The Revelation 2

Her gaze landed on a picture, she stares at it for a while, then another one and another... and then called for her mother.

"Mum... Mum" She called.

"What is it honey?" she said rushing out from the kitchen.

"Mum, who is this boy in the picture sitting close to me?" She asked her mother not taking her eyes off the picture.

"Where did you get that from?" She asked her, trying to snatched it away from her but Sakiko quickly dropped her hands down making her lose her grip and chance to get the album.

"Who is he mother?"

"Give me that album, you are not to be looking at those" her mother replied as she trued snatching the album from her daughter's hand.

"Why? Mum who is he?" She asked her again.

"No one for you to concern yourself about".

"Then why don't you want me seeing it?" She moves away from her mother,  opened the album and took out the picture.

"Who is he mum? Its just you, him and I in this picture and we are both dressed alike. Mother, tell me".

She starts crying, but she doesn't know why, something about this whole thing didn't feel right. She felt she knew him, but how... Who was he. How come no one has ever spoken about him and she has never seen this album or these pictures. There was this pain, yet for a boy she never knew or once knew when she was a baby. Something wasn't right, why would her mum hide it from her.

"What aren't you telling me mother? Stop keeping secrets from me" she yelled at her mother with so much tears running down her face.

"I'm sorry dear" she said moving closer to her daughter.

"That boy there is... Was your twin brother".

She let go of the album as it hits the floor.

"You said w-what? My twin... I am a twin?" she asked her mum as she looks at her in shock.

"There was an accident when you were only a year and a month old, and we lost your brother".

"No, no, it can't be" she cried as she wrapped her hands round herself.

Her mother goes to her and hugged her.

"I'm sorry...".

"Why didn't you tell me, why?".

"I didn't want to hurt you".

She pushed her mum from her and took a few steps back.

"You didn't want to hurt me, mother you hurt me by not letting me know. All my life I have never felt complete. There was always something missing, I didn't know what... You knew all this time but you didn't say. Where you ever going to tell me about it?".

She looks at her mum, who just stares at her crying.

"You weren't, were you?".

"I'm sorry, you were small back then, though you were little but losing affected you. You were sick for four months, nothing changed, it was a miracle you recovered after months of sickness. We couldn't trace any medical problem. So when you became okay and you grew, I couldn't bear letting you know and risk losing you too. Baby, I am sorry" her mother tried explaining to her.

"I'm sorry too mum, still not an excuse."

"Sakiko, please child, don't be angry at anyone. We all did it to protect you."

"I am mum, you all knew... Itachi, Itsumi, dad, you..."

"Baby" she moves closer to her.

"I'm sorry, I want to be alone now mum."

With that she ran upstairs to her room and locked the door, she fell down on the ground and cried her eyes out.