SZNS SERIES 1: Summer by Maria Writes (books for men to read txt) 📗

Maybe that can help you remember me, Celestia." Mary left without looking back. She finally shut the door not waiting for Mary to come back and say something. Chloe ran to her mother's office and continued her search for her stuff.

Her talk with that Mary drained her. She doesn't know if she'll believe it or not. Maybe it's best to not believe it since Mary doesn't have any proof to support it. But she knows her mother's name. And she called her Celestia, only a few people know about that name of her. If she's not wrong, only her relatives, Caroline, and Jesse knows that her second name is Celestia.

She opened the last cabinet in her mother's office and saw a binder with her name embossed on the spine. Chloe took it and opened the binder. All her files are inside of it, her school records, her birth certificate, more certificates that she got from her school and the competitions she joined, and an envelope at the end. She took everything and head down to the kitchen to eat.

Chloe is sitting in the kitchen with all her stuff and waiting for her parents to arrive. She has a lot of things to ask, especially to her mother. After waiting for a few hours, she finally heard their car parked outside. When the door opened and saw her mother smiling happily, her blood instantly boiled. How dare she lie to her all these years? She could have just told her the truth, but instead she hides it and lie even more.

"Hey Chloe, I didn't know you're still here. Have you found your papers? It's in the fifth cabinet at the very bottom." her mother said while putting out some foods from the paper bag she's carrying. She placed a ramen in front of her and some dumpling on the side. It's her favorite food but she doesn't have the heart to eat it after everything she discovered today.

"Yeah, I found it, as well as some death certificate and an adoption paper. With my name on it. Is there something you want to explain? Mom?" she emphasized the word 'mom' for her 'mother' to understand what she wants to talk about. Chloe wants to know everything, the truth. She can't believe that she's been living her life full of lies.

Her mother is gaping at her then at the binder on the table. Chloe thinks her mother already got her point. And to make things more interesting, she took out the envelope she found and took the papers inside. The first one is an adoption paper and the other is a death certificate, both with her names, but the death certificate was dated two years after her birthday.

It is making her confused, surely she's adopted, that explains Mary's sudden visit earlier. But what about the death certificate? She's not dead, not yet, she's sure of that. But why does her mother have that paper?

"I have a lot of questions, mother, it's endless. And it's messing with my head. Am I adopted? There was a lady who knocked on our door earlier, she said her name is Mary, she said she's my mother. But I didn't believe that because I know my mother's name is not Mary, it's Leona." She grabbed the adoption paper and showed it to her mother. "But then I found this, and I had this feeling that maybe Mary is telling the truth and you lied to her about me not wanting to see her. Do you know what I feel when I thought that Mary was lying but the truth is you've been lying to me the entire time."

"Chloe, I didn't mean for you to found out everything this way, but we will talk about it, all of it. I didn't know Mary will be here. I swear, I have the plan to tell you everything but I am scared of what your reaction will be." Her mother went close to her and grabbed her hand. She can see tears are teasing her eyes but she decided to harden her heart. She'd have enough of her lies.

"I had a baby before; her name is Chloe. But she died. That explains the death certificate you found, but that's not you. Then a few years after that, Mary came to me, she wants me to adopt you. She's suffering from a mental illness and she doesn't want you to suffer with her. Your mother was my high school friend, she got pregnant when we were in college, senior year, and she doesn't have anything to support you. So, your father and I agreed to take you and name you after our late child. Your mother doesn't want us to change your name so we decided to name you Chloe Celestia. Then after that, we helped your mother get into a mental facility."

"What about my bio dad? Who's he? Is he still alive?" she needs to know if she still has her real family, and if she does, she's out of this house for good.

Her mother shook her head "I have no idea who your father is, maybe ask Mary about that. But I think it was Robbie, he was her boyfriend when we were in high school, but I'm not sure if he's your father. Please don't be "

"I'm not mad. I mean I thought I was mad, but I'm not. Maybe I can't just be mad at you, I owe everything to you and to dad. But I gotta leave, for good. And spend some time with my real mother."

She already had enough. Chloe stood up and took all her things then head out of the house. She needs to find her mother, and if her mother number two is right about her hunch, she will find that Robbie next.

Chloe sat inside her car and took the paper Mary gave her earlier. It was a