Chapter 65
Aurora
Ethan knocked Isadora off me with one hit and she fell to the ground, slumping unconscious from impact.
I glanced at my unconscious sister and then back at the raging Ethan, my heart was beating wildly in my chest. He turned to look at me and his gaze softened almost immediately. I couldn't handle the way he was looking at me so I looked away and got up from the ground.
“Aurora, are you okay? I hope Isadora did not hurt you” Ethan said as he came closer and searched my body worriedly.
“No, I'm fine” I answered plainly before walking away to where Arne was, I engulfed him in a hug and kissed his forehead. These past days has been rough on him, he didn't deserve it one bit. If I continue to stay here, I fear that he would never be safe and I couldn't afford that.
So I did what I felt was right… leave.
I placed another long kiss on Arne's forehead before walking to the wardrobe, brought out our empty boxes then I began packing our clothes in it as fast as I could.
“What are you doing, Aurora?” I heard Ethan ask from behind me.
“What do you think? I'm leaving with my son” I answered, not looking at him at all.
I heard him scoff, “Seriously? That's your solution to all this… running away? Go ahead, run away like last time but need I remind you that Arne is not just your son, he's my son as well”
His words made me pause and I quickly turned to look at him with wide eyes, so he knew? All the more reason I needed to leave.
“Arne is my son only, you don't deserve to be his father. I will protect him myself so you don't have to bother anymore” I dismissed him with a blank face.
“Bother? My son is never a bother in case you don't know and when were you planning to finally tell me I have a ten years old son, Aurora? How can you hide such from me?” Ethan's voice sounded hurt and angry, the pretense made me more irritated and sick.
“Oh please, cut the act. It's sickening to lie like this in front of your son” I said and we both glanced at Arne who was watching us.
“Why would I lie, Aurora and about what? You are the greatest liar here, your conscience didn't for once prick you when you heard Arne called me Uncle?” He paused and turned to Arne and continued, “Come on son, ask her why she's been lying to you all this time, ask her!” he urged.
“Mom, that bad man yesterday said Uncle Ethan is my father, is it true?” Arne asked with a teary voice that made my heart break. I quickly came to stand in front of him and I bent a little so I looked him in the eyes, “Yes, it's true. Ethan is your father. I’m sorry my son, I'm so sorry for keeping it away from you, I wanted to protect you that's why I hid it. We can't stay here with him, we have to leave so forget that you ever heard anything” I urged him, my eyes starting to get teary too.
It hurt me to separate him from his father but it had to be done if we wanted to live safely.
“But I don't want to leave, mom. I don't want to leave dad” Arne protested with tears rolling down his eyes.
I sniffed back the tears that threatened to fall when I heard him, I needed to be strong and make the right decision. “No, we have to leave and that's final” I straightened and turned to get back to my packing but Ethan caught my hand, stopping me. In his eyes were a mix of hurt, sadness and anger.
“Can’t you see how much Arne wants to stay? Why are you so hellbent on leaving?” he questioned.
His feigned cluelessness sparked my anger, he was making it look like I was the bad guy when it was him all along, I was sick of it so retorted, “Can you stop this pretense, stop acting like you care about Arne when you threatened to kill him ten years ago”
There was a moment of silence, Ethan had a confused and shocked expression on his face. “What? I don't understand… when did I threaten you?” he broke the silence and asked.
It was my turn to scoff now, did he think I was a fool, that I would have forgotten what he did?
“You can't fool me Ethan, you caused me to run away from the pack so I could protect my son from his father, I suffered because of you” I said bitterly as flashes of what happened ten years ago ran through my mind. Did I really agree to a second chance with him? What was I thinking?
“Aurora, all this is making me even more confused, what exactly happened ten years ago?” he inquired almost desperately.
I rolled my eyes but still answered, “When I found out I was pregnant, I wrote a letter to you about it and you wrote back denying it and threatening to kill us both if I mentioned it to anyone. Why do you think I ran away from the pack?” I ended with a hiss.
“A letter? I never received any letter from you, talk more of writing back” he refuted almost immediately.
“So are you trying to say I am lying? Am I making this up for no reason?” I asked.
“I don't know, Aurora. But believe me when I say that I never knew you were pregnant. I am just finding out now, I never sent any letter“ he answered. I wanted to wave him off as a liar but the genuity in his eyes made me confused.
“Listen, this is just one big misunderstanding, I swear on the goddess that I did not receive or send any letter” he added.
“Well, if you didn't send the letter then who did?” I asked in a frustrated tone.
“DIE!!!” The familiar voice that didn't belong to neither Ethan nor Arne rang out throughout the room. Arne shrieked, I followed his line of sight and saw Isadora lun at Ethan with a knife in her hand. It was so sudden. Neither me nor Ethan had enough time to react.