Lexus felt as if all his life had been a big lie as he continued hearing Ramon's words.
Actually, Lexus didn't really listen to what Ramon said after learning the person named Leon Dawson was his father. That their mother had a relationship with the man and that he, Lexus, was their child.
It felt like listening to the outline of a cheap novel that made no sense with far-fetched twists.
It was unfathomable how Lexus's perception of his own family, Ramon and Lis, instantly changed, with just one sentence from Ramon.
The problem here with Lexus is; he always believed what Ramon said. Whatever that is. Ever since they were little, even when Ramon lied to him, Lexus still believed him.
Therefore, it was hard for him to start doubting what his brother said now. Not in the face of such a big secret.
Ramon rarely even joked about trivial matters, so there was no way his brother would start with such a big issue, especially when his pregnant wife had been kidnapped and her whereabouts were still unknown.
"Are you sure about what you said?" asked Lexus when Ramon asked if he was okay.
There's no way he'd be okay. Even now, Lexus felt his head spinning rapidly. He didn't even realize that they had already arrived at the building where Ramon was holding Leon.
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Had this not happened, then Ramon would not have wanted to be the first to break the news to Lexus, or if possible, this would not be a priority for Ramon.
Not because he didn't care, but because nothing would change even if Ramon knew this. Lexus is still his little brother and nothing else will change that fact.
However, what was happening now, complicated things and Ramon resented the circumstances which made him the person to deliver this news to Lexus.
"I hope you're joking," Lexus said, his voice an incoherent mumble. "You know, when two siblings tease each other, the older brother will tease his younger brother by saying that he is an adopted son. Kids always joke like that…"
Lexus would babble on obscure things like that to hide his own feelings, because then he could think that the facts in front of his eyes were not very real.
But, Ramon pulled him back to the reality he had to face.
"We are not children." Ramon cut off Lexus's incoherent rambling with a firm sentence. "And I never used that as a joke to prank you."
"Yeah, because you've never bullied me like a big brother," Lexus muttered. He didn't even know what to say anymore or how to respond to all of this, because he was too confused about how to deal with all of this.
"We have to get down and you can meet him," said Ramon. He then got out of the car and because Lexus did not follow him, Ramon then walked to the other side of the car and opened the door for Lexus.
"This is the first time you've done this to me," Lexus muttered. He then got out of the car. "Is it because you feel bad for me, because I am the child from our mother and another man's affair?"
"Stop saying that," Ramon growled. "There's something else I want you to do," he said.
"Meeting the man," Lexus replied gloomily.
Then the two of them walked toward the building, in the basement of which Ramon kept Leon.
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