and had a more of a curvy figure, in all the right places of course. We both had our black hair relaxed and wore it long past our shoulders.
As we drove from the airport to Troya and Ramone's new house my reservations about being back in Chicago came flooding back. At the very least I was happy they lived on the other side of town to the one we had grown up in.
"What do you think?" Troya asked as we walked into the large foyer of her new home.
"Very nice!" I said as I looked around the room, it was spacious and tastefully decorated.
"Five bedrooms! Perfect for a family and room for guests too," Troya cooed.
Troya had done well for herself, she met Ramone at the hospital where she worked, he was a head surgeon and she was a junior nurse. It was love at first sight apparently, they were married within a year and another year later voila, she was pregnant. I was happy that she was happy but right now my mind wasn't focussed on settling down like hers was.
"I'll show you your room, come," Troya said beckoning me towards the stairs.
I followed her up nosy-ing the photographs on display in the hallway. I found myself fixated on one photograph in particular, it was a wedding photo, I picked it up from the shelf and inspected it further. What I saw shocked me.
"I would have told you Kiara but I wasn't sure if you would have wanted to know," Troya said when she saw what I was looking at.
"Mr Donovan and Mrs Penn got married?" I asked in disbelief.
"About three years ago..." Troya said.
"Wow."
"I wasn't sure if you knew or if I should tell you. I know you don't want anything to do with Eric or Thomas, for whatever reason...that's why I kept it to myself."
"They hated each other," I said referring to Thomas and Eric.
Mr Donovan was Eric's father and Mrs Penn was Thomas's mother and from what I was gathering right now, the two of them had married each other.
"Not anymore, they're brothers now, well, step brothers. Last time I saw them they were living even living together," Troya said, she was searching my face for a reaction.
I didn't know what was more surprising, the fact that Thomas and Eric were now step siblings and apparently best friends again or the fact that Troya seemed to be friendly with them still.
"I had no idea. I didn't even know you kept in contact with them..." I said, "show me this room then," I tried to change the subject.
Troya let out a sigh and kept walking until we came to the room. She opened the door and I eyed up the cosy guest room.
"Are you upset Ki?" she asked looking at me with concern, "I'm sorry, honestly I didn't think you'd care, I grew up with them as well ya know? I don't get what your deal is with them, as far as I know it's all on you."
"Why? What did they say?" I asked suspiciously.
"Nothing! Geez, don't be so paranoid. Neither of them has talked about you in years, we just don't mention you, like ever. Plus I don't see them that much, they're busy jetting around the world and running their tech company."
"They have a company together?" I asked even more shocked at the news I was hearing.
"Yeah, Lomify, have you heard of it? Well of course you have, you haven't been living under a rock."
"They own Lomify?" I asked feeling confused as hell right now.
Lomify was the biggest music sharing app in the world, everyone had it on their computers, tablets and smartphones.
"Thomas came up with the idea and Mr Donovan gave him the money to start it, along with Eric, they're both acting CEO's," she said it so nonchalantly as if it were no big deal.
"Okay...well..." I didn't know what to say at this point.
"Well what? You should really get in touch with them Kiara, whatever issue your holding onto, well, it's been ten years girl, you've got to let it go," She said fluffing up my pillows on the bed.
"Mm...maybe. Thanks for the room sis, it's perfect," I told her smiling.
"No problem, I'm just happy you finally made it
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