Chapter 11

Walking to my room, I quickly grabbed my last pill, making a note to refill them along with my sleeping pills, and swallowed it dry. The after taste made me want to grimace but I didn't. I opened the door to find Clara leaning on the bed rest and looking at her mobile, while Bruce played on the floor beside her with a toy. Breaking the peaceful moment, I sat on a chair, still careful with my back, and turned to Clara. '"Clara I can't say how sorry I am and how thankful I am, that you brought him here" Clara only with a small smile on her face shook her head and responded "Come on Sofia I thought I told you, I love the small munchkin and spending time with him is always great."

I still looked a little guiltily at her. "Now stop looking at me like that and tell me what is going on"

"Well as I told you Dravik is dead. He had a car accident and caused a crash. Three other people were injured because of him. He wasn't here this morning so I just assumed that he was somewhere else. I was at school when I was called in by John. In the room were two other police officers and a young man. After telling me about the accident they told me that my new guardian would be my biological father and that my biological brother was going to bring me there. I said that I wasn't just going to leave here, since I had to take care of things. I also pointed out the fact that my guardian probably has to pick me up. Not that I know, but it would at least give me a more reasonable reason to stay here and prepare everything. The young man you just saw was my biological brother Martino, who was supposed to pick me up. In the whole ordeal, I forgot to ask about where Bruce would be going" My voice got smaller at the end. "But I already asked the police officer and there is the possibility of him taking over custody of him! "I quickly rushed in.

She sat in silence for a minute before asking with a serious face "Do they know?" I quietly answered, already knowing that my answer would get me in trouble, with "No" She started to softly respond with "Sofia... you have to tell them. If they really are your biological family then they have the right to know. What are you going to do when he-"

She was suddenly interrupted by knocks in a specific rhythm. "Come in" I yelled, but not loud enough to scare Bruce or Carla. The door opened to reveal Tim, who was sitting next to Bruce and hugging him to greet him, which Bruce reciprocated. Tim turned to Carla and gave her a small hug and then gave me a big hug while asking Carla if he had interrupted something. "Sofia was telling me what actually happened, you know with Dravik dead"

He nodded understandingly and still hugged me. "So, can you also tell your best friend the whole story?" I was exhausted, even though the pain wasn't as big as before, because of the painkillers." You tell him" I said before, I backed away from the hug to finally get that disgusting aftertaste from my mouth. After Carla explained everything, he hugged me once again. Tim was now again sitting beside Bruce, who was now in the middle of our little group.

Carla fake coughed and started to resume our conversation. "Now back to what I was saying before I was interrupted" Tim gave her a cheeky smile, to which she only playfully rolled her eyes. "You have to tell them before it's too late. What are you going to do when Bruce gets older? Expect him to change into calling you big sister, never knowing who his actual parents are?" Tim was looking confused before he realized what we were talking about. "He won't have to, since I'll leave that house as soon as I turn 18 and-"

Carla stopped my rambling by pointing out "And not give Bruce the possibility to grow up with that part of his family? Sofia I know that everything you do, is to protect those you care about, but you can't say that taking Bruce away, from a part of his family, he may grow to care about, is protecting him. Do you think that your biological father won't get suspicious, of why you are taking custody of him?..."

I didn't respond "Tim, you tell her!" She desperately ordered him. Mentioned Tim looked conflicted before he answered "I think... that ... taking away the possibility for Bruce to grow up with them is not good," Carla looked at me pointedly with a glint of satisfaction "But we can't pressure you to tell them" It was my turn to look pointedly at Carla.

"How about for the start you don't tell them, if that's still what you want, but you can't lie to them if they ask questions about Bruce." Tim offered. "What if they directly ask me about his parents?" I asked.

I couldn't just tell them who Bruce's parents are.

"Tell the truth, who says you have to be direct?" I pondered, it was a good way of not lying about Bruce's background and at the same time not seeming suspicious. Clara wasn't totally satisfied with the offer but voiced out that it was at least better than fully lying. I looked toward Bruce and decided "Fine, we'll follow that plan of yours, but if I think that it would be safer for him, to lie, I will lie." Tim and Clara nodded understandingly. I saw that Bruce seemed sleepy and sighed. "Clara, could you please put Bruce to sleep? I will have to go to the loft and work for a while" I explained while slowly running my hand over my forehead and hair, a few fingers lightly going through it. My fish braid a lot looser than it was before, making the colored hair pop out even more. She nodded and got Bruce on the bed, trying to get him to fall asleep.

I picked out my loft clothes and expertly put-on make-up, after switching my glasses with a pair of contacts, with a different eye color than my original one. Walking back into the room I saw that my angel still didn't sleep. I approached him and crouched down, hugging him and kissing both of his temples, his forehead, his cheeks, and finally his nose. "Now my little angel it's time for you to go sleep."

I softly said, just to get a groan and unwilling action from him. I sighed and began to sing him a lullaby while tucking him in and running my hand through his hair to calm him down. He fell asleep as he held my hand with his small fingers. Even though staying at his side was all I wanted to do, I pushed myself up, my hand free, and turned around to see Tim and Clara standing there with an aww expression. I forgot for a moment that they were even there. I gestured Tim to follow me as I said goodbye to Clara.

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Also Do you want a cast or character list? I never know if the readers actually want to find out more of the characters on their own letting their fantasy run free or if they want to know why the characters act the way they do, or just a little backstory in a few sentences letting the mystery still exist? 

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Yup, I know this is a shorter chapter but me trying to divide a 3467 words long chapter into two without it feeling weird was kinda hard, so a shorter one. But I can guarantee you like I literally have finished the next chapter up to 79,99% and am like only mostly working on the editing part. This chapter is already finished editing on the 1.02.2021. but as I want to have enough time to write a chapter and want to update regularly i decided only one chapter a week. That will guarantee that I will have enough time to write a new chapter even if i should come across a small blockade or am to overwhelmed with school.

 Also i am so sorry for the late update, but i actually forgot to update, as school work kept me busy and i kinda lost my sense of time. But don't fear! it's not going to happen again! That means if i can help it.