Chapter 14- Cora

I blinked very slowly and stared at Dad as I processed this information. "The legends...Emma...Emma's my m-mom?..."

He slowly nodded, watching my reaction carefully. "Yes."

I blinked again, a little dazed. "So...so that means Cole...he's…"

"Your twin brother. I'm pretty sure he doesn't know what he is though. And you probably shouldn't tell him unless Emma is okay with it and thinks he can handle the information."

I slowly nodded. "Okay...I won't say anything…" I looked away for a moment before looking at him again. "I-is this why you don't like humans?"

Dad sighed. "Yes. I have a dislike for humans since your mother chose the land over me."

"I always assumed they were dead...since you never talked about them and didn't like humans and I never ran into them no matter what parts of the ocean I explored...I assumed they had been killed by humans or something…"

"An understandable assumption."

I gulped nervously. "C-can...can I meet her?...Does she know about me?..."

"She knows you're here. I ran into her on the way here. Cole had told her about you and she put the pieces together. I'm not sure about meeting her though. I don't know how she feels about you being around. If you wanted to you could try though."

I nodded. "Okay…" I hugged him. "Thank you for telling me."

He hugged me back. "You're welcome, I felt that you needed to know." Just then his phone rang and he had to pull away to answer it. "Hello?...Hmm...Yes, of course...Alright...Bye." He hung up and looked at me. "I'm sorry I can't stay longer but that was your uncle informing me that he needs me to help take care of something important. Will you be alright?"

I nodded. "I'm fine, go ahead."

"Thank you for understanding." He got up. "I promise I'll visit again soon and I'm always here for you if you need me."

"Thanks Daddy." I went downstairs with him and hugged him before he left. After he left I went upstairs to Sam's room.

Sam looked over. "Hey, where's your dad? What was all that about? Is everything okay?"

I sat on her bed with her. "He had to go, something came up. Emma and Cole aren't fugitives."

Sam looked a little surprised. "Really? Then what was the big deal?"

I fidgeted nervously. "They're not fugitives...but they are my mother and brother…"

Sam blinked and looked shocked. "Seriously?!"

I nodded. "I don't think Cole knows what he is though. He probably knows nothing about Syrena and my dad said not to bring it up to him just in case, it might be too much for him to take in and it's not my place to tell him."

"Understandable." She exhaled. "Wow…" She was pretty shocked, almost as shocked as I was. Neither of us ate much at dinner that night and we went to bed early.