Addison


    I choked on my spit.


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    “Huh?” I cried out as I sat up, my heart flying into my throat. My siblings instantly noticed the panicked expression on my face snd narrowed their eyes at me.


    “Why do you sound that way? Don’t tell me you already broke up with your boyfriend.” Hugo drawled, his eyes watching me like a hawk.


    “And don’t tell me that’s because of that Marco dude. That fucking bastard.” Raven added in a sharp voice and I wondered how I’d ever get to tell them about Marco once we officially get together. They clearly hated him so much, way more than Gregg did and that’s saying a lot.


    “I… well…” I began but trailed off, unsure of how to respond. Memories of ourst call shed through my mind, whereby I told them I had a boyfriend cause I wanted them to stop being worried about me while I was at Marco’s wedding. They had asked to meet him and I had agreed, but right now that Zane and I were done with that pretense, I was at a loss of what to say.


    “Addison? Please don’t tell me you dumped the poor dude because of your love sickness for that asshole, especially now that he’s already married.” Tristan spoke again, his gaze narrowed and I exhaled slowly. I badly wanted to tell them that Marco was also in love with me like I was in love with him, and that he ended his wedding because of me!


    But I forced myself to hold those words in. There’s all freak out if I start saying that right now.


    And telling them that I broke up with my supposed boyfriend was gonna make them start to worry and fuss over me once again and I didn’t want that at all. I guess that I still have to keep the lie up with them till further notice. I could easily tell them I lied about having a boyfriendter, I was sure they’d forgive me after a bit. As the youngest, they all have a soft spot for me, so I have nothing to be worried about.


    “You’ve all got it wrong. I’m still with my boyfriend and we’re very kind.” I breathed out and made sure to grin as well. They didn’t instantly buy it and all narrowed their eyes at me.


    “Are you lying to us right now?” Raven demanded, clearly the most suspicious of them all.


    “Why would I lie? I have no reason to I responded but she still had her eyes narrowed as she looked over my face.


    “You took so long to respond Hugo pointed out this time. “Is this boyfriend a living being or an imaginary one?” He added and I winced.


    Ouch.


    I guess I do deserve that.


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    “I’m serious guys, why are you all doubting me?” I whined and they all huffed.


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    “What’s his name? And isn’t there a picture?” Raven demanded and I bit my lip, feeling stuck, cause I didn’t predict them asking for a name.


    What do I do? At this point, it was toote to backtrack.


    With a sigh, I exhaled before speaking. “It’s… Zane.”


    They all hummed, their eyes still holding slight doubts.


    “And are you still bringing him over for dinner soon?” Tristan asked this time and I nodded.


    “He’s busy though, but as soon as he makes time, we’lle visit.” I mumbled and they all nodded.


    “That’s good. And I hope he’s treating you well?” Tristan added, but before I could respond, Hugo was chirping in.


    “What Tristan meant was that he hopes this boyfriend is treating you way better than that asshole Marco ever did.”


    I chewed at the inside of my mouth for a bit as my mind briefly wandered. Marco had his shorings, but he wasn’t as bad as my siblings and Gregg do this. Besides back then he was young and immature, now, he’s grown and would undoubtedly treat me way better.


    “Earth to Addison.” Raven crooned, pulling me back to the present, and I exhaled as my gaze focused on my siblings again.


    “Yeah, he’s really treating me good, I promise” I finally responded, and that seemed to have satisfied them cause after that, they all switched to a topic about our mother’s health.


    After a few more minutes, we all promised to speak again in a few days, then the line went dead.


    I groaned after the call, and I turned on my stomach as my eyes nced outside the window.


    Now that I am back home, I have to resume my shitty job. I literally don’t have another choice. My leave ended today, and if I don’t go in for work tomorrow, it would be deducted from my pay tomorrow, and I couldn’t afford for that to happen, not with how much bills I have to pay each


    month.


    Aside from my own personal bills, I also have to set aside a little amount for my mom’s sickness treatment. She has cancer, and although my older siblings take on most of the burden, I still contribute the token I can afford each month.


    The only thing I was looking forward to this week, was meeting Marco in two days after he returns


    to LA.


    I’m not gonna tell anyone that we were meeting in two days, none of them would understand


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    anyway and they’d never approve.


    But they’d have no choice but to do that at the end of the day, cause now that Marco has returned into my life, I wouldn’t let him slip through my fingers again no matter what.


    With that thought in mind, I did all my tasks with a light heart and a hearty mood. My mood ttered a little while I unpacked the rest of my stuff cause I ended up thinking about Zane once again, but I quickly shoved him to the back of my mind before reying his image with that of Marco, then everything felt normal once again.


    When I went to sleep that night, it was with a smile on.