The Day I Stopped Waiting

ELLA :

My eyes are numb and so is my heart. I don’t know what to say or to react when the people around me came to give their condolence on my parent’s death. It came as a complete shock when Oliver gave me the news of the plane crashed on which our parents were traveling.

At first, I couldn’t accept the fact that they are gone from my life but Now as I stood in the cemetery with people crowding over me, I realized that it is the truth my parent are gone.

My lovely parent whom I love from all my heart has gone. My heartfelt sadness as a tear shed from my eye, I blinked and more tears started falling. I looked at the two graves with a heavy heart just then my arm was held by someone bringing me back to reality.

As I turned, I saw Oliver standing beside me. “Come let’s pay our last respect to Mom and Dad.”

He told me and then very gently pulled me to their graves. I sat beside him on my knees as I touched their name grave on the stone. I felt the loss I got after losing them. I was again crying badly as I bid them goodbye in a choked voice, “Goodbye Mom, Goodbye Dad.”

Oliver said the same and then he embraced me in his arms as I started crying more that soon turns into sobs without caring about the surroundings around us. I felt like someone has ripped my heart out from my chest. Someone has taken away my precious treasure, I felt empty and lonely.

But Thankfully, Oliver didn’t let me feel lonely as he hugged me tighter in his arms and rubbed my back gently to comfort me. We sat in that position for quite some time and finally when I calm down Oliver took me to our home.

I was looking around my parent’s happy pictures when the doorbell rang. It is common now to have visitors but me and Oliver are not in the mood to meet anyone, we both are in grieve of our parent's death.

Although, my mother was not his real biological mother and his father was not my real biological father but still we managed to live a happy life as a loving and caring family.

I was 12 when my mother married his father and Oliver was 14. Oliver always made me feel so comfortable around him that I never felt like he is someone whom I knew for just some time.

It always felt like we both had known each other for years. People even got envied of our relationship because no one would literally believe that step-siblings could stay so close and nicely.

Even some tried to spread rumors about his and my inappropriate relationship but all that rumors went to rest when I started dating Ethan when I was 17 and he started dating Sofia 6 months ago.

I won’t lie but I did feel something for him as we both are very close but whenever I look for him to give me any hint, he always disappoints me so whatever feelings I have for him. I deeply buried them in my heart.

The reason why I made a boyfriend was just to test him if he really gets jealous of it or not. As I have seen that if someone loves you they would definitely get jealous if you get close to someone else in front of them.

But out of my expectation, Oliver showed me nothing, not a single hint of jealousy even when I pulled Ethan into my bedroom in front of him. He didn’t stop us either look at me.

He casually walked back to his room like it was nothing to him.

I felt disheartened, I wanted to give him my virginity I even dreamed of getting f**ked by him in different ways but all my fantasies died when he didn’t show any interest in me.

Sadly, I gave my first to Ethan and decided to stop thinking about Oliver. I am happy with Ethan now, he is the perfect man for me.

I smiled while thinking about Ethan just then the door knocked and Oliver walked inside with his face darkened.

I looked up and walk to him in worry, “What happened? Who was it?”

He sat on the bed looking tired as I sat beside him waiting for his answer. He looked up at the ceiling and then around our parent’s room with a deep sigh.

I could sense from his actions that he has bad news. Just then he opened his mouth looking straight at me, “Ella, we need to vacate this house and shift to our ancestor’s house.”

BOOM

The news dropped like a bomb, I shook my head and he continued, “Ella, we have no choice. Mom Dad has gone bankrupt, the bank has seized the company and now they are coming for this house.” He told me and I felt like someone has hit me hard.

This house, I looked around and tears started welling up in my eyes. How could I leave this house? It is the only place where I had all my good memories with my parent.

I stood up while crying sadly, “No Oliver, I am not leaving here. No!”

I yelled and ran out of the house, I took my bicycle and started riding it at full speed while Oliver behind me kept shouting my name.

I ignore him as I felt suffocated by the thought of leaving my home. I need some fresh air to breathe, I need to be alone.