28- Truth

Bella's POV

I can't believe he's finally telling me the truth, he never tells me anything and now he's willing to tell me the story of his life.

"What happened five years ago?" I asked, immediately we were inside my room. Ashton insisted we'd go home before he told me anything.

" I was ignoring you because of Matt," Ashton said. I so shook, why would he ignore me because of Matt.

"Why?"

"He threatened me with a secret I didn't want anyone to know." He said.

"What's the secret?" I asked.

"Eighteen years ago I was adopted" He spoke.

"You already told me that." I said.

"I was adopted because my foster mom couldn't give birth and she had already been married to my foster father for six years. Two years after I was adopted my mom gave birth to twins, the picture you found in my bedroom was a picture of them" He said.

"And?"

"When I was six we were coming home to California from South Carolina, back then I was obsessed with cars and I wanted to learn how to drive, so I told my dad I wanted to drive us home. At first they laughed it off but they became serious when I attempted to turn the steering wheel, they scolded me for it" He said taking a deep breath before continuing.

"I tried to turn the steering wheel again and this time it was bad. I turned the steering wheel right making us swerve into the river because we were on a bridge" He sigh.

I gasped, surprised at what he just told me.

"Unfortunately, the twins were only four and they couldn't swim so they died because of me" He said as a tear rolled down his face.

I moved closer to him and wrapped my arms around him as I stroked his back.

"When I was thirteen I had a girlfriend, a secret girlfriend. One night I pressured her to meet me at an alley, she was only eleven years old back then. We met at the alley but then she was raped by some of my friends" He said. My mouth dropped open.

"Why we're you out at that time of the day? Why did your friends rape her?" I asked.

"That's a whole nother story on it's own" He replied with a light laugh.

"I want to know, I promise I'm not going to judge you please tell me what happened" I begged.

"You have to promise me you won't change your opinion about me after this.  And it won't affect our relationship" He said, I nodded and kissed his hands.

"After my siblings died, my mom cried a lot and whenever she saw me  it reminded her of the tragedy. I really love her so I didn't want to see her cry, so I decided to avoid them. Whenever she was home I would sneak out of the house until she had gone to sleep" He said.

"One night I got really hungry and I wasn't home, also didn't have any money to buy food. I sat in the alley and cried as I waited for her bedtime. A man came to me, his name is Fabiano, he asked me what was wrong and I told him the entire story. He said he would give me money if I helped him deliver some things to his friend. I did it and he gave me money" He said, playing with my hair.

"Ever since that day I helped him and he gave money. I was hanging out with a few of Fabiano's friends, they were drug dealers, they were the ones who raped Lindsey and in the process she died" He said.

I flinched in my place as I placed my hands on my temples. I knew I said I wanted the truth but this was a lot.

"Why did you know drug dealers? Is Lindsey related to Matt?" I asked because I remembered when Matt told me his cousin dated Ashton.

"Fabiano was a drug dealer, I was too young to realize that and he also told me not to look inside. Yes she's related to Matt, she was his cousin and that's also the main reason why he hates me" He said.

"He does have a good reason for hating you but why do you hate him?" I asked, this story is very confusing.

"He body shamed a friend of mine who had a crush on him. After he told her she looked like an elephant and she was ugly and reeked badly she committed suicide" I gasped louder than I've gasped before.

I was still surprised by the whole story, it makes me realize how much I have had it easy in life.

"Do you still work for Fabiano?" I asked, hoping he would say no.

"No, I don't" He said, it didn't sound genuine though.

"Great, because I would be so mad if I found out you are lying to me so you better be telling the truth" I said. He tensed a little bit.

"Thank you," I said, hugging him.

"You're welcome. Aren't you mad?" He asked. I'm not mad but I'm surprised, I promised I won't let it affect the way I see him.

"Why would I be mad? You're telling me the truth and I appreciate it. No matter what you do I can never stop loving you, you are the love of my life" I smiled at him and kissed him passionately.

The butterflies in my stomach erupted, I had missed this feeling even though it had only been a few days.

"I love you so much," He said, pulling me closer to himself.

"I missed you," I said.

"I missed you too," He said, kissing my neck.

I giggled and smiled against his chest.

I stared into his eyes intently, I realized how much I doubted his feelings for me and I was starting to feel bad. I don't know why I still feel like he's hiding a lot from me.

"I'm sorry" I muttered.

"For what?"

"Doubting you. For a while I felt like you never loved me and I don't know why I still have a feeling you're not telling me the complete truth. I'm sorry" I said.

"It's fine" He said, brushing my lips with his thumb. "You're overthinking things," He said. He's probably right, I don't think after this he would hide anything from me.

"I trust you and I know you wouldn't lie to me after this" I said.

"You're still wearing the necklace," He said. I looked down at the necklace he gave me when we first started seeing each other.

"I would never take it off" I smiled.

"I'm glad you won't," He said.

"I'm a little tired. Goodnight" I said, kissing him.

"Goodnight, my love," He said. Saying I was about to explode would be an understatement, he just freaking called me his love. I'm so blessed.

...

Today has been great, Ashton and I were ok again and everything seemed to be perfect. The day was great for everyone and everything seemed to be falling into place.

Although I still couldn't stop thinking about what I was told yesterday, I didn't want to see anyone differently from the way I see them but it's hard not to.

I still hadn't talked to Matt. Here's was the reason Ashton stopped talking to me, he kept ignoring me as well he might have figured out that Ashton had told me everything.

"Hey" Ashton's deep voice boomed in my ear, I flinched in my place and faced him.

"You scared me," I said, hitting his hard chest. He laughed and kissed my nose.

"I'm sorry. You seemed so deep in your thoughts" He said, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"I'm just thinking" I replied, resting my head on his chest.

"About what?"

"Nothing important" I said.

"Ok. I'm coming to pick you up later today by 7:30pm" He said and walked away before I could utter a word.

I wonder where we are going today.

Immediately I got home I looked for a nice outfit. I wanted a casual look so I went for a white fluffy sweater, white jeans and white adidas sneakers.

One thing I really liked was plain colour outfits, I guess with my lack of fashion sense plain coloured outfits were my type of clothing and I also love wearing sweaters.

I picked my phone from my vanity table and rushed downstairs, Ashton was already waiting for me outside.

I hopped into the car and kissed Ashton and asked him where we were going but he didn't answer me.

The car drive was really long and we were getting to a narrow road where there was hardly anyone, I was getting a little scared.

"I'm not doing anything bad to you, just come with me" Ashton said parking the car by the roadside.

I came down from the car and followed Ashton, why the hell are we in a forest?

Are we hiking?

Ashton finally came to a halt, we were at the hut Ashton made in the forest.

It was as beautiful as hell, it had all my favorite things.

Fairy lights and picnic setting, my favorite Disney character, Simba. As a kid I was so obsessed with Lion King and Simba and Zazu, something about that bird just caught my attention.

The music was by my favorite band, One Direction. I don't really have a favorite member but Harry was my celebrity crush and then Zayn took over my heart but now it's wavering between Liam and Shawn Mendes, though Shawn isn't in the band but I think he'll make a good sixth member.

"This is perfect," I said to Ashton and hugged him.

I honestly feel so lucky right now. I have a perfect family, perfect friends, perfect date and a perfect boyfriend. My life feels so perfect right now but I don't know why I feel like there is still a missing piece in this puzzle.

A/N

How do you feel about everything?

Incase you didn't know I'm a fan of One Direction, very big fan.

I literally love  them to the extent I know them more than I know anyone. Many people say I'm a stalker but it's just my favorite addiction.

I also love Lion King one of my favorite Disney cartoons after that is Aladdin.

Did you ever have a crush on a cartoon character before?  I had a tiny crush on Aladdin he was my cartoon Harry.

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Bye!