SHE’S MY TWIN
CHAPTER 5
“Aunty A” I hvgged her as soon as I opened the door. it’s aunt
Amelia. Mom’s best friend. she had always been mom’s friend
right from college. she is very precious. wearing a blue go-wn
and heels. I love the color.
“Alexa” she wiggled me round the room and k!$$£d my hair
“how are you aunt”
“hmm.. I feel great. do you have..?”
“chocolate” we said together and I giggled
“where’s your dad?”
“he went to work”
“and Mom?’
I rolled my eyes. I really don’t want to hear her name. it pisses
me off.
“she’s okay. probably in her be-droom”
“where’s your other half”
“I don’t know”
“you don’t know where your half is? Alexa that’s bad”
“she’s around here somewhere. not just next to me”
“go call your Mom”
“impossible aunt A. call her favorite to do it.” I said sitting
down
“her favorite?” aunt asked looking puzzled
“Alexis. even her name doesn’t feel right” I said throu-gh gritted
teeth. I’m sure aunt heard it.
“are you both having twin problems?”
“she’s not my twin. she’s a selfish, sp©tlight and attention
stealer.”
“Ok Alexa, tell me what’s wrong”
“mom doesn’t love me aunt. don’t say she does cause it’s
pretty obvious. she loves Alexis more. she doesn’t look at me,
she sees me as a stranger”
“Alexis that’s not true”
“mom sl@pped me because of Alexis. she only says she loves
me when she nee-ds me to do something for Alexis”
“Alexa darling”
“mom just doesn’t care” I let the tears roll down my cheeks. I
said I won’t cry but I can’t help it. mom is really being unfair.
“I won best student award 16 times aunt. mom never
appreciated it but when Alexis did. mom was over the moon”
“shh it’s okay” she wiped my tears with her palm.
“I’ll talk to Mom. would you be happy if I did that”
“it’s not going to change anything aunt. mom will never st©p”
“just let your aunt take care of stuff around here. how about
that huh?”
“OK” I smiled. I knew it won’t work. mom would always be
Mom.
“Aunt Amelia” Alexis called running towards her
“Alexis”
“have you been here for a long time?”
“i just got here”
“did you get the pizza?”
“I forgot. I’ll get it next time promise”
“go call your Mom for her” I said with anger in my words.
“okay” she ran up to call mom.
“Amelia” mom called from upstairs. she was coming down
“Audrey” aunt responded “get your as-s down here or you’ll be
sorry”
“still got that attitude”
“Will I ever forget it”
they hvgged.
“you didn’t tell me you’ll be visiting” mom asked pu-lling from
the embr@ce
“thought I’d st©p by to see you and the twins a little surprise”
“that’s good”
“I’ll be leaving for New York next week so I just had to see you
and spend some time with the kids. how’s Ben?”
“got to finalize some work related stuff”
“ok”
“aunt. I’ll talk to you later” I k!$$£d her cheek and walked out. I
noticed mom’s eyes on me but I didn’t care. I’m just glad aunt
is here.
Mrs Mcurdys POV
I watched her walk out of my sight. my baby’s a big girl now
with a big attitude.
I was a bit shocked with the way she answered me today. I
really wasn’t expecting it. she’s changed so much.
“so what can I offer you?”
“coffee. Macchiato or cappuccino. got any of that stuff?”
“let me check. I’m sure there’s something like that”
I walked to the kitchen and she followed me.
“so how’s dad?”
“better than the last time you saw him.”
“OK. here’s your coffee”
“thank you. come on seat down we nee-d to talk”
“whatever about?”
I sat down. she sipped her coffee and kept it on the table.
“how’s the twins” she finally asked after five minutes of
suspense
“they’re doing OK”
“how much OK are we talking about here. on a scale of 1 to
10”
“10” I blurted out
“hope you’re being fair”
“how can I not be fair? I’m their Mom”
“what I told you last time is finally happening isn’t it”
“no it’s not”
“it is. Alexa is getting the opinion that you love Alexis more.
Audrey I told you.”
“come on A.”
“don’t start a war you can’t finish. for God’s sake Audrey.
they’re sisters. twins even which would complicate the
situation more”
“I doubt that. I love my girls okay. Alexa just doesn’t realize it”
“kids say what they see. i suggest you choose the right path
now cause if they grow older, you might wors£n things”
“you were there Amelia. you know that Alexis has a kidney
problem. you were also there when he said I might loose my
child anytime soon and she nee-ds a stable happy environment
with attention”
“I’m not saying that you should abandon Alexis. hell no! what
I’m trying to say is, that you should do the right thing. love
them equally” she said
“I’m trying”
“it’s not enough. Alexa is alre-ady with the opinion that you
have favourites”
“Amelia… ”
“if you don’t wanna loose both your daughters. I suggest you
do the right thing cause whatever happens tomorrow, you’ll
bear it alone and before you realize it, it’s too late” she said
sipping her coffee. she raised her brow giving me the I’m
warning you look.
what could be going throu-gh Alexa’s mind right now. I love
both of them. how could she think that I’m having favourite or
I’ll choose from either of them.
Amelia is definitely right about one thing. I can’t and i won’t
leave Alexis.
what if I loose my daughter. I can’t bear the thought of it and I
won’t.
SHE’S MY TWIN
~CHAPTER 6~
I was really happy that aunt c@m£ to visit. she was the very
best. I love her a lot cause she un-derstands me.
Dad c@m£ back later in the evening. He freshened up and
c@m£ to join us for dinner.
“Amelia?” he called. he was a little bit surprised to see her.
“Hi Ben” aunt smiled.
“what a plea-sant surprise. I wasn’t expecting to see you here”
“yeah. I just wanted to visit the kids and see you both one last
time before going back to New York”
“So soon?” dad asked sitting down
“yeah. I’ve got some stuff to take care of. Audrey told me
about the project at work. how’s that coming along?”
“still waiting for the board to approve the launch. although
there’s still a lot of paper work I nee-d to finalize”
Dad said putting the salad on his fork inside his mouth.
“But you’re the owner of the company. you should do whatever
you want to”
“it doesn’t work like that in the business world. I own the
company but I still have the board of Directors and decisions
like this cannot be made alone” dad sipped his jui-ce
“it’s not like you’re planning to destroy the company.” aunt
shrugged
“so how’s dad?”
“he’s a lot better. The doctors c@m£ throu-gh.”
“that’s a relief”
“yeah I know” aunt smiled
“So my little angels, how was school today?”
“It was fun” Alexis giggled
“ok I guess” I said
“Hope the kids weren’t a problem love”
mom glanced at my direction
“not at all” she smiled “baby this is how you eat it” mom said
helping Alexis with her food. I shook my head and rolled my
eyes at the same time.
“Alexa let me help you with that” she took my food and cut it
into small sizes. I was shocked. what is she doing? “here” she
said and placed the food on myl-ips, I had no choice but to
open up.
Mom is spoon feeding me? Does she have a fever or
something? what is wrong with her?
“Go on baby eat up” she said. she was staring at me so I’m
sure she’s talking to me. what is happening?
“Do you want another one?” she asked
“no I’m fine” I replied trying not to sound too surprised
“OK” she smiled
Finally the dinner was over. Mom is really getting me scared. I
went upstairs to shower and Alexis did Same. I sat down on
my be-d. suddenly, the door was slightly opened. mom c@m£ in
with two glas-ses of h0t chocolate.
she placed it on the drawer. I didn’t think she brou-ght it for
me. it’s for Alexis I’m sure. she sat down on my be-d and gave
me a glas-s. my hands were shaking.
“is this S-seriously for me” I stuttered
“sure. here you go Alexis” she gave the other one to her. “it’ll
make you sleep well throu-gh the night”
I took a sip of it. it was really good. I drank the entire
chocolate.
“Should I re-ad you a be-d time story?”
“sure mom” Alexis said
“Alexa?”
“ok”
she took a book from the shelf. After tucking us in, she sat
down to re-ad. *John and the beanstalk*
I was alre-ady feeling sleepy half way throu-gh the story.
I shut my eyes. Mom finished re-ading. she k!$$£d our hair and
switched off the lights.
she c@m£ close to me. “I don’t want you to feel like you’re in a
competition sweetie” she whispered “i love you very much. I
would never choose among either of you. mommy loves you
Alexa. don’t forget it” she added my hair and left the room. I
opened my eyes. was Mom being real? did she really mean
what she said? a smile crossed myl-ips.
A WEEK LATER
Aunt’s pres£nce in the house is really a blessing. She takes us
out all the time and mom is finally seeing me as her daughter
now. we spend time together.
I woke up in the morning and had my bath. I wore my clothes.
“morning Alexis”
“morning?” she asked surprised
I ran down to the kitchen. I saw mom ma-king breakfast.
“morning Mom” I k!$$£d her cheeks
“morning baby. how was your night?”
“very good”
I helped her serve breakfast and some minutes later dad,
Alexis and aunt joined us.
“whatever cooking smells delicious” aunt said sitting down. I
sat next to Mom. she dished out for all of us.
“I’ll be leaving very soon” aunt announced
“oh so soon?”
“yeah. I’ve booked my flight and all my tickets are re-ady”
“we’ll miss you aunt”I said
” I’ll miss you too but I promise to come and visit ”
“OK. whenever you’re re-ady. you can tell the driver to take
you” dad said
“thanks Ben and you too Audrey for letting me stay here”
“are you kidding? this is your house and you’re free to stay as
much as you want OK” Mom said
“thanks again”
“you’re welcome”
After breakfast, Mom drove us to school. she has been the
one taking us to school this week cause dad is super busy.
she st©pped at the gate and we stepped down.
“give mommy a k!ss” she said and we both k!$$£d her cheeks
“bye Mom”
“see you later Mom” I waved
“make sure you have lunch and no fighting” she yelled after us.
“sure Mom” we yelled back
she blew us a k!ssand reversed the car. I am more than happy
that Mom has finally changed and I hope it really lasts as well..
Tbc