Chapter 197 - Superstitions...

"They could be different people with same looks because both Alex and Alonzo are… IDENTICAL TWINS.."

A gasp left from all the girls' mouth as they couldn't believe the words what Reuben had just said.

For them, it was like a bad dream that they ever wanted to watch and the words prickled in their ear in a thrashing way..

On the other hand…

Horror filled into Alonzo's eyes as he watched Reuben announcing the truth that he and his family trying to hide from days or more like years..

He became terrified about the fact that, if Veronica came to know more about it, then she might be much more angrier than before and would start hating him double than she already did.. 

Maybe, she would also to be blamed herself for the incident that happened five years ago after she had left city B..

He really wanted to make her feel guilty for her sudden disappearance too...

But when he looked at her face, shock was clearly written on her face. Her expression was void of uncertainty as if whatever she was hearing was completely unknown to her..

"You must be joking right? How could Alex and Alonzo be identical twins? I always had one brother and that is Alonzo… Then how could Alex turn into the picture suddenly? You must have some misunderstandings.." Myra muttered in a very low voice clutching her brother's elbow tightly in her hand.

"Neither am I joking nor I have any misunderstanding because whatever I'm saying is the sole secret of Brown family. Ask your brother if I'm right or wrong." Reuben said in a pressing voice.

Myra looked at her brother with her gloomy eyes and asked, "It's a lie, right bro? Reuben is having some kind of misunderstanding here.. Isn't he?"

However what she got in return, was complete silence...

Alonzo stood there quietly without any word or emotions showed on his face and just kept looking at Veronica who was now in her own world, pondering about her own imaginations..

Neil and Henry turned their gaze from Alonzo to Reuben and silently asked through their eyes if the work had been done for what Reuben couldn't be present at Fusion for the past few hours.

Reuben nodded his head to assure them that every clue about the twins matter was now on his hands so his friends shouldn't need to worry about this matter anymore..

He then turned towards Alonzo who was staring at Veronica with an accusing eyes and his fingers clenched tightly into a fist..

Noticing that Myra's gaze was stilled on her brother to get all the answer back, he smirked..

Breaking the silence of the room, Reuben said in a firm voice, "If Alonzo isn't able to answer the questions then no problem. I have my own proofs against Alonzo and the whole Brown family."

"Proofs?" Veronica who was not able to digest the news till then, looked up at Reuben and asked.

Reuben moved his face down to look at his beloved who was clearly showing some kind of pain on her face from the betrayal of her friend.

He kissed the top of her head before saying, "Babe.. at first you have to promise me that you'll not take much stress over whatever is going to come out next. I will only tell you everything and show you guys all the proofs if only you promise me to not freak out."

Veronica nodded her head at him and mumbled, "Promise.."

Sighing at her, Reuben glared at Alonzo and started to narrate the whole story that he came to know, "Both Alex and Alonzo are twins.. Alex's real name is Alexander Brown and he is 7 minutes younger than Alonzo. Mrs. Brown was pregnant with both of them 28 years ago but her pregnancy had quite a lot of complications…

From the time of her pregnancy, doctor had informed her that Alonzo was growing inside her tummy very well but Alex's growth is not happening much to the expected way a fetus should grow up. Maybe he was not getting enough nutrition that a child should consume inside his mother's tummy."

Reuben stopped when he heard a gasp from Myra who was looking at him with widened eyes..

Retrieving his eyes from her, Reuben again continued, "In the aspect of any pregnancy with twins, this situation is quire normal so she gave birth to two little boys. Alonzo was very much healthy but Alex seemed to be very weak after their birth. So they had to take extra care of him.

Everything was going normal until the day of the brothers' full body check up.. The doctors found some issues with Alex's health as he couldn't recognise his own parents' voice even after one month of his birth which was quite unusual.

So they did a brain scan and found out that his brain had not a complete growth like any other newborn baby and it's a little bit damaged which would result him to become a little bit abnormal later in his life."

Reuben took a deep breath in the midway when he heard some weeping sound and it was coming from Myra again. She was crying badly with her hands pressed on her mouth to shuffle the cry.

She asked between the cry, "If Alex was also my brother then where is he? Why haven't I seen him anywhere?"

"That's because when you came to the sense of understanding about your surroundings, Alex was already gone. Our father had already sent him to one of the hospital where his illness could be treated.." This time it was Alonzo who described the situation.

Not only Myra but also Veronica and the girls were shocked hearing it from Alonzo himself who was trying his best to hide it from them till then.

"If he was sent into the hospital then why doesn't Myra or any other person know about his existence?" Willa asked.

"I'll give you the answer… Brown family had some kind of superstitions like they can't tell about their baby's birth until one month had completed to protect the child. Same happened with Alex and Alonzo..." Reuben said.