On Sunday morning Robbie and I pack our bags and we place them in the boot before we climb into the car.

Jacob is standing on the porch and he waves at us. "I'll see you over summer, Robbie?"

Robbie leans out the window. "Yeah, you will. Maybe, I'll invite Kayla to come with me?" Robbie sits back in his seat and pulls away from the house.

I watch the house get smaller as we drive away from the Lake house. I step out of the car when Robbie stops at the gate. I unlock the gate and push it open for the car to get through the gate.

Robbie drives the car out of the gate and stops.

I lock the gate and climb back into the car.

I had the best weekend with my twin.

Robbie pulls onto the dirt track and he follows that until we reach the road. His phone starts to ring and Robbie puts it on loudspeaker. "Hello?"

Mum: "Robbie when will you be home?"

He looks at me. "I'm on my way home Mum. We should be there before 1 if the traffic isn't bad."

Mum: "Good, I'll see you when you get home."

She hangs up.

I sigh. "I have to take Sasha out when we get home. I want her to get to know me. But, being at the house with Mum will be hard for her."

He smiles. "You'll have to take Adam with you. I don't think she'll go anywhere willingly with you."

I nod. "Alright, I'll get ask him to come with us."

I look out the window and watch the lake disappear from view. I lean my head against the head rest and close my eyes.

***

Robbie shakes me. "Mikayla, we're home. If we don't hurry inside Mum will come out."

I step out of the car.

At that moment the front door opens and Mum runs over to us. She hugs me. "Can you do something with Sasha? She's getting on my last nerve with her attitude."

"I'll take her out for a bit. I want to get know her neutral territory." I enter the house and climb the stairs.

I find the door with Sasha's name on it and I push the door open. I enter the room and the walls a pink.

Sasha pick up a toy and throw it at me. The toy falls to floor after it hits me. "What are you doing in my bedroom?"

I cross my arms and lean against the door. "We need to talk."

She shakes her head. "I don't want to talk to you,"

"Too, bad." I look around the room. "Do you have car keys?"

She points the keys on the table.

I move over to the table and I pick them up. "We're going out."

"No," she shouts.

I grab her arm and pull her out of the bedroom.

She struggles against my hold.

Adam steps in front of me. "What are you doing?"

"I'm taking her out. We're going to talk away from the family." I look at him. "You can come if you want."

Sasha nods. "Please, come. I don't want to be alone with her, Adam."

I let go of Sasha.

She walks in front of me with her twin.

At the car Adam sits next to me and Sasha sits in the back seat. She puts ear phones in her ears to block me out.

I turn to Adam. "Thank you for coming."

He looks out the window. "I didn't come here for you. She needs someone to be with her while you talk to her. I don't trust you, lady."

I'm your sister. Not, some lady trying to hurt everyone in the family.

I reverse the car and pull onto the road. "Where's the best burger joint?"

He gives me the directions and then he looks out the window. "If you're going to kill us this will be the perfect place for it."

I can't believe he would think like that.

I slam the brake on and pull over to the side of the road. I pull the keys out of the engine and climb out of the car.

What do I need to do to get these two to be nicer to me? They don't know me or the shit I went through growing up with the people I always thought were my parents.

I start to pace on the side of the road.

I hear doors open and the twins move over to the bonnet. They sit on it.

Adam and Sasha are whispering. She pulls her phone out of her pocket and she puts it up to her ear.

I ignore them and walk over to the cliff edge. I look at the Hollywood sign.

"Don't do it." Adam yells.

I frown.

What the hell is he talking about? I'm enjoying the view from here.

"Hurry up." Sasha yells into the phone.

Adam pulls me away from the edge. "Are you fricking nuts?"

I laugh. "I wasn't going to jump. I was enjoying the view. Who's she on the phone too?"

"Robbie,"

Sasha puts her phone in her pocket. She runs over to and pulls me in for a hug. "I don't want you to die."

I pull away from her. "I wasn't going to kill myself. I just met my family and they are everything I imagined. I missed all this while I grew up in an abusive home."

I have tears falling down my face.

Sasha wipes my tears away. "Mum, loved you. Every day you were gone she pulled away from me. She couldn't handle having a daughter. She said 'you remind me of the daughter that was stolen from me. I can't stand the sight of you.' After, that she sent Adam and I to boarding school. At boarding school that's where my hate for you grew. Mum called the other night and told us she found you."

Sasha starts crying and I hold onto her.

Adam walks over to the car.

After a couple of minutes, Sasha pulls away from me. "Let's get some burgers for lunch. I'm starving."

Robbie pulls the car over and he steps out. He walks over Sasha and I. "Are you two alright?"

I nod. "We're perfect. Sasha and I are going to get lunch. Do you want to come?"

"Yes," he moves towards his car.

Adam jumps into the car with Robbie.

Sasha smiles. "Do you know how to race?"

I laugh. "Yeah, that's one of my talents when I'm not working."

Sasha takes my hand and we move towards Robbie's car. She knocks on Robbie's window and he pulls it down. "Mikayla and I challenge you to a race."

Robbie's eyes sparkle. "Are you sure?"

I smile. "Yes, you're going down my other half."

Sasha and I run to the car and I start it up. Sasha and I buckle our seatbelts before I pull onto the road.

I look at Sasha. "Do you want me to go faster?"

She nods.

I pick up speed as we go around the corner.

It feels good to race again.

Sasha holds onto the door handle as I swerve around cars.

I see my twin in the rear view mirror as he tries to catch up with me. I see a cop car and I slow down.

Robbie doesn't see the car in time and the police siren chases him down the street. He pulls over and the police step out of the car.

I drive toward the burger joint.

Sasha and I laugh.

She looks at me. "That was great. When Robbie gets to the burger joint he's going to be pissed at us."

I shrug. "He should keep a better eye on the road. He was going for the win."

I pull the car into the parking lot.

***

At the local burger joint Sasha and I find a table in the back. She picks up a menu and flips through it.

I open mine and flip through the pages.

She looks at the door. "Should we order for the two idiots?"

I shrug. "I don't know what to get Robbie. It's sucks being a twin and knowing what to order him."

She smiles. "I'll order for him. Besides, the waiters here know our orders." She close the menu and waves a waitress over.

The waitress moves over to our table and withdraws a notepad and pen. "Hey, Sasha. Where's your brothers today?"

"Adam and Robbie are on their way. They'll have the usual. The same for me and my sister will have..." Sasha trails off.

It feels good to hear her say sister. I just have to remind myself its small steps with Sasha. Hopefully one day she'll see me as an actual sister.

"I'll have the chicken burger, please."

She writes the order down and looks at Sasha. "I didn't know you had a sister..." she trails off and frowns.

Sasha says. "Can you place our orders? My brother's won't be impressed when they get here if there food isn't on the table waiting for them."

The waitress turns on her heel and moves towards the door to the kitchen.

Sasha didn't have to be rude to the girl.

Sasha points to the door. "Look who's here."

I look at the door and see Robbie and Adam enter the restaurant.

Sasha and I burst out laughing at our twins. She holds onto her stomach and tears falls from her eyes. She wipes them away.

Our twins move towards our table and their faces are red.

I try to contain my laughter and it just slips through my lips.

Adam takes the seat next to Sasha and she lies her head on his shoulder. He wraps his arms around her. "I'm glad you find this amusing, Sasha. Robbie got a five hundred dollar fine."

I poke his arm. "That's why you need to pay attention to things around you. Don't concentrate on the win."

Sasha looks at our brothers. "We ordered already."

Adam looks towards the kitchen. "Is Rena here today?"

"Yeah, she's a nosy bit..."

Adam covers her mouth with his hand. "Don't finish that sentence. Do you remember what happened last time we were here?"

She nods.

Adam removes his hand from her mouth.

I looked at Robbie. "What happened last time?"

Robbie looks at the twins and they look away from him. "Sasha, got kicked out when Rena started to flirt with him. She could have waited until after lunch before she flashed him her..."

I cover my ears. "I don't want to know the rest of the story." I rise and Robbie moves out of the booth for me. "I need to use the bathroom."

Sasha climbs out of the booth. "I'm coming too." She looks at the kitchen door as it opens and Rena steps through the door.

She grabs my hand and pulls me to the bathroom. "I don't want to see her flirt with my brother while holding my burger and fries. It makes me want to puke."

I laugh.

Should I be worried about these girls with my twin?

Sasha pushes the door open and she walks over to the sink. She splashes water on her face.

I use the toilet and when I'm done I find Sasha leaning against the wall.

Sasha looks at me. "I don't feel well." She starts to fall and I catch her.

I call 911 and wait for someone to answer the phone.

Woman: 911, service. May, I help you.

Me: I'm at Harry Burger joint. My sister collapsed.

Woman: Can you tell me if she has taken anything?

Me: No, she hasn't.

Woman: Is she breathing?

I watch as my sisters chest rises and falls.

Me: Yes,

Woman: Check her pulse.

I feel her pulse and it feels strong.

Me: She's got a pulse.

Woman: I'm sending someone to your location.

Me: Thank you.

I stay on the phone with the woman.

I hear banging on the door. "Sasha, Mikayla open the door."  I move toward the door and open it.

Adam and Robbie look into the room at Sasha lying on the ground.

I have tears running down my face. I give Robbie the phone. "Talk to the emergency service lady. I'm going outside to wait for the ambulance." I take one last look at Adam and his face turns red."

I need to get out of the room before he explodes.

I wait for the ambulance to come and it pulls into the parking lot a couple minutes later and I show them to where my sister is lying.

They check her over before they put her on the stretcher. Her face is pale and her blonde hair is sticking to her face.''

Adam exits the bathroom with his twin. "I'm going to the hospital with her." He looks at me and yells. "YOU, I DON'T WANT TO EVER SEE YOU AGAIN."

I run to the table and pick up my handbag. I jump into my car and pull out of the parking lot of the burger joint.

I drive to Landon's mansion. The guards open the gates for me and I pull the car in front of the house.

Landon exits the house and he looks at me. "What are you doing back here?"

I make it a couple of steps before my legs turn to jelly and I fall.

He catches me and holds onto me. "What happened?"

I start crying. "Sasha, my sister collapsed in the bathroom and her twin brother hates me because he found her on the ground. I don't know if she's alright and I can't go to the hospital and face my family."

Landon kisses my forehead. "I'll take you to the hospital." His phone starts to ring and he pulls it out. He looks at the caller ID. "Mikayla, why is your phone calling me?"

I shrug.

He puts the phone on loudspeaker. "Hello."

My brother says. "Is she with you?"

"Yes, she's with me now."

"Can you tell her Sasha is awake and asking for her? Sasha won't let anyone in the room until she sees her big sister."

"I'll bring her, now."

Landon slips the phone into his back pocket. He holds me in his arms and he whispers. "I've got you."

He always has and always will.

I hold onto him like my life depends on it.

He feels like home.

***

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