The Forgotten Child

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"Your Grandpa, I'm guessing you know him?", Shaun asked. I nodded but said no more. Grandpa didn't like me much, he barely gave me a glance and when he did it was always cold and distant.

"Well, it was his father who started this whole thing, it was a small street gang at first, but then more and more people joined and soon enough it became a company. Have you ever heard of the Stones?", He asked. Mike tensed up for some reason and went back to normal but I still noticed it.

"No why?", I asked him, now sat opposite. He looked almost excited for a second.

"They were the biggest gang on your fathers grandpa's time, since his daddy started it all, when he passed the title was given to your grandpa. He was the almighty boss, since his dad groomed him to do it since he was born. The thing was, he was going to pass is down to his eldest son, your uncle, but he thought no one was good enough for it. That's until your mum had Stone and the others.", He said, spouting this out quicker and quicker as I listened intently.

"Anyway, you know when your brothers left when you were little?", He asked. I just nodded a him, urging him to carry on as he typed in his laptop.

"Well, they went to go live with him. Your dad had no say but your grandpa refused to take you in. And probably for this very reason.", He said, hesitating for a second, as if asking for my permission for something. I nodded slowly.

"Your mother was in the hospital when a rival gang took you and her and stuck you both in this room. Your grandpa killed anyone who was involved. The rival gang then made your Grandpa make a decision. You or your mother.", He said slowly. 

"They chose me?", I whispered. He sat frozen for a second before shaking his head.

"No. They all made a group decison, and they chose your mother. The man killed you mother out of spite and gave you back instead", He said alot slower this time and was now staring at the floor.

"So they chose her over me? Then blamed me for this man killing her?", I whispered. He nodded.

"But there was something else. They said that your mother wanted to choose. She chose you tills. She chose you over herself and it made the man angry as well as your family. Tills, you may think your alone, but she chose you the whole time, you were her baby girl and she saved you life but lost hers in the process", He said with pride and detirmination. I, however collapsed to the floor.

"She died because she wanted me to live", I whispered, starting to sob as Mike clung onto me. Adam came to my side with a glass of water as Harry and Shaun watched with pity.

"No! She died because she loved you more than life, she wanted you to live a full life Tills", Mike said to me, caressing my hair as I cried onto his chest. I pulled onto Mike shirt as Adam rubbed my back.

"So all this time, they hated me because she chose me over herself?!", I said, now angry. I suddenly felt so much rage for the people who are suppose to be my family.

"So who is in charge now, if I have to even ask", I said sarcastically, anger and sadness swarming my body.

"Umm, it says here your brothers took over a few months or go a so. Oh my god", He said suddenly. I looked up to him in confusion as he gulped. He then looked at Mike and he also looked confused.

"Your grandpa has made an arranged marriage for your mother to your father Tills. It says she absolutely detested the idea but your grandpa gave her no choice. It was the gangs after all. But it says she had a high school sweetheart, a Samuel Redheart. It said that he was the head of the Rival gang that took... that took you and your mother. He also killed her", He said slowly as I felt the whole rooms aura suddenly change.