APOV
I went home for a bit of alone time before I headed over to Spencer's for our little meeting thing. I opened the door to see Ella and a very familiar face sitting on the couch, drinking something out of mugs.
"Hey sweety! This is Maradith, you remember her, don't you?" Ella asked as I threw my bag onto a chair at the kitchen table. Oh my god, why can't she leave us alone?
"More than you know," I stated with my fake cover up smile. I use it when I say something I shouldn't have, which clearly just happened.
"Um, okay then. Do you want some tea?" mom questioned.
"Nope, I'm good. Uh, why are you here?" I asked, giving Maradith my I'm Only Asking You This Because I Want You To Leave So Take A Hint look.
"Oh, well your mom invited me for dinner," she replied.
"Why'd you do that?" I asked, noticing that I sounded a little pushy. "I mean...I thought tonight was family night."
"That's the thing, see..." Ella started.
"Oh god...please don't tell me-"
"Maradith is your aunt," she finished.
"You mean like...your sister?" I questioned.
"Yeah, she's my sister," Maradith said, nudging Ella's arm in an oddly playful way.
"Well then...but I saw...and then they...but then he didn't...and now I'm...why?" I rambled.
"I didn't tell you because we had a huge fight when we were young and I said that if I had kids, I would never tell them about her because I pretty much hated her at the time," mom explained.
"Oh my god. What did you fight about?"
"She stole my boyfriend."
"But that's all in the past," she assured me. Right, the past. Now let me tell you a little something about the past...it has it's ways of coming back. And I can't believe Maradith did. Of all the people in this stupid world, Maradith has to be the aunt I never knew I had.
"The past is closer than you think," I warned my mom before trudging up the stairs. Well...that went well. I plopped down on my bed and looked at my phone. I got a text from Emily. I opened it and replied after reading. I thought she was dead! But I also think I saw her at the coffee house when we were there. Usually people should stay in the hospital after something like that happens.