Secrets

James was at his grandma’s house waiting on his mom to pick him up. His mother always took her time whenever she had t0 do something for him. Every time he was around any family members he felt out of place. He had nothing in common with any of them. He wish he had some siblings to hang out with whenever he was over there so he could have someone to talk to, but James was an only child.

“Why are you still here loser,” asked one of his cousins.

“I am waiting for my mom why does it matter I’m not disturbing anybody,” said James.  He was getting tired of them acting like jerks. His cousin walked away when he saw that his grandma was coming to sit beside James.

“Jamie sweetheart why are you always fighting with your cousin,” asked James grandmother.

“I never fight with them grandma, they are always the ones picking on me,” said James. He was too old for them to be playing games. He wasn’t going to take any more of their crap either. Everyone is sitting in awkward silence. James gets up to use the restroom until he hears the doorbell ring. He goes up to the door in excitement because if it was his mother he would be able to leave as soon as possible. James opens the door without hesitation and smiles because it is his mother.

“Finally, I thought you would never get here,” said James.

“Where do you think you are going,” asked James mother.

“Home, what do you mean,” asked James. His mother pushes him out the way and heads towards the kitchen.

“You have got to be kidding me,” said James with disappointment. He follows his mother and he notices that she started a full on conversation with his grandma. James was never going to leave, once they start a conversation it doesn’t end till five hours later.

He didn’t have anything better to do but listen to what they were saying but as soon as they noticed he was listening they got quiet. That was odd, were they keeping something from him? He walks away and they continue talking. That made him feel worse than what he already did because now his own mother was avoiding him. What was wrong that everyone in his family hated him? He wished he knew but no one would ever tell him the truth. He lies down on the couch and then he hears his grandmother call out his name. James gets up immediately.

“Jamie can you do me a favor and go to the basement and get a red folder, it is very important and your mother needs it,” said James grandmother.

“Ok where exactly is it at grandma,” asked James.

“It is in a box where all my important papers are. Please make sure you don’t go through anything just bring me my red folder.” James goes down to the basement and looks for the box that she was talking about. As soon as he finds it he ignores what his grandma tells him and he goes through the folder and read what the papers have to say. He couldn’t believe what he was reading. The papers had his name on it. They were from an adoption center he was supposedly from. His whole family lied to him all this time. No wonder no one got along with him, he was never a blood relative.

He had no idea what to do, should he go back up there and pretend nothing changed? They didn’t deserve his kindness because he never got any from them so why should he return the favor.

James ripped the papers into pieces and walked upstairs. His grandmother asked for the folder but he completely ignored her and headed towards the door. He couldn’t speak to any of them not just yet.