"Who's Ash?"

"Their father, Jeff Wilson arranged their marriage with Zayn, the son of a really wealthy man, Kabir.. It was cruel how luck was never on that poor soul's side.. Their relationship was so toxic and abusive that they regretted surviving that day.. After Abby came to me and begged me for help I told everything to Mr Kabir.. Everything Zayn did to Abby.. He looked Disappointed in his son so in return he gave Abby the house they currently live in and asked me to take care of them."

Jake quietly listened.. Hearing what she just told him, his doubt about everyone was just getting stronger..

He knew Jeff was not the kind of person who would force their child into something.. He allowed Abby to take all their decisions by himself then suddenly, why did he take that big decision for them..

A lot of questions begin to erupt in Jake's mind..

'Why did he do that?'

'Did he know that he was going to get into an accident?'

'Did he know that he won't be making it out alive?'

'If they were friends, why did I never see him?'

'Uncle Jeff used to bring his close friends over.. Why he never brought him?'

"What about the medicine part?" He asked..

"Son.. I don't think you sho- ok fine" she gave up..

"When Mr Kabir found out that Abby was having nightmares and hallucinations cause of what his son did to them, he wanted to help them-"

"Help them by getting then an illegal medicine?"

"Doctors tried giving them other medicines but none of them worked except for this one"

'That's just unbelievable.. How can Ms Jane be so innocent' he thought..

"Do you know how's the relationship between this.. Zayn and his father?"

"They don't gave a good relationship.. They rarely talk to each other.. It wasn't like that before when he was a kid—His father used to spoil him so much but as he grew up and started drinking and damaging Mr Kabir's reputation, their relationship begin to turn bad" she explained..

"What was his age when his relationship with his father begin to get bad"

"Um.. I don't remember correctly but he was probably 19 or 20?"

"And how old is he now?"

"Oh.. He's.. 28 now I think"

"I see"

His complicated thoughts were not matching the calm look on his face..

"How long have you known Abby for?"

"Oh .. I first met them in the hospital after they got into that accident and lost their memory.. They were 19 at that time"

Jake took a deep breath before asking..

"And.. what happened to Ash's case? I couldn't get in contact with Abby nor could get any information related to the case back then"

"Um..sorry who's the case?"

"Ash's" he repeated himself..

A frown appeared on her face along with a puzzled look..

"Who's Ash?"

Jake got confused as well..

"Uh.. Abby's brother?"

"But.. Dear, Abby never had a brother"

"...." Anyone could tell by Jake's look that he was extremely confused and his mind was racing with thoughts ..

"No.. Waiting .. What do you mean Abby never had a broth- Abby had a younger brother and his name was Ash and we were friends"

"No dear I think you're misunderstanding.. They were the only child of Mr Jeff.. They never had a brother"

"No, no.. That's not true-"

"It is true.. Trust me I've known them for a long time if they had a brother, why did he never visit-"

"Cause he's died 8 years ago!"

"What?" She paused..

"No t-that's impossible.. I've seen Abby's documents as well they say that they are the only child-"

"They.. They are not.. They had. A freaking. Brother.. Who died..No. more like.. He got killed by some people- How can you say that they-" He was not able to complete his sentence because he was speechless.. How can she just say that Ash never existed..

'After all the pain he and Abby and.. Uncle Jeff went through.. How can people say that he never existed.. That's.. That's unbelievable!' he thought..

"I don't know.. I must be wrong then but I swear I don't know anything about ash" she said..

"Where can I find this Kabir"

He asked with his eyes glued to the table..

"Are you going to meet him-"

"No I'm just going to invite him to a circus- Of course, I'm going to meet him"

He looked up at her to see that she was taken aback by his sarcastic answer..

"I'm sorry" he apologizes quickly.. He was getting more and more frustrated as the time passed..

Ms Jane nodded placing a hand on his shoulder..

"I understand.. You must be worried about Abby.. But don't.. They are fine"

"No, they're not.. They're clearly not.. And.." he closed his eyes and clenched his jaw knowing that he messed it up real bad..

'They wouldn't even want to see my face anymore.. What have I done' he thought..

"What happened?" She asked..

Jake told her everything that happened the day before..

Ms Jane nodded..

"Well.. I think you should go and talk to them and.. You know.. Clear things up.. Cause if you don't, it'll just mess up with your mind as well as Abby's"

-

Jake was walking home when he realized that he couldn't go back so he changed his path and went to Ruby's instead..

She told him that she will arrange an apartment for him tomorrow since it was already late..

The next morning he went decided to work from home instead of going to the office.. He visited the apartment that Ruby arranged for him and went to buy some necessary stuff..

Once he was done, he asked Iris to bring him some clothes and some books from his room..

"Woah.. Can I live here too?" Iris said while admiring his apartment..

"No"

She glared at her brother for being too straightforward..

"Where's my money for yesterday?" She asked..

"I totally forgot- What did you guys talk about?"

"If you wanna know you'll have to pay me 60$ instead of 50$" she smirked..

"Just.." he sighed.. "Fine"

He took out some money from his wallet and gave it to his sister..

"Now Speak"

Iris told him about everything that happened yesterday when she went to visit Abby..

"And .. Why did you never tell me that.. It was them.. I.. I almost didn't recognize them"

"Well, I.. uh." He shrugged not knowing what to say..

"You know you're too dumb right?"

Jake knew she was right.. He was too dumb—Too dumb that whenever he tries to fix something, he just ends up making it even worse than before..