Chapter 15 is here! Only 2 more chapters left in this story

I didn't want to tell my family what had happened with Tom and Maurice. I knew if I began my story, the tears would start flowing and never stop. But I couldn't keep this inside anymore. My parents had to know what I knew. I took a deep breath.

"I know I'm adopted" I said with a blank expression. Frank's jaw fell open and my parents looked at each other nervously.

"That can't be right. You.. you" Frank's words failed him.

"Joe's right." My dad looked at both of us, "Joe was adopted when he was just a baby."

"You never told us this! How could you keep something like this from us? From Joe?" My brother questioned my parents. I was wondering the exact same thing.

"We never found the right time. Your father and I always found something else to talk about. But why does it matter that you are adopted Joe? We raised you as our own. You are our son, 100%. You are so loved." My mom eyes filled with tears.

"Why couldn't you just tell me though? Instead of learning about it from Tom?" I asked quietly.

"I don't honestly know Joe. I'm so sorry."

"Tom?" Frank questioned.

"Tom is my twin brother. He's the lookalike that pretended to be me. He's, he's crazy."

"You have a twin?" My dad asked, confused.

"That's what he told me".

"We never knew anything about a twin. After we had you Frank, we wanted another baby. For you to have a little brother or sister. But your mother was in a terrible car accident a few months after you were born. She was no longer able to have kids. We were devastated. That's when we met Ann, Joe's biological mother. She was a couple of months pregnant and her fiancé had just passed away overseas. She knew she couldn't raise her baby on her own, especially with a broken heart. We wanted a baby so we adopted hers. I never knew there was a second child."

"He, he said he was sick as a baby. That's why no one adopted him. He blamed me for everything. Said it wasn't fair that I got a family and he got nothing."

"Joe, you were a baby. It wasn't your fault."

"I, I know that. I just feel sorry for him."

"It's a sad thing to happen, that is for sure."

"He.. Tom… he killed Ann. He killed her whole family."

"What?" Dad wondered, eyes looking shocked.

"Tom said that he found our birth mother, she had two children and a husband. He was so angry with her. Three months ago, he broke in their house and made Ann watch as he killed her family. Then, he, he killed her." There were tears in my eyes when I told my family this information, "He wanted to get justice. Tom joined forces with Maurice O'Connor and started watching me. Tom took me by surprise at school, kept me locked up in the school's basement. Maurice, he, he did all of the beating. He broke my leg. Tom, Tom just talked and talked. Told me his plans and how he loved having an older brother. I really thought I was going to die in that basement. I, I was about to give up on hope. I knew there was no way to figure out what was going on. I'm sorry I gave up on you." I couldn't keep talking as the water works began. Frank pulled me in for a hug and my parents joined in.

"He will get what he deserves. He will be locked in prison for the rest of his life or worse." Frank whispered, "I'm so sorry Joe".

"We will not give up until that bast*** is found" I gave my dad a look of surprise, he never swears much.

"I love you Joe. Please don't forget it" Mom had teary eyes, my whole family did.

"I love you guys too"...

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