Chapter Sixteen

Book:Impossible Mates Published:2024-5-1

We drove for around 20 minutes in silence, I just stared out the window, does Ryan really think I’d do anything like that? He must not trust me, I mean yeah it feels strange that I’m mated to my own brother, well who I thought was my brother, but that doesn’t mean I’d do anything with some random guy.
“You okay?” Harry asks breaking me from my thoughts, he looks over at me briefly before turning his attention back to the road.
“Yeah I’m fine” I sigh resting my head on my hand continuing to stare out the window, “Ryan thinks there’s something going on between us,” I say which makes him look at me shocked.
“He does! He should know that I’d never do that to him” he says still shocked but a hint of anger, which I understood why “I’m with Martha, he knows the crap her and I have had to go through, why the heck would I just throw that away” he asks, fully annoyed now slamming his hand down on the steering wheel.
“You can’t blame him for thinking it though, we are acting shady,” I say but he just shakes his head, turning corner rather sharp. 
“I’m just helping you find you’re parents that’s all, he’d be annoyed if I was totally blanking your existence,” he says as the library building comes into view, it was now dark which caused the building to look ten times scarier. 
“Remember we’re mates,” he says as we pull up right in front of the building, none of the lights were on but one at the very bottom. 
“Yeah I know,” I say taking my stuff making sure to get my phone, but I turn it off cause I know Ryan’s gonna try to call me.
We climb out the car making our way into the building, on the way Harry holds his hand out where I just stare at him for a second, but remember about us acting like we’re mates. I slowly slid my hand in his hands as he stops at another door that wasn’t the entrance. 
“Reece it’s us,” Harry says, a few seconds pass before the door opens by a smiling Reece. 
“Come in quickly,” he says opening the door wide so he could quickly walk in, he looks both ways before shutting it.
Harry still doesn’t let go of my hand as he leads me into the small room from before, but this time his desk was full of files, once we’re all in Reece closes and locks the door.
“No one can know I have these files,” he says placing the key in his pocket walking over to his desk, wow creepy.
“What if people find out?” I ask, which makes him look up at me with a serious expression. 
“You, me and my buddy who gave me these, would be in huge trouble, now I was able to get a hold of these records, in these files are every kidnapping from around the time you were born to when you were about 3,” he says opening a few of the files passing them to us, wow there’s a lot of families missing their loved ones “now you said you’re name used to be Yasmin, it would be much easier if you remembered your surname but it’s fine, it’s doable,” he says as Harry turns to look at me taking the files out my hands. 
“Why don’t you take a seat on the sofa over there and try to think back, see if you can remember it,” he says walking me over to the sofa sitting me down  “we’ll stay as quiet as we can” he smiles walking back over to the desk. 
I lay back on the sofa with my eyes closed and try to think back, I know my first name was Yasmin, all I need to know is my last name that’s not so hard…… I think.
I was sat on a blanket in the middle of a huge garden, having what looked like a tea party with some teddy bears, I was giving them drinks and cakes laughing, when behind me I could hear voices.
“Isn’t that Lukas and Melissa’s daughter?” a male voice asks, who’s voice I knew so well but couldn’t figure out who it belonged to.
“I think it might be,” a second voice says, this time it was a women’s, which again I knew so well but I couldn’t figure out where.
I was giving my teddy bear a cake when someone bends down beside me, I look up and soon realise where I knew the voice, it was my parents, well Ryan’s parents.
“Hello sweetheart,” my mum asks smiling down at me, while my dad stood behind her holding a little child that looked a little older than me. 
I just stare up at the women but go back to my picnic as a man walks out towards us.
“May I help you?” the man asks, I obviously knew him well cause I stood up holding my hands up for him to hold me, which he does.
“Yes we are here for a meeting with Lukas Bennett and his wife Melissa Bennett,” my mums tells him, rising to her feet while I cover my face hiding it from them.
“Yes they’ve been waiting for your arrival, miss Taylor will escort you there,” the man says as another woman walks over, who looks like a maid or something.
They smile following the lady, I only left my head up a little as my dad walks passed, the child he’s holding makes eye contact with me.
Ryan. 
I sit up from the sofa looking towards Harry and Reece, who were still sitting at his desk. 
“Bennett, my name was Yasmin Bennett,” I say looking over at them, Reece just looks at me then away again.
“I know that name, where do I know that name from?” He says rising to his feet pacing thinking, I swing my legs so they were back on the ground as the door started to knock making us all look at each other.
“Are you expecting anyone?” Harry whispers looking towards Reece, who was slowly and quietly making his way to the door.
“Yeah I’ll just throw a party at the same time I’ve got documents I’m not allowed,” he says, I just look towards Harry, oh no.