Chapter 11: The Secret I Wasn't Ready For
Keifer's POV
I wasn't looking for her.
I swear I wasn't.
It started because Rory wouldn't stop talking about Jay's old school again.
"Bro, her records are clean after that incident," he said.
Erdix added, "Family background is private though."
Private.
That word stuck.
So after class, when everyone left, I stayed back.
Curiosity is dangerous.
But I've never been good at ignoring it.
I searched deeper.
Old archived photos.
Inter-school events.
And then—
I froze.
A picture from three years ago.
A girl standing on a stage.
Smiling.
Holding a debate trophy.
I knew that smile.
I knew those eyes.
My chest tightened.
It couldn't be.
I zoomed in.
The surname.
The full name.
The same last name as Jay.
No.
That's common.
I scrolled further.
A family picture from an old community event.
The same tita.
The same cousin.
And between them—
Her.
My first girlfriend.
The one no one in Section E talks about anymore.
The one who left.
The one who ended things without explaining.
Jay's sister.
My hands went cold.
That means—
Jay is her sister.
And judging by the age difference…
Younger.
Much younger.
I leaned back slowly in my chair.
This is not coincidence.
This is something else.
I went deeper.
Old comments.
One line stood out.
"After the family issue, they stopped mentioning her publicly."
Family issue?
Another forum.
"Some relatives kept the younger sibling unaware."
Unaware?
My jaw tightened.
Jay doesn't know.
She doesn't know she has a sister.
Or maybe…
She was told something different.
I ran a hand through my hair.
This is bad.
This is very bad.
Because the girl I once loved—
The girl who disappeared from my life—
Is Jay's sister.
And now I'm standing in front of Jay every day.
Arguing.
Laughing.
Calling her "wife."
If she finds out—
She'll think I'm playing with her.
She'll think this is some kind of revenge.
Or worse—
She'll think I came near her on purpose.
I didn't.
I swear I didn't.
I stared at Jay's desk from across the room.
The way she sits straight.
The way she doesn't flinch.
The way she studies people before reacting.
Does she really not know?
Because if she did—
She would've mentioned her.
She would've reacted when someone said her surname.
She would've known why I went quiet for a second when she told me her full name.
She doesn't know.
Which means—
I'm the only one in this classroom carrying this truth.
Yuri's voice snapped me out of it.
"You still here?"
I quickly locked my phone.
"Yeah."
He looked at me suspiciously. "You look like you saw a ghost."
Maybe I did.
"Nothing," I said.
He shrugged and left.
I stayed a little longer.
Thinking.
If I tell Jay—
Everything changes.
If I don't—
I'm hiding something huge.
But until I understand why her own family kept this from her…
I can't say anything.
Not yet.
Because Jay?
She fights when she feels betrayed.
And if she thinks I knew this all along—
She won't argue with me.
She won't roast me.
She won't even look at me.
She'll shut me out.
And for some reason…
That scares me more than any rumor about her past.
Tomorrow—
I'll act normal.
I won't tell her.
I won't change anything.
But now, when she looks at me—
I won't just see the girl who fits Section E.
I'll see the sister of the one who once broke my heart.
And that?
That changes everything.