Shifted by Denis Daniel (best ebook reader for surface pro TXT) 📕

days. I think your driver, or your car doesn’t want to cooperate. Ten bucks and I’ll give you mine.” I mocked him,

“Ha-ha, very funny, but no thanks I’ll stick with my car and my driver and I’m gonna get you this time.” He said confidently,

“And we shall see, that was pretty a hefty deal, you know my car is way better than yours.” I tried to convince him.

“No, I don’t move around changing things, I appreciate what I have. Unlike you, you just found your parents and now you want to go with them right away. Do you even care all the years you’ve spent here, about me and mom and dad?” he blasted and his mood was already changed.

“Luke, I never wanted to leave, this is my home and you know that. It’s just that I don’t have a choice. And I’m doing this for mom and dad because I don’t want them to get in trouble because of those people. They wouldn’t have given me up if they didn’t get scared of something, and I’m going to find out what it is. Then, I’m going to come back home; so I just want you to accept it too and take care of mom and dad for me until I come back.” I said quietly just in case mom and dad weren’t asleep yet they wouldn’t hear.

“So you are going on a mission?” he was suddenly excited instead of angry like before.

“Exactly, I’m going on a mission. And I want you to keep this between us, okay?” I whispered to him,

He nodded and he high fived me, giving the sign that he totally believed me. Actually, I wanted to believe myself that I was going there to find out the secret they used against my parents, so that they will give me to them right away. But, the other part of me told me that there was more than what I thought, so I didn’t real know what to expect of this new life I was going to live in.

We played couple more games and felt tired, so I just told Luke I was tired and I wanted to sleep for the journey to the unknown tomorrow. He wished me good night and I left the room, but before I could leave he reminded of my mission so that I wouldn’t forget while I sleep.

Luke was two years younger than me and he was obsessed with fiction, that’s why he got very excited when I told him that I was going on mission. He was fat and wore glasses probably because of staring on computers and video games for too long; he had black hairs like dad, and brown eyes like both our parents, and he was a little short, that’s why I called him shorty sometimes.

I dropped on my bed and couple seconds later I was fast asleep, away from all the drama that had happened.

 

 

 

 

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CHAPTER 2; MOVING

 

 

I woke up sun rays burning my face, I hated it when this happened, and I always realize that I’m already late for school. So I always rush to the bathroom to take shower, but today instead I turned to the other side of the bed and pulled my covers to my face and kept sleeping. I didn’t want to wake up and face those people again, I’d already had enough of them for those hours they were here, and I never wanted to see the face of the people who were going to ruin my life forever. People who were going to separate me from my family for claiming they were my real family.

If only I could make them forget me and never come for me in the first place. I wouldn’t hesitate to make them forget everything about me and wipe myself completely from their memories, not leaving even a vague memory of my existence. But that was practically impossible, so I just slept in my bed drowning in my sorrow of leaving my home. I didn’t sleep for long though because mom came in to wake me up. She said that I had to make sure that I was ready before Mr. and Mrs. Richards come. I woke up and went to the bathroom to wash all the numbness I was feeling at that time.

The mere thought of going to live with those people made my whole body numb, they were completely different from current parents, the parents that I’ve lived with for seventeen years; they weren’t rich like them, but they had been the best parents I could ever wish to have. Unlike them who abandoned me after I was born.

After the shower I went to my room, I took my black jeans and black t-shirt. Then I put on one of my supra, and after that I was good to go. I wish I could slow down the time so that they would come late, but that wasn’t possible and if I could, it was already too late because I heard the doorbell rang. I didn’t need to be told that it was them, apart from knowing that they were the only people we were expecting, I had this weird feeling when they came, like I could sense them or something, even though it sounded completely ridiculous in my mind. I went downstairs to meet them, and finally go to wherever they wanted to take me.

Downstairs, I found them sitting on the same couch they seated yesterday. And they smiled widely when they saw me, and I think the woman was more excited to see me, like she couldn’t wait to see me again. Well, I never wanted to see them, that’s for sure.

“Hello Henrik.” She greeted me charmingly, her face showed desire that she wanted to get close to me, but I found it hard to accept this woman, it was just hard.

“Hello,” I replied coldly then I seated down.

“I hope everything is ready now.” Said Mr. Richards, and I didn’t really like the sound of his voice because it felt like he was commanding me, and I didn’t like that. Just because I accepted to go with him didn’t mean he had the right to push me around. I didn’t say anything because I was angry, did he think he already had authority over me? Well, I didn’t think so, he was a stranger to me. And he was going to stay that way for a very long time, and if he would treat me like that he was going to be a stranger forever.

“What your father meant to say is, if you have arranged everything that you need, and you don’t have to take too much, we can get some things on the way.” She corrected her husband, I guess she heard the annoying tone he used as well.

“Yah, everything is ready.” I said shortly, then mom came to the living room,

“Breakfast is ready and we would like you to join us Mr. and Mrs. Richards, if you don’t mind of course.” She said with a warm smile that always get me to smile back every single time.

“Quite the contrary, we’d love to, Vivian,” Mr. Richards said charmingly.

Then we all headed to the dining, I got really happy when I got there. There was pan cakes and cupcakes and milkshake, exactly my favorite things for breakfast. Then there was eggs and toast breads.

“How did you know I love cupcakes?” Mr. Richards asked, and I wish he never asked because that only proved that I was somehow related to this man.

“I didn’t, I made them for Rick as a goodbye gift.” Mom said in shock,

“Oh,” he mumbled,

Then there was an awkward moment and silence, but I never mind because I couldn’t wait to taste all the delicacies that were on the table,

“Shall we?” I interrupted the silence and the awkwardness.

“Yes of course.” My mother said and soon everyone join me and sat down. At least this morning wasn’t all that bad as I thought.

After that we all had breakfast quietly, and Luke wouldn’t stop looking at me and smile every time, guessing he still remembered what I told him. And that he thought the plan was now in motion. If things were that simple I would have smiled back, but I knew things aren’t always black and white. I wasn’t even sure that if what I told him was true or not, what if they just decided to give me up because they thought it would be better for me to live with my real parents? What if they got tired of living with somebody else’s child while they already had their own? Those were the question I didn’t have answers for, and I couldn’t dare ask.

Breakfast ended fast, just like in a flash, and too soon for my liking. I wanted to spend more time in this beautiful house with lots of beautiful memories. Then Luke helped me to grab my luggage and put it in the limo, and I took some few stuffs that I wanted to have with me, like my parents’ pictures and my childhood pictures too. I know they weren’t my real parents, but they felt real, they were the ones I felt comfortable calling parents.

“Call us from time to time okay,” dad said while saying goodbye to me in a hug,

“And don’t forget us, because we will never forget you.” Mom said after coming to hug me as well.

“I will call you soon after I arrive there. And I’ll never forget any of you, for you are still my family.” I said to them while heading to the car, which resembled my worst nightmare. But before I could get in, I felt something missing; I remembered that things didn’t go so well with Christine last night, and now I was leaving without clearing things with her. I sighed and got in the car hoping she will forgive me someday.

But right at that moment I heard someone knocking the window hysterically, it got all of us in the car confused. I wondered what happened, I even thought that mom and dad changed their minds and that they wanted me back. As much as I wanted that to be true but I knew that was not it, it was something else. I opened the door to see who the person was, and I was glad I did. Christine was there standing, eyes all wet, I felt sorry for and angry at myself for hurting her like that; I didn’t even know how deeply she loved me. Instantly I got out of the car and hugged her because I knew she needed it and I needed it. She sobbed on my shoulder and I held her tighter. I wish I could do something, but I was still thinking about that something, she said something surprising,

“I don’t want to stay here. Take me with you, I don’t want to be alone without you.” She said agitated,

And for a second it sounded like a pretty good idea, and since she was living with her sister, it wouldn’t be that hard to leave. And I wouldn’t feel so alone when I get to this new home. I looked at my new parents for approval, but all I got