We all have secrets and to tell them you need to find the truth first before telling, you never know the consequences of the outcome.
We have all done something that made us regret our actions and go back regretting everything but cannot turn back time and erase it.
Right now I was at home in my father's office trying to calculate our next moves on this matter, I hate lying to my best friend, my sister but I know I have no choice. I was thankful that she planned this outing with Kyle and Earl because now father and I could be alone away from her questioning eyes.
I know her issue with Earl is way complicated, but they now have a son who can finally get to know about his father who had been out of the picture for way too long, as much as I want to hate Earl, my sister still loves him and it all over her she just needs to find it in her heart to forgive him.
She may not be that mean because she gave him a chance to be in his son's life but I want them back together that I even came up with a plan that requires the aid of everyone present in the picture to execute this plan but for now the most important matter was more about Adam, Kathy's twin.
I walked into father's office and he was on the phone so I sat down in front of him.
"Yes Peter just come with every information you obtained because right now we need it all to find where he is and what really happened and it better be accurate I don't need even the slightest mistake"
He spoke with authority and when he was done he finally hung up and turned to me ready to speak but before he could I interrupted him, it's always fun to irritate him.
"Hey dad I have a riddle," I said to him but he glared at me
"Seriously Seb when are you ever going to grow up because right now you are acting like Kyle, you know what scratch that, my little man acts way more mature than you"
"Come on dad you know it's not bad to always crack jokes around, it lightens up the mood of people"
"Well then I am not those people and my mood is perfectly fine, just keep that joke to yourself and if you wish to share your joke then wait for your nephew"
He was right, Kyle was the only human in this household who liked my jokes, Kathy and father were way too stiff and when I tell them to loosen up they tell me I've lost my mind.
At the corner of my eye, I saw father picking up some files which indicated that he was ready to go back to work even though Kath and I try to do most of it so that he doesn't stress himself but the old man doesn't care at all.
"You old man, why you always refuse to listen to us. When we say take a break and relax from all this work, you just have to do as you are told, is it that hard to follow instructions?"
"I swear Seb I've told you so many times to stop calling me old and you ignore I am 46 for god's sake I'm not 60. Just stop calling me old and I am working because it's the only way I know I could calm my nerves as we wait for Mr. Johnson to arrive"
Yeah, guys, he's not that old he is pretty young but who would want to say that to his own father, we also need to have fun with the elders.
"Okay pops I'll help, what do you need me to do?"
"Finally he's come to his senses. I want you to look at this paper and correct it, this file is important for next month's presentation on the project we are trying to sign with the Philippines. "He said passing the papers to me.
I opened the file and I immediately regretted offering help to him, it was like going through an essay you hate and to be honest I hated essays and I still do, where's Kathy when you need her. This was mostly her work because she loves reading and this was my major weakness.
"Anything wrong son?" father asked with a smirk on his face
This guy how can he do this to me, he knew I hate this and I know if I put the file down I would be receiving his rants and anger, Mr. Johnson please hurry up. I said a silent prayer in my head and tried focusing.
It wasn't that long when the door to father's office opened and in walked the man I was silently praying for to show up.
"Johnson why did you have to show up right now, I was in the middle of a show"
The audacity of this man he has no remorse, all this while he was having fun at my demise.
"Oh really, father"
"Wait did I interrupt something?" Mr. Johnson asked
"Yes"
"No"
We both turned and glared at each other right after we both answered him at the same time.
"Yup definitely interrupted something"
"Whatever, please tell us what you found out before he decides to make me go back to reading a whole file"
I turned to Johnson who was now seated next to me with a smile playing on his face, that look did say that he was amused with all that was happening. He chuckled right after.
Thirty minutes later we were staring back at his pictures and you could tell the resemblance between him and Kathy, from what was gathered in the file it stated that he lived in Texas with his grandmother who was the last surviving member.
Further, into the information, the grandmother was ill battling with cancer and they had enough to sustain them. The grandmother lived here in New York before moving to Texas ten years ago after she lost her husband. After a while father spoke up
"Is this all you have gathered from your sources?"
"Yes, and it's also everything from the birth certificate to their address but we also looked into the accident that led to the separation of the twins and..."
He started shuttering and stammering and I could tell it was not good so did father, what he said next shocked both of us
"And what Peter?"
"W-Well the accident was planned by the father's sister "
"If all this was planned, what did she stand to gain from the death of her brother's family?" I now asked
"What else son if not money, remember my relatives wanted me to leave my fortune to them because I had no one to hand it over to"
"Your father is right, in his will it stated that if anything happened to him or his wife, the sister will manage both accounts of the children and when they disappeared during the crash, she got the chance to claim the money as hers. No one was able to provide proof of the twin's existence."
"Okay so how much are we talking about"
I had to ask because it had to be a very hefty amount for the woman to go to the extent of killing her own brother for his money.
"Twenty million each including some of the property's they owned from the houses, cars to the businesses they owned"
My jaw was literally on the floor, meaning they were not some normal family if they had all that money with them, they had to be some influential family.
"Johnson are you sure you are not short on the information because all that cannot be from a middle social class family. You mentioned cars, properties, and businesses by any chance are they the family that mysteriously died in an accident and the twin children of the couple were never found after the crash except the girl who again mysteriously disappeared at the hospital?" father now spoke after he was silent
"If you are thinking of the William's family then your suspicions are correct, that is the family meaning Miss Kathleen is a William one of the missing twin"
Damn, I think I am going to have a migraine soon, all this information is too much especially for Kathy when she comes to find about it. Finding out you have a twin somewhere is one story but it coming out that your own aunt killed your parents and tried to kill you and your brother is another level of madness all because of money.