Four Brothers and a Bride

Chapter 159: Chapter 159

ASHTON

I have a sick feeling at the pit of my stomach that tells me everything is about to go horribly wrong in a way we’ve never seen before.

It started since I visited Keith’s house without giving him prior notice as I usually do. I honestly was just so worried about Adriana that I thought I’d spring up on him and have a talk about me making alternative arrangements for my sister’s accommodation.

I knew he wouldn’t be down for it if I called ahead so I planned to show up and sway him. What I didn’t expect was the statement his mother made while I was waiting for Keith.

"What did you say?"

Collete exchanged a fearful glance with her husband. Paul also looked nervous.

"What was that, Collete?" I asked again, eyes skirting from wife to husband. "What are you talking about? Why did you say the woman in the picture isn’t your Zoe? THIS right here is Adriana, I mean Zoe but I later discovered that her birth name is Adriana so that’s what I call her."

My heart was thumping wildly. "How could you say that? How could Keith be wrong about his own sister? How could he mistake someone else for her? That’s not possible, right?"

Then it hit me when they dipped their eyes.

A short laugh escaped my lips. "Wait. Are you trying to tell me that Keith...all this time he’s been playing me for a fool?"

Paul edged close with clasped hands. "Please, Mr. Rollins. Don’t mind my wife. It’s been sometime since we saw our Zoe. She must have grown and changed. I’m sure we are somehow mistaken here."

But Collete wasn’t having that excuse.

"No, Paul. That’s not the case here."

I turned to Collete since she seemed willing to spill the beans.

"And why is that?" I asked.

"I actually recognize the girl in the picture so I know it’s not Zoe. She’s actually Zoe’s former sophomore roommate, Kayla Tuson." Then she proceeded to fall on her knees and grab my feet. "Please Mr. Rollins, forgive my son. I’m sure he didn’t trust you with his sister and thought he was protecting her by keeping her away from you. Maybe it’s all a test. Please, forgive him. Just hear him out first."

Paul also began pleading on their son’s behalf. I collapsed onto the sofa with my hands on my head, unable to process what I was hearing. I truly underestimated Keith. All this time? All the rollercoaster of emotions has been for a fake sister? Adriana has been acting a script? Bile tickled the back of my throat.

my exchange with father. Finding out that the girl I had introduced to my brothers as our lost sister, the girl whom they had begun to bond with and get protective of was a fake was

drove in just then. His father leaped to go prep him

at any point that he could lie to me like this?" I asked her with a pained expression. "When he said you and your husband should stay out of helping me find

Collete ground her teeth.

is this the first time he’s fooled someone to

outgrown that mischief. I swore he wouldn’t try it with the

mother on her knees

out of

As far as I am concerned, everyone here had a field day watching my emotions get abused." I surged to my feet. "This is exactly why playing nice is ill-advised. If I had done things a little differently, you wouldn’t have

just an act to get you what you want but at the end of the day, your ostensibly nice family always do

the air as her son fell over. Paul caught him halfway before both men fell on the couch. Blood oozed from

shook his parents off him and stood to glare at me with his bloodied lips. They stretched into a

father from this earth. You should really be ashamed pandering to the whims of the man who murdered

ran up my spine but

be dire

wouldn’t have doubted it knowing how despicable Brett Rollins is. You know him

I remained calm and tried to

"What video?

ASHTON, AND STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME AND MY LOVED ONES!" He stabbed his index finger towards the door, signaling the end of

at his

drops down on the couch, staring wide-eyed up at me. "You are going to end this childishness by taking me to my real sister, AND you must provide evidence to back up the things you just said about my father. If you fail to comply with both demands by weekend, I’d make sure you get arrested for deception and defamation. You’ll finally get a taste of what it feels

shrieked

DO ANYTHING!" Keith

reason I’m waiting till the weekend is because your parents need to say a proper goodbye to you, before you get whisked away for

when I

The couple continued to

days to do a better job ensuring your son knows who he can and cannot mess with. If he doesn’t give me

mercy. He’s just protective of his sister. I swear, we didn’t know about this. I can give you Kayla’s address. If she pretended

father aside. "DON’T YOU DARE, MOM. He doesn’t deserve to know her." He leered at me. "Even though she hates you all to the core, you still don’t deserve to know

to throw me off as usual? The former made little sense so

I stopped by the mansion first to see my brothers first

don’t know how I am supposed to break it to them given everything we have going on in our family. So,