21. Graham Jr

Smell delicious food Gea drag her self to the bathroom. Freshen up and go right ahead to the kitchen where Dave just sip his coffee and asked if she wants some.

Gea happily nods but with a big question mark in the face looking around scanning to target either Mr or Mrs Adam.

"Mr and Mrs Adam seems a bit bother waiting for you as its already 10.00 am. So after hearing that their daughter visit without notice and wanted to meet both of them, I insist that they could leave and I'll let you know about it"

"Oh, Ok." Gea reply after hearing Dave explanation

She was wondering before because they usually waited for her before leaving for the day even though she keeps insisting that they should not as they really responsible for their job and Gea have nothing to complain.

Digging in her favourite seafood fried rice, Gea enjoyed silently.

"Could we talk at the backyard about our relationship thing?" Dave asked her when she just finished clean the dishes and hand her black coffee.

"Sure, let's enjoy our coffee there" Gea reply while leading Dave to the house backyard.

"I need to take my family album and several things first, you just wait here" put her coffee on the table Gea ran back to the house.

Dave just nods and let out his heavy breath... yesterday when Gea showed him around the house he catches a glimpse of a picture that he can never forget as that same picture still sticks in his wallet and his carry it always with him.

It is a picture of his biological parents that were separated years ago due to an unfortunate event.

It was a picture that sent to him via mail years ago, a picture that came with his mother letter telling him that they'll visit him after his sister graduate.

That also the last letter he received, thinking maybe they dropped their plans to meet him, maybe because of his sister refused coz as her mother explanation in several letters earlier that they'll let her knew after her graduation, they said it will be a surprise for her because she was longing for a brother or sister.

Dave tears already forming in the corners of his eyes recall the memory of him waiting and do nothing for the whole month coz he clears his schedule for two months as the letter only state the month of their arrival without the date.

Days he tortures himself off many rejections scenarios that he could think of.

'Perhaps they don't really like me, or maybe it's a prank by some person who wants to mess up with him', that's few of many scenarios rolling in his mind at that time after they never show up as promised.

Dave closed his eyes, and rub the back of his head trying to figure out all of this

Dave snaps back to reality when feeling someone touch his shoulder.

looking up, he hears Gea worried voices "Dave... are you ok? I have been called you several times."

"Yes, I am ok... just trying to sort my mind"

In the backyard, Gea shows him the picture of her parents that she shoots two months before the accident. She remembers questioning her mother who insisted in printed it out and have three copies which are she thinks was weird but didn't care much at that time

Let out another sigh Gea handle him a wooden box with an engraved name that she thought it was her father name but apparently, it wasn't because of the letter Jr almost can't be seen.

"I never tried and almost forget to open up this box, I found it last night when looking for a copy of the picture coz I remembered mom attached it to this box and appear beneath the picture was probably your name that I always thought it was our father because it is written Graham, I never saw Jr till I took to you now."

Dave just let out a deep sigh and take out the picture which he had shown and confirmed Gea yesterday that they were siblings who are been separated for years due to misfortunate

Gea called his name and hug him

"I'm sorry brother for not knowing, but I am glad that we finally found each other, mom and dad must be helping us in some way"

"I'm glad, I found you too... I must be the one who apologizes as the one who did not try to figure out why they did not want to meet me as stated in the letter and let myself drown in fear of rejection."

They stayed hug for almost 15 minutes before Gea asked Dave to open the box. Dave found all his letter to his mother and several pictures that he sent together with a diary inside. Dave took the last letter that he received asking Gea if he could put it together in the box.

Gea smile and say that the box and everything inside belongs to him, their mother will want him to keep it.

Dave opens the diary and asked Gea to read it with him, apparently, it tells everything about how they have been looking for Dave and postponed to have another child until eight years of his missing and even after that they'll never stop hoping that they'll find him.

Dave tears fall in Gea forehead that rests in his chest, Gea lookup and hug her brother again while saying

"I could read your feelings, they found you that's why you could exchange letters with mom, so don't tell me that they haven't found you, honestly... I am kinda glad she's still using that method of communication and refuse using Handphone and glad that you replying to her in the same way. Yes, you don't have the chance to see them but we could visit their tombs together. And... Dave, you should shower me with a lot of love coz I am the only one left" Gea look up and grind at Dave

He kisses her cheek and rests his head on her head not realize that there are three people who stand by and hear Gea last phrase.

"Do not touch her, she is mine!!!" Deena youngest twin yell while running to Dave and kick him in his foot

"John, what are you doing?" David tried to catch him, but he is being held up by Ben the other twin, they seem to team up against these two men

"Are you ok?" Gea asked Dave but can't hold up her laugh of the twin's act that looks really cute and adorable in her eyes

"I am ok" Dave answer with a trace of pain still notice in his voice

Gea lower her body in the twin's eyesight "So I am yours?" she stares in John's eyes

"I have been planning to ask you to be mine, but Ben said it makes the two of us that wants you so we have to deal with our Self first and decided who is the one that will take you" John tried to be brave and kept starting at Gea while talking

Gea notice he tried hard to hold up seeing his knuckles almost white from clenched a tight fist.

Dave laughs looking how adorable the twins are and can't hold to tease them "isn't it supposes to be the girl who decided it?"

His statement received a glare from the twins and Gea.

Gea kissed the twins on their cheeks, hesitate to hug Dave in front of the twins grimaced, she ended up kiss Dave cheek. Waving goodbye to David

"I guess both of your presence here is a signal that the other three girls already waiting for me outside"

Before she out of their sight, Gea turn around seems to forget something, look at Dave that has a mischievous smile in his face. He knows his brother way to well already

"Dave... please do not tease them!!!" then continue to walk away

Dave look to three men in front of him shrugs his shoulder pretend to not understand the meaning of Gea warning