“What is going on? Why do you look like someone died?” he asked.
“You guys know how I got a call from Skylar last night before we went to bed and she asked me to get Jessa’s insurance card?” We nodded yes and he continued, “Well I had to go through a shit ton of boxes to find it. Which I don’t fucking understand the purpose of that either but whatever. I found something that might change everything we thought we knew about Malia.” his voice was down to a whisper by the time he was done.
“Ryder if this is about Malia why aren’t you telling her first? Don’t you think she will be mad to find out we kept this from her?” Asher questioned.
“I just don’t know if I should even tell her. She is so happy right now I think this information has the power to hurt her. Bad. I am so fucking confused and I wish I never even fucking found what I did.” Ryder answered. Fucking shit what the hell could he possibly have found that could do that to Malia? And why did Jessa have anything to do with Malia anyways? There were so many questions running through my head right now. I heard something being thrown on the table and I see it was a clear folder. It looks to have some official document in it from what I could see.
“Ryder I really think we should tell Malia about this first. This doesn’t fucking feel right at all.” I almost yelled at him because this feels wrong on so many levels and I know Malia was gonna be pissed at us. Ryder didn’t budge at all. Fucking fucker I was so fucking angry at Ryder right now.
“What the fuck is it Ryder? Out with it already!” I told him trying to keep the anger out of my voice.
“It’s her fucking birth certificate.” My stomach was sick thinking about this.
“What is the big deal Ryder?” Asher insisted.
“It says that her mother is Helen Jones. You know who that is, don't you?” he asked us.
“It is Skylar’s fucking mother!” Ryder yelled.
I go around the island in the kitchen and grab Ryder by his shirt throwing him against the wall.
“You need to quiet the fuck down. You don’t want Malia to hear do you? I didn’t think so now how about we all take a breath and figure out just how we are going to tell her this.” I grumbled out. Letting him go I sat down on one of the stools when I heard footsteps coming down the steps.
“Fucking hide that for the time being damn it!” I whispered to Ryder. Malia ended up going down to do her laundry thankfully giving us a few extra minutes to figure this out. I really didn't know if this information was going to hurt her or help her find closure.
“When should we tell her?” Asher whispered. Malia ended up coming into the kitchen a couple minutes after Asher finished that question.
“I don’t want her to be mad at us guys. She has been through enough,” he continued.
“Asher shut the hell up for right now.” Ryder whispered at him. We heard Malia close the fridge and she turned to look at us.
“Well, what the fuck is going on you three? Spit it the fuck out!” she spat at us.
“Malia baby please sit down.” I suggested.
“No just fucking tell me damn it!” she yelled. Sighing Ryder explained that he found her birth certificate in some of Jessa’s things. “What well let me see it!” she demanded.
“Malia you need to understand this information is going to change your life. This tells us who your mom is. She is a lot closer than anyone ever knew.” Ryder blew out a breath and continued, “Malia, your mom is Helen Jones. This means that you are half-sisters with Skylar.” As soon as the words left Ryder’s mouth, Malia passed out on the floor.
“Fucking shit Malia!” Asher shouted and ran over to where she dropped to a heap on the floor.
“Come on baby. Wake up you will be okay.” I told her trying to comfort her even though she probably couldn’t hear me. Asher picked her up and brought her into her room to lay her on the bed.
“What the hell do we do man? She is gonna be so hurt when she wakes up. I can’t handle seeing her hurt like that. This shit is going to change everything she ever knew. Her whole life is going to change.” Asher sounded like he was pleading to us.
“I honestly think we are the least of her problems right now. She is gonna wake up and have all kinds of emotions going through her. We will just need to be here for her the best we can.” Ryder told us. We heard Malia groaning and she sits up slowly and looks at us.
“Let me see it. I need to see it for myself,” She asked us. Shit was about to get complicated.
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I honestly couldn’t even imagine what Malia was going through right now. Seeing her hurt like this was killing me and I know the guys as well. Unfortunately there wasn’t anything that would make her feel better until she did what she thought was best for her. The only thing we could do was be here for her. If I knew anything about Malia it was that she faces her battles head on. I was pretty sure that she was going to go to Skylar’s house and confront Helen.
“Did any of you know about this?” Malia asked us with shiny eyes.
“Fuck no I would have told you as soon as I found out. Do you really think we would keep something like this from you?” I ask.
“I don’t know honestly. There are so many unanswered questions running around in my head right now. I don’t
