Hidden scars 2 episode 9 – 10
💔Hidden
Scars💔
(😱😵More Unraveled Secrets😵😱)
By: Kã Mä Râ
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✏Written By:
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#Season_2: ✨Episode 9✨
💋Harley💋
I turn back and see him standing next to an all you can gift shop.
He’s not changed at all, only his hair have grown a little and he has a stubby beard right now.
But other than that, he’s still the same. He still looks like the guy who abandoned me when I was fragile and vulnerable.He abandoned me. When I still needed him.
Tears stream down my face. “Dad .. ?”.
“Natalie. You’ve really grown up so much, daughter”.
I watch him smile at me from the gift shop, he’s just like I remember. He looks as if life didn’t treat him well at all.
Like he passed through a death situation, but why won’t he? After deceiving his child then abandoning her on her own.
“Why are you here .. ?”. I asked tearfully. “I thought you dead, i thought you lost”.
“I’m sorry”.
“Get out of my phone!!”. I yelled at him immediately, anger rising up from the in,side of me.
“Natalie, i know you have every right to be angry at me but__”.
I cut him off. “You left me when I was four and do you know how old am I now .. ? I’m seventeen, you f×¢king left me for 13 years and now you show your face?!!”.
“Natalie. I had to”.
“You had to?”. I let out a scoff. “Can you even f×¢king hear yourself out .. ?”.
“I had no choice. Daughter”.
“Don’t call me that, you lost that right of being my father when you abandoned me, left me all alone in this reckless world”.
“I have an explanation for that although I know you must hate me now”.
“I don’t want to hear your damn voice. Get the f×¢k out of my phone”.
“Natalie .. ?”.
“How did you even find me?”. I asked him curious to know.
“I was there that day. I watched over you, i waited for someone to take you in”.
I let out a scoff. “So you did all of that knowingly?”.
“I couldn’t handle the responsibility of taking care of my children any longer so that was the first option”.
“f×¢k off!!!!”.
I removed the phone from my ear and cut the call immediately, disconnecting it.
“Harley .. ? Whats wrong?”.
I look back to see Lionel staring at me, his face depicting confusion.
“Who called?”. He says lowly.
I bursted into tears. “He left me”.
Lionel quickly pulled me towards him as he hugged me close to himself.
“Shhh. Its okay”. He car–sed my hair.
I cry my heart out. “I don’t want to see him”.
“Harley .. Its okay”. He whispered. “Though I don’t clearly know what you are talking about at all”.
I nuzzled closer into his chest. “Lionel, he left me for thirteen years”.
“Harley, i don’t understand you at all. What are you saying?”.
I pulled away. “Its a lot to take in”.
“Hey !! Look at me”. He puts two fingers under my chin and raises my face to meet his. “I’ll understand”.
“I just .. “. I trailed off.
He pulled me into a k××s immediately and I responded succumbing to it. I stand on my tiptoes to reach him as we k××sed.
Oh Gosh!! I’ve missed this. I’ve missed him. I’ve missed feeling him on my l-ips this way.
He ran his tongue over my l-ips as i felt the sænsati0n tickling in,side of me.
I encircled my hand around his neck as I pulled him closer to me. His l-ips were soft and gentle like I remember.
Moments later, we then pulled away after a while stopping to catch our breaths making his forehead rest on mine as we, the both of us breathed heavily.
“Can you tell me now?”. He says in a soft tone.
I nod quietly. “Yeah. Kinda, if you get me”.
He leads me to one of the random park bench and we sat on it side by side. He made me rest my head on his shoulder as he wrapped an arm around me.
“Wanna talk about it now?”. He spoke up.
“What do you wanna know? Lionel, where do you want me to start from? My whole life is a mess, total mess”.
“Who were you yelling at like that on your phone?”.
I adjusted further into him. “Its my Dad”.
“Your Dad .. ?”.
“Yes”. I say firmly.
“Uncle Javan .. ?”.
“No. My biological dad”. I say and look at his face to see his expression.
“Your biological Dad?”.
I sigh and hugged him the more. “I told you I was adopted, remember .. ?”.
“Why would you shout at your Dad that way?”.
I gritted my teeth. “He abandoned me”.
“Wait!! What? Harley, you had told me that you were adopted but you never told me the real story behind the adoption”.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t want anyone to know”.
“I’m your boyfriend, Harley. At least I was, don’t you think I should have known?”. He says getting angry with me.
“I just .. I didn’t want to remember that sad fact in my life”.
“Which is?”. He probed me.
I sniffed back tears. “That he had left me at the store promising to come back but he never did, not at all”.
“Holy shit!! He abandoned you?!! Just like that?”.
I pulled away from him sitting back. “Yes”.
“You were right for bullshitting him on that phone? I don’t know whats up with parents and leaving their children?”.
I look at him. “Lionel .. “.
“I hate them so much”. He grits his teeth.
I car–sed his cheek. “Just please try to at least forget about them”.
“I did that already. Seeing Reece in that kind of situation triggered back my past memories”. He said angrily.
“But my Dad left me for thirteen years”.
“Harley .. “. He squeezed my palm softly. “I don’t want you thinking about that, okay?”.
I wanted to say something but the sound of my phone ringing interrupts me.
I look at the screen staring at Caller I.D not knowing if I should pick it up. Unknown. Again.
“Is he the one?”. Lionel asks beside me.
I nod slowly. “Yes. He’s the one. Should I answer it?”.
“Do you want to speak with him?”.
“I miss him”. I whispered softly. “Badly”.
“Find out what he wants to say. Pick up the call”. He advises me.
I rested on the park bench staying close to Lionel staring at my phone’s screen. Should I pick up the call? I don’t want to hear his voice and at the same time, i really want to.
I swiped the screen right connecting the call, placing my phone on my right ear so i’d wait and hear for what he has to say to me.
“Natalie .. ?”.
“My name isn’t Natalie”. I yell back at him.
“I know you got adopted by an influential family”.
“Since you know that already, then to you, my name is Harley freaking Worth”.
“Natalie. Just calm down and hear me out”.
“I’m not f×¢king doing that here. You leave me for thirteen years and then call me up thinking I would listen?!!”.
“I know I wronged you and your sister but I promise I’m here now”.
What he says suddenly reminds me of my twin sister.
“Where’s Natalya?”. I asked him, tears are streaming down my face.
“Natalie .. We need to talk. I know where your sister is so all i need to do is__”.
“Don’t give me that bullshit”. I cut him off.
“Natalie. Don’t talk to me that way, i am still your father”.
“Where the f×¢k is my sister .. ?!! Where is Natalya?”.
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🌹Natasha🌹
“Something must have happened, maybe he stressed himself”.
“His parents. His f×¢king parents caused it”.
“What?”.
I stood up and shrug myself out of Jeremy hold on me walking up to his parents. They are really going to get a piece of me.
Jeremy dragged me back. “What do you think you are doing?”.
“I’m gonna give a piece of my mind”.
“What?”.
“You heard me right”.
“Tasha wait. You don’t just go off saying random things to them”.
I crossed my arms. “And why not?”.
“They are influential”.
“They caused all this”. I insisted.
“With a snap of their fingers, they can get anyone in jail so I don’t think you talking trash to them will help things out”.
I sat back on the waiting chair next to him as I rested on the wall. “It was better with them not been around, they shouldn’t have come anyways”.
“Come on, you still haven’t told me how his parents caused it”.
“Like I said, he was fine before. Then they came, he yelled at them and ran upstairs, i went after him minutes later, when I got to his room, knocking on the door”. I narrated to him.
“Then what happened?”.
“I knocked for a while but I couldn’t even hear anything. Reece didn’t come to open the door but later Lionel came and opened it, we went it and boom!!”. I said to him dramatically.
“Was that all that happened?”.
“We see Reece laying down on his bed in a lifeless way, he must have coughed out a lot of blood with no one to help him out”. I say sadly.
“Wait!! Did you just say Lionel?”.
I nodded in response. “Yeah. Lionel was there to help”.
“Help?”.
“He pressed something on the door which scanned his face and then we were let in”.
“Did Reece’s parents see him?”. He asked me.
“Yeah .. “. I told him confused. “He even yelled at Reece’s Dad”.
“Oh”.
I suddenly remembered what the cook had said. I really wanted to know more.
“Jeremy .. ?”.
“Yeah .. ?”.
“Is Lionel related to Reece’s family .. ?”. I blurted out.
“Huh?”.
“Lionel and Reece .. Are they related?”. I ask again.
“Didn’t you say you wanted to go give his parents, them a piece of your mind? Why don’t you go do that now?”.
I poke him. “Come on, tell me what I need to know”.
“Did Reece say anything to you?”.
I shook my head. “No he didn’t. Should he have said something .. ?”.
“I can’t tell you if Reece hasn’t”.
“But I’m your best friend”. I pouted. “And you don’t keep secrets from me”.
He sighs. “Lets just say Lionel is a Carter”.
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#Season_2: ✨Episode 10✨
🌹Natasha🌹
I shook my head. “No he didn’t. Should he have said something .. ?”.
“I can’t tell you if Reece hasn’t”.
“But I’m your best friend”. I pouted. “And you don’t keep secrets from me”.
He sighs. “Lets just say Lionel is a Carter”.
“Wait. What?”. I yell a little bit.
“Shush it”.
“What do you mean shush it? You don’t possibly expect me not to be surprised”.
“Well that doesn’t mean you have to be that loud. We are in a hospital, remember that?”.
I roll my eyes. “Please just get back to your explanation of Lionel being a Carter”.
“Huh?”.
“So you are trying to tell me Reece and Lionel are brothers?”.
“Hold up back there. I didn’t say anything like that”.
“But you just said it right now. You told me that Lionel is a Carter”.
“That doesn’t mean he’s related to Reece, get a grip. Would ya?”.
“Jeremy .. “. I warned. “Are you telling me the truth?”.
He sighed. “When I said he was a Carter, i didn’t necessarily mean that he’s related to Reece”.
“So what did you actually mean?”.
“Its a long story”.
“I got ears”. I said in a ‘duh’ tone.
“Lionel is just like Reece. His parents also abandoned him”.
“Wait. I really don’t get anything here”. I tell him truthfully.
“What part of his ‘parents abandoned him’, don’t you get?”.
“So you are saying that what you meant by Carter was … “.
“He’s like Reece”.
I crossed my arms. “You are not telling me the truth”.
“That is the truth”.
I pouted. “Jeremy. Come on. Please tell me and I promise to keep it a secret”.
“You know how rich families always have a lot of relatives everywhere .. “.
I hit him. “Jeremy”.
“He’s an illegitimate child”.
“What?”.
“He was born out of wedlock. From a damn one nightstand”. He tells me. “Well that is, was what he told me”.
“Who’s his father? Darrel?”.
“Yes and no at the same time”.
“So he and Reece are brothers? That mean Darrel is his actual Dad?”.
He lets out a scoff. “No way”.
“Then explain”. I urged him.
“Okay. Reece’s parents marriage was one of an arranged marriage. They didn’t get married because of love, they didn’t even had a relationsh¡p before”.
“Maybe thats why they got divorced later on”. I muttered to myself.
“And then on the day of the wedding, a random girl came and pinned a pregnancy on Darrel, Reece’s Dad”.
“On the day of the wedding?”.
“Before the wedding. She met with Reece’s grandparents and told them that she was months pregnant for Darrel”. He revealed.
“Continue”.
“Since they were influential, they didn’t want the news of Darrel having a baby out of wedlock so they accepted the child and the girl but Darrel still got married to Aurora anyways”.
“Then what happened?”.
“When Lionel was still a child, his mum ran away from the Carter mansion leaving him alone there”.
“She abandoned him?”.
“Well not exactly abandoned because he knows where she is right now, she’s not hiding, she’s living her life out there just that she doesn’t want Lionel around her”.
“Wow. Was that why Aurora and Darrel got divorced?”. I asked curious.
He shook his head. “Nah. They just weren’t faithful to each other. The both of them had other spouses”.
“Oh”. I mouthed.
“And thats the story”.
“So you are trying to tell me that Harley is dating her cousin?”.
“Not exactly … “. He trailed off.
“Is there something else?”.
“Darrel didn’t accepted Lionel as his son and conducted a DNA stuff”.
“Is he his child?”.
“Nope. Not at all. Looks like Lionel’s mum tricked them after all”.
“Okay. I don’t get where this story you are telling me is heading to”.
“Lionel knows his mother and has met her quite a couple of times. He has always hate Darrel so when the DNA result came out, he didn’t care”.
“But why did you say he’s a Carter?”.
“He grew up under that name. Tasha. They were his first family before the truth came out eventually”.
“So he’s not related to them at all?”.
“Nope but he still has his say in the Carter family. He did stay with them till he was twelve”.
“What about his real dad?”. I asked in a soft time. “Has he found him?”.
“His real dad apparently did not accept him at all when his mum was pregnant”.
“Maybe thats why she wanted to do away with him”. I say lowly getting everything.
He nodded in response. “And she found that opportunity when she slept with Darrel”.
“Such a sad story”.
“Yeah. But don’t f×¢king tell either Reece or Lionel that I told you this story”.
I raised an eyebrow. “Why?”.
“If there’s anything that Lionel hates, its been pitied”.
“Here I was thinking that I had a miserable life”. I mumbled.
“What are you talking about?”.
“Reece and Lionel. They never looked like people been affected by life especially him, Reece”.
“They chose to keep their Scars Hidden just like you”. He said softly.
“Who would have thought that Lionel never had a real father and his mother is far from him, far away from him”.
“I guess thats how life is for some people, it has its ups and downs”.
“And Reece”. I continued. “He had all of the material things he could ever want but not love, affection, care. He was hurting all this while and no one knew”.
Jeremy rested on the chair. “I guess thats why the saying goes ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’.
“Yeah. I guess so”.
I rested on the chair too close to him as I felt tired thinking of how Lionel could feel in,side of him right now.
Everyone has their own Hidden Scars. Yep, everyone does. I guess so.
“When last did he see his Mum?”. I spoke up.
“Her new husband doesn’t like him, so he rarely goes there”.
“Oh”.
“He has his own houses. Tasha, remember that he was once a Carter?
I was starting to fall asleep on Jeremy’s arm when I heard his voice.
“Tasha”. He shook me.
I sat up immediately. “I’m up. I’m up”.
“The doctor has come out”.
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💋Harley💋
“Natalie .. We need to talk. I know where your sister is so all i need to do is__”.
“Don’t give me that bullshit”. I cut him off.
“Natalie. Don’t talk to me that way, i am still your father”.
“Where the f×¢k is my sister .. ?!! Where is Natalya?”.
“Lets sit and talk this out”.
“I’m not meeting up with you”. I said coldly.
“Then I’ll come meet you”.
I remained silent as he said that. Do I really want to see him .. ? After everything .. ?
“Natalie .. Should I come meet you?”.
“Only this once. And you tell me about my sister, thats all”.
I disconnected the call immediately sliding the phone back into my jeans pocket.
“Did you talk to him?”. Lionel asks me once I sit next to him.
I nod slowly in response. “Yes. He wants to meet up with me”.
“When?”.
“Now”.
“What do you mean now? How is he going to find you?”.
“I don’t know”. I sob quietly.
“Natalie”.
I look up to see him coming towards me as he’s almost here.
“Is that him?”.
“Yes”. I stood up. “Thats my Dad”.
Lionel stands up too and holds my hand as he squeezed my palm.
“I’m with you, okay? I’m right next to you”.
I looked at him and smile, reassured by his words.
“Thank you”. I whispered.
He got to where I was. “Natalie”.
He made to move close towards me but I stepped back immediately.
“What are you expecting? A hug?”. I let out a scoff. “You really do not expect me to do that, do you now?”.
“I know you hate me now. I deserve your hate”.
“You are right. You do deserve my hate, you don’t even deserve to meet up with me right now”.
“How have you been?”. He asked changing the subject.
“I’m fine. You were keeping tabs on me?”.
“Yes. I had to. I wanted to know how you will end up”.
“Well I ended up with one of the richest families. Javan Worth adopted me and treats me like his real daughter, you know that right?”.
“Yes. I’m thankful to him”.
“Did you also keep tabs on Natalya?”. I ask curious.
“She wasn’t accepted that easily”. He says looking sad.
“What do you mean?”.
“About four families dropped her back at the orphanage”.
“And you watched them do that .. ?”. I yell at him. “How heartless can you be?”.
“I know its all my fault and I should have taken her back before the damage was done”.
“What damage?”. I asked him confused.
“The last family that adopted her … “. He trailed off.
“You can tell me all that later. Where is my sister?”.
“She’s with you. She has always been with you”.
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TBC
Author’s Note. 📝📝
You all read Lionel’s life story. Natasha is kinda right, mostly everyone in this life has their own💔Hidden Scars💔. So you don’t judge a book by its cover.