We arrived at my mama Laurie's twin sister Aunt Anitah and Uncle Benson's villa which is in Karen, Nairobi. Mama Laurie and Aunt Anitah look alike but you can telll them apart. My Aunt was more outspoken, she loves sharing stories. I could listen to her everyday. Mama Laurie was sometimes quiet like me, but when she got to know you she made you feel comfortable.

They had their car service pick us up. It's a beautiful and more expensive estate. Their house from the outside look more like a mall or a fancy modern hospital. It's like two buildings in one, with a wrap around driveway where you can drive under a drop off area. Theirs lots of floor to ceiling windows on every floor, the house was painted bright white color. This is KJ and Leah's first time here and I think they'll love it. Everything's so neat and organized with endless amounts of space, so he should be comfortable.

"Hi Rainy, it is so good to see you, my new high school graduate." My aunt spoke slowly coming toward me in her accent, she called me by my nickname she always says. She was dressed in a casual pair of jeans and an ivory buttoned blouse, with some designer flats. That's how my family is here, they are super rich but they don't show it. Well not with everything, —the house is huge.

"It's good to see you as well, Auntie Nitah." I smiled squeezing her. We were standing at the entrance.

"Did you reach your Uncle?"

"Yes ma'am I saw Uncle Benson outside, he's with Leah, KJ and Michael."

"Since when ya' start calling 'em Michael?" She asked sounding worried.

"We're not speaking, so since then." I tucked my lips.

"What's going on? How long has this been on going?"

"I had a boyfriend, —who just so happen to be Adrian." I mumbled.

"Oooowa', Mikey's best friend Adrian? The same Adrian who visited here when Mikey was a boy?" She was shocked, this was news to her.

"Yes ma'am, that one."

"I see." She raised her eyebrows with a smile on her face.

I nodded.

"Playing with fire, you said boyfriend?" She asked wanting me to speak more on it.

"Yes ma'am, he broke up with me. It was because of my age and the fact I'm Michaels little sister. Their friendship is ruined as well, at least I think it still is. I wouldn't know I don't talk to Michael."

"You're in love." She smirked and shook her head. "My sister was right."

"Huh, Mama Laurie was right about what?"

"Lets sits. You want anything, a cold beverage or anything to eat?" She offered and I shook my head no eager to hear what she had to say. We went over to the lobby area of the house and sat.

"So, my sister had a theory about you two." She expressed, I scrunched my brows.

"I remember years ago she told me she noticed something between the two of you. How he would avoid you and you would be nervous around him. How it never changed."

"When was this, how many years ago?"

My aunt leaned back in the chair "She kept in touch about it through the years. It was initially brought to my attention just before I met you actually."

"So that was about nine months after us moving to Atlanta?"

"Correct." She nodded.

"I know she knew I had a crush on him but I didn't know all of this."

"She also spoke to Adrian about it." She added.

"Wait what?" I said louder than I should've.

She laughed. "Yes dear, she told him she caught the energy between you two. She asked what that was about."

"What did he say?"

"She said he was honest. He said he always had feelings for you, he tried to do everything in his power to push his feelings away. He said he knew it wasn't right but he couldn't help the way he felt. So he avoided you."

"Wow, what did she say about it, was she mad at him? Did she tell him anything?" I questioned her.

"No sweetie, if she knew all along and didn't bring it up then what makes you believe she'd be mad. She had no reason to be upset, he was always respectful."

"So she didn't say anything?" I asked just to be clear, I was clinging on to every word.

My Aunt shook her head. "She didn't say anything else to him after that, she left it alone."

"Oh." I was hoping there was more.

"She did tell me her theory of the matter."

"I'm listening." I scooted closer giving her my full attention as if she didn't already have it.

"She told me the chemistry the two of you shared was like her and your grandpa."I smiled.

"See your grandpa was older than your mama Laurie. She wasn't as young as you are but not far from it, I think nineteen she was. He'd just graduated with his Masters when they actually gave it a shot. They knew each other for years before they started dating."

"Perhaps this is why she didn't say anything about your crush. She understood it." She added.

"I knew grandpa was a little older but I never thought to ask how old. She didn't like to talk about him much anyway. She always kept it brief and sweet when she spoke of him" I stated.

"Yes, He was her world. When he died she was completely broken. It wasn't too long before you and Mikey came into her life before he died. So I always said to her, you and Mikey were her saviors. She needed you just as much." She paused thinking, a thought came to her and she smiled. "My sister said she would bet money on it, you two would be together. She was sure of it."

Tears started to form in my eyes. "I miss her so much. Knowing all of this now makes me feel like I wasn't completely crazy falling in love with my brothers grown best friend."

"No you're not crazy, although this feud between your brother is crazy. I know it'll work itself out though. Mikeys a lot like your father was, stubborn and loved extremely hard." She assured.

"He still doesn't like talking about mom or dad. Mama Laurie told me a few things here and there but she respected my brothers decision to not talk much about him." I went on to say.

"Well as you know the family had never met your mom. We didn't even know your dad had settled down and had a family. He cut himself off from us and never looked back. Your grandma and grandpa moved to the states to maybe get close to him. Even that wasn't enough, unfortunately he didn't want to be found." She looked at me hesitantly, she didn't know if she should go on.

I decided to say what she was thinking. "I know our parents were on drugs, and I know that's why they were murdered. They were tied up in a situation they couldn't get out of. I know mama Laurie didn't know about them being murdered until Mikey got in contact with her. She didn't even know about us."

"It tore her up, if she had known things would've definitely been different. I remember she called me crying frantically, saying Mark had two kids. She kept going on and on, I couldn't get a word in." She exhaled.

"I'm just happy everything worked out for us." I smiled wiping my eyes.

Michael, KJ,Leah and my Uncle Benson came inside, I quickly wiped the rest of my tears and decided to go upstairs to get my stuff situated. "Leah, KJs room is right next to mine so I'll go ahead and take his stuff up."

"Ok, thanks Rai."

"You want me to have your things brought to you?" My uncle asked.

"Oh no sir, it's no bother. I don't mind. It's not like I have to take the stairs." I smiled at him.

"Ok my lovely niece." He chuckled.

I rolled our two massive suitcases on to the elevator. After unloading me and KJs luggage, I went up to my room I always stayed in to get ready to shower. I couldn't wait to get out of my travel clothes.

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