I Fell in Love with Someone I Shouldn't Have Fallen in Love with

Parents’ Past

Emi’s POV

Inside the envelope is a large quantity of documents and some photographs.

The photos are the kind of hidden photos where you usually see in dramas.

At first, I’m not sure who the person in the picture is, but he kind of looks like Papa.

Also, there’s Mama in the photo as well.

Every photo has a date printed on it, it was taken about 15 years ago.

The envelop consists of ‘Settlement Agreement’ documents along with a booklet with a title of ‘Investigation Report’ on it, as well as the name of the detective agency.

There are a lot of difficult words in the settlement document such as ‘Adultery’, ‘Person A’ and ‘Person B’. I don’t understand the meaning of what was written.

Regarding the investigation report, it is filled with details about Papa entering a place on a specific date and time, who he was with, and such.

Frankly, it is all too complicated for me to understand.

However, with a quick glance, I somehow grasped the main issue of the document, it is related to something that happened about 15 years ago between Papa and Mama. It also seems to involve terms like infidelity or affair.

In the settlement agreement, besides Papa and Mama (who uses her maiden name), there is another name in it, Miyuki Mamiya.

Could this person be Papa’s ex-wife before he marries Mama?

There are also other complicated documents addressed to this Miyuki Mamiya. The envelope itself seem to belong to her.

Why does Souji Ando have this envelope?

I actually still have a lot of paper left to look, but I don’t know when Souji Ando will come back and I’m also afraid that Mama will find out, so I decided to leave his room. Above all, I’m shaken from seeing something so terrible

I put all of the documents back into the envelope, put it inside the shoulder bag, and return it where it had originally been inside the closet.

When I return to my room, I take out my notebook and write down all of the information I just saw.

Onee-chan and Souji Ando have a close relationship, but there is no confirmation if they are actually in a romantic relationship.

Papa was married to this person named Miyuki Mamiya? About 15 years ago, Papa and Mama had an affair, and it seems that they paid compensation to this person named Miyuki Mamiya.

Currently, Mama and Papa are married.

Those documents and photos belong to Miyuki Mamiya, but right now, it is in the possession of Souji Ando.

There is a high possibility that Souji Ando’s deceased mother is Miyuki Mamiya.

Souji Ando and Onee-chan are both 15 years old this year.

I don’t know for certain from just the documents I saw today, but from the information I got from those documents, it seems that Papa had an affair with Mama, divorced his previous wife and remarried with Mama.

If Souji Ando is the child of that person named Miyuki Mamiya, then at the time of the affair is happening 15 years ago, Miyuki Mamiya and Mama are pregnant with Papa’s child at the same time.

That would be Souji Ando and Onee-chan.

Souji Ando should know everything that is written in that document.

At first, I was just trying to find out if Souji Ando and Onee-chan is dating, but I accidentally learned about something crazy.

Souji Ando is not a distant relative of mine, but he is Papa’s child just like me.

In other words, we are half-siblings.

Perhaps Onee-chan knows about this and she is getting along with Souji Ando as siblings instead of lovers?

No, it’s not that I should worry about. It’s about Mama and Papa.

Papa had an affair and remarried Mama.

The timing suggests that Papa had an affair when not only his former wife is pregnant but also Mama, who was Papa’s affair partner at the time.

And now, the two children from that time are living in the same house together.

It is very likely that Mama and Papa know Souji Ando is Papa’s child from his previous wife.

Even though Souji Ando lived so far away from us, Papa went to the trouble of taking him in. I think Papa took him in because he is Papa’s biological son.

Just a while ago, I was acting out of anger towards Souji-kun and my older sister, but now my strong feeling of disgust towards Papa and Mama is overwhelming.

Papa always acts so high and say such great things, yet he had an affair, abandoned his previous wife, and remarried with his affair partner.

Now I understand the reason why Mama treats Souji Ando as if he is her enemy. Rather than apologizing, Mama’s attitude towards Souji Ando harbours such great resentment.

I used to think that our family is just a normal and happy family, but now, I can’t see Mama and Papa in the same way as before.

To be frank, I feel sick of both Papa and Mama.

But what should I do now?

Papa told us Souji Ando is a distant relative of ours, so he probably wants to keep this matter a secret.

The fact that Souji Ando and my older sister are in a close relationship, the fact that we might be half-siblings, and even the past of Papa and Mama, all of these things are too serious for a child like me to handle.

I think it would be best for me just to remain silent and pretend to know nothing about this matter.