Mated To My Stepbrother-Chapter 56

Aria pov

I was stunned by the text message. I couldn’t believe what I saw. Who could this person possibly believe, and why would he be telling me that he was the one who attacked Maya? I initially felt scared but decided to calm my leg down a little.

Not until I got another message from this same person. "Do not be scared; I am just trying to protect you."

Was the message? I dropped the phone on the bed immediately and sat down beside it. I couldn’t believe it! I wondered, who would it have possibly been just then?

My father’s name occurred to me, but staring at the number, I found that it was a private number and not the same number my father used to call me and text me, so I was a bit calm.

Whoever this person is, at least, does not know I was in this hospital. Just then, I felt like it was Jaxon recalling the words from Jaxon. I suddenly felt like he might have been the one who would have done this to Maya, and Timothy was the only one who was aware of the injury I had, and Timothy had gone there to beg Maya, not to take or press charges.

I knew it could not be Timothy. Just then, I realized Jaxon had told me all these stories about what happened.

I saw people gather in front of the door and even a text message from a mysterious person, I could not tell if it was my father or just another stranger trying to make my life miserable. Still, I had not seen any of these things with my eyes.

I picked up my phone despite being scared that the stranger might call me again and opened the message; I went directly to the internet and the school dashboard only to see it was Maya’s topic being talked about. I opened the picture and was so shocked at how badly she was injured. This injury was even surpassing mine.

At first, I felt so much pity for Maya, but I did not want to know the kind of spirit that entered my body.

I tapped into the comment section just after I had finished, liking the post only to see that the comment section wasn’t even about Maya at all but was about me. Everything about that comment section, from head to toe, was about Aria and Aria. I felt so confused; why would it be just about me?

What had I done wrong to someone that they would blame me like this? It wasn’t like I was there or they had a picture of me beating her up. Or could it be that Maya made a statement claiming I was the one who did this to her?

I felt a mix of annoyance and disgust towards some people who accused me of something while I was absent from school. I couldn’t understand why they would blame me without a valid reason.

As I scrolled through the comments, I saw Timothy’s blank message, followed by negative comments about me. Some even called me a backstabber and advised Timothy to stop supporting me.

I was taken aback by Timothy’s involvement, wondering if his comment was negative. Jaxon suggested I apologize, but I was unsure whom to apologize to and why I was being blamed.

After taking a few minutes to reflect, I decided to write a comment on the school dashboard. I wanted to apologize to everyone and clarify that I was still in the hospital.

I quickly took an adorable photo of myself, making sure to show the bandages on my body, and posted it along with a polite message. I felt grateful that I had the opportunity to apologize directly to everyone.

As soon as I sent the message, comments started flooding in. Some were negative at first, but others appreciated my apology. There were even those who accused me of faking my injuries.

Staring at all, the hateful comments coming in within these few seconds of what I had posted made me so angry and enraged. I felt like I could pour all the anger.

I had come out with evidence that I was in the hospital and tried to let them know that I was in a complicated matter and would never be able to do anything to Maya, but yet, they decided to believe what they think is right to them. This was just so unbelievable and frustrating.

Just as I was about to give the main comment, the hospital door slowly opened, and the doctor and Jaxon walked in. Jaxon seemed hesitant as he stared at his phone before walking towards me, dropping his phone on the bed.

"Why did you do this," he asked me. I was a bit puzzled, not understanding why he was questioning why I did what I thought was right.

"Because that was the right thing to do," I said to him,

He began to chuckle while the doctor just silently stood there watching the both of us.

"You were meant to keep silent. I was going to take care of this."Jaxon yelled at me, but I stood up.

"Sometimes, I also needed to talk, and this was the perfect time!! So do not yell at me!" I yelled back,

For a few seconds, we both stared at each other, unable to see anything as we were both out of words.

I had just yelled at him for the first time since we became so close to each other. The doctor noticed the weird atmosphere and quickly pressed the emergency bell, and some nurses rushed in with scissors and other things. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

I knew it was time to cut down the hair. I sat on the bed and looked away from Jaxon. He also said nothing to me and stood in one corner without wasting time. I began to feel the scissors cutting through my hair as I held in my tears.

I began to cry and it was not because I thought that I was going to feel so much pain losing my hair but because I felt like I was losing Jaxon and Tim at the same time.