Chapter 28
Chapter 28
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After making sure that everyone had left, Ray drove us back home. We had different plans today and
that didn't include attending any of our classes.
We had decided that we'd go in our parents room and see whether we'd find anything suspicious,
anything to tip us off on their suspicious behaviour.
We wanted to try and uncover what they were hiding. We didn't know exactly what it was, but we knew
that something was the matter. We had known them for years to tell when something was wrong.
'You know Ray I feel like it has something to do with mum leaving all those years. ' I let Ray know I felt.
'Me too, ever since mum came back, she has been a little different. Even dad, they've been acting kind
of weird. ' Ray added, tiptoeing his way to my parents room.
You know now that you've said it Ray, the warning mum gave us to stay away from Ava wasn't to
protect us. ' I shared my thoughts.
'It was all for Ava man, why would they love and care for her this much? Don't you see they treat her
like their daughter? Blood daughter?' I added.
'Yeah Bry, and it's all real. The adoration in their eyes when they are speaking to her is all real. '
We were lucky they didn't lock their bedroom door. But then again, why would they leave it open if they
had something to hide?
Where do we start? ' Ray asked.
'Uuh the closet ? ' I suggested.
'What about the safe? I saw a couple of things there when Ava opened it. ' Ray countered.
'But we don't have the combination keys..' I reasoned.
'We could ask Ava to forward them to us. '
'Or we could first search around and if we don't find anything then we can ask her. '
Ok you go in the closet, while I go through the stuff in the dresser. ' Ray added.
'But we don't even know what we are looking for Ray. ' I voiced my concern.
'You're right, but anything that seems maybe out of place. '
'Okay, try to be organised as much as possible. We don't want them suspecting someone went through
their things. ' I told Ray.
So we began searching for what we didn't know. I pulled out each drawer, going through each and
everything.
Most were documents and I made sure to check each and everyone of them.
'Oh my eyes!!! ' Ray screamed, coming into view with his eyes partially closed.
'What the fuck man?'
'I just saw mum's you know...what. ' Ray muttered, with his eyes downcast.
'Stop being dramatic. '
' Are you seriously ashamed to have seen mum's lingerie? ' I asked Ray, amusement in my voice.
'He he you kn..' He was scratching the back of his neck. A thing he usually did when he was ashamed
of something.
'You've seen her countless times in bikini, it's no big deal to see her undergarments. Now shoo, We
don't have time, go finish your search please. ' He muttered an okay before disappearing back into the
closet.
I was on the last drawer and all I could see was a notebook. Should I go through it? maybe I'll come
across some important information.
Why would a big drawer only have one single small notebook? That peaked my curiosity to say the
least.
Flipping the first page of the notebook, I was met with a number of addresses. Not so important, I
thought.
Just as I was about to put it back in the drawer, a single photo slipped and fell off. I had to feed my
curiosity, so I bend down and picked the upside down photo.
Then carefully and slowly, I turned it.
'The fuck!!' I was practically confused.
This was the same photo Ava was clutching in her apartment the day we went to help her move.
What was mum doing with this photo? Something was not right. Just then, Ray called my name, shock
evident in his voice.
Had he found something too? Making large strides into the walk in closet, I found Ray in the middle.
One hand on his mouth and the other...Wait was that an hyp...
'Bryson, do you know what this is ? Do you have any idea on what exactly this means? ' Ray's voice
was calm, but the confusion was very much evident.
This is a fucking hyper realistic mask Bry, what is mum and dad doing with this mask?' Ray couldn't
stop talking.
He held it properly for me to take a look at it. He went on to try it on, wanting me to understand the
seriousness of the matter.
'Fucking hell! Ray that thing looks like a 100% human face. But it looks so familiar, could I have seen it
somewhere before?. ' I was sure I had seen someone with a face like this.
Then I finally connected the dots.
'Oh no Ray, take it off. Oh my god Ray, this is not happening.' My knees gave out, my legs couldn't
support my body weight.
Ray took it off, sitting besides me.
'What's wrong Bry? talk to me man, you are shaking pretty bad. '
I just handed him the picture using my shaking hands, wanting him to see for himself.
And when he turned the picture and looked at it, he just hang his head. He couldn't believe what he
was seeing.
This was fucked up, totally messed up.
'Ava has to see this Bry, she has to. ' Ray reached in his pockets to pick his phone.
He dialled Ava's phone number and put her on loud speaker.
'Hello' Ava answered.
'Get out of that hospital now! ' Ray commanded.
But I just go..' I didn't wait for her to finish that sentence. This was fucking serious than that person she
was going to visit.
'Tell mum that it's an emergency, board the first cab you'll see and come straight to Nairobi park. Now
Ava.' I instructed.
'What is ..' She was again cut off by Bryson.
'Fucking do as we are asking, you will want to see this Ava. We'll explain everything once you get
there. '
After hearing an okay from the other side. We rushed down stairs, the two items in our hands.
We had to get to the park as soon as possible.
The betrayal I was feeling was unexplainable. I was sure as hell Ray was feeling the same way. One
secret after another? this couldn't get anymore worse.
Ray reversed his car in a state of urgency, nearly hitting a security light poll. His tight grip on the
steering wheel was saying it all, he was clearly losing it. For the sake of Ava and my brother, I had to at
least try to remain sane.
If I had known what was awaiting us in that bedroom, I'd never have skipped school.
So many thoughts were running in my head, but one stood out.
How will Ava survive this?