Sweet Secret by Karina Castillo (Bekacastle) (classic reads .TXT) 📖

I didn't have any casual pregnancy symptoms, but my period hadn't come and I felt a little dizzy. I hadn't told my mom about this yet, as she and my sister were busy planning the wedding. This was getting harder and harder to avoid.

I looked in the mirror, my tummy still hadn't grown. I was four weeks pregnant. This must have happened the first time we didn't use birth control.

Someone knocked on the door and I quickly covered myself.

"I wanted to see if you were awake." It was my mother, she took off her glasses and came over to hug me.

“Honey, your sister is gone…”

“Leave? Where?” I exclaimed worried.

She must have gone off with her secret lover.

"She went to Tyler's, she thinks that way Reed won't suspect anything about her anymore." Can you believe he says your sister is cheating on him? I bit the inside of my lip. I don't want to worry my mother, I have to hide it from her until Isa decides to leave him in the middle of the wedding.

At least it's what he deserves for everything he's done to us, especially if he doesn't want to believe me and Denzel.

"Sounds illogical," I replied. We both sat on the edge of the bed, my mother was sobbing a little. Was he seriously crying?” You must calm down, mommy, Isa is already a big woman like you said, she will know what she is doing.”

“Your sister has made big mistakes. I didn't agree when she met Reed and they fell in love, but I thought he was a different guy. I thought Tyler had raised him differently and when I met him I thought so, but I knew the Derricks were bad for us, at least. I thought they wouldn't hurt your sister… but that's what Reed has done to her, Rebecca.”

"They're not bad, mommy.” I smiled. “Contrary to my sister, I am sure that she has a bigger debt, a bigger problem and wants revenge.”

“Your sister wouldn't be able to hurt anyone, Rebecca” oops, mommy!, And you say it!
“I know.” Each lie weighs more. “Mommy, we are getting closer to discovering many secrets, all we have to do is stick together and prepare for their revelation.”

"Okay honey, I'll try to calm down..."

"Good morning, could I speak to your daughter for a moment?" I opened my eyes when I saw Denzel, who was still in his shop uniform, and then my mother nodded and went out and closed the door.

“What happen?”

“When were you going to tell me, Rebecca?” He raised his eyebrows angrily.
Oh no, oh no, oh no.

“What are you talking about?” I swallowed hard. Please, not now.

“When were you going to tell me you were pregnant?” The blood ran down to my feet.

I opened my mouth to say something, but I didn't know exactly what to say.

"Rebecca…" She came toward me.

"It's just that I was afraid," I justified. “I did not know what to do…”

"What if you told idiot Joe?” He took a seat next to me.

"Did he tell you?”

“He told Anne and she told me.” I dropped my shoulders, and at that moment, Denzel took my hands affectionately and kissed them. “I love you Rebecca.” His face was serious.

I was really saying it.

"Let's have this baby, together," she suggested. “Marry me, Rebecca.”

"We don't have any money," I reminded him. “We will be…”

“We won't be alone. My uncle can help us, and I don't think your mother is cruel enough to leave us alone, is she?

“Nope.” I hugged him “So let's get married, Denzel Derricks.”

(…)

“You come back?” I was standing in the doorway of my sister's room. There were boxes everywhere, it was a total mess.
“I only came for some things, you don't have to judge me for that too, do you? He didn't look at me and started moving some boxes.”

“Tell Mom the truth, because she thinks Reed is the one manipulating you. And you want to know what I believe? I think you are the person behind all this.”

"From the publication of your stupid diary?" If you didn't want anyone to read it, you just wouldn't have written it, Rebecca.”

"Don't be arrogant." I crossed my arms. “You're sleeping with Jayden Foster, and he and Alessia were printing my sheets. After we discovered Alessia, the sheets kept going, then Joe, then Anne, Reed, and I'm not surprised you're the person behind all this damage, Isabelle.”

“What do you want me to do, Rebecca? Confess to you something I haven't done?” I look at myself “Just go play with your dolls and let us adults deal with the real problems.”

"Manipulating someone is not a mature act, Isa." She clenched her teeth in anger and came towards me. “The only thing I need to be totally sure that it was you is that I find my diary in one of these boxes, doesn't that bother you, does it?”

“You are a busybody.”

"If you don't hide anything, you have nothing to fear, sister."

“You're delusional, Rebecca.

(…)
 

Once I finished going through my sister's bedroom from top to bottom, I found absolutely nothing.
"I told you you were a meddler." my sister argued after I finished searching every corner of her room for my diary.
"That's not to say you didn't give it to someone else to hide somewhere else." How about Jayden Foster?”

"Go ahead, ask him yourself." Go rummage through his things!

"Of the many men in this world, did you really have to mess with Jayden Foster?".
“You have no right to judge me, Rebecca.” again, my sister had won. He left without another word and I was left like a fool standing in his room.

You are amazing Rebecca!

(…)
“I didn't find anything.” I flopped onto my bed. Denzel had returned to my house after he took a shower and was there to support me in whatever I needed. The wedding was two days away, and we still hadn't found any proof that my sister was the person who exposed my diary.