The Mystery of The New York Ghost

Bonnet

"Malikai? Where have you been?" my stepdad asks. Socrates glared at him
"Wait... Bonnet? I thought you were out of town until you could find a job?" my stepdad asks. So he does see So- wait-
"Bonnet?" I ask
"Who's Bonnet?" Socrates barks
"You're not Bonnet Libbermen? Socrates's old pal?" my stepdad asks
"I am Socrates!! What are you talking about?!" Socrates barks
"Oh... you don't remember? Did you hit your head or something?" my stepdad asks
"No, I died!! You summoned me!! That's why you can see me!!" Socrates barks, grabbing my stepdad's shirt
"Calm down, Bonnet... I can... how did you die...?" my stepdad asks
"You killed me in my own home!! You burned down that house behind mine!!" Socrates yells
"You... never had a home... you were poor so you crashed at Socrates's parents' home while he was away... I never burned down any home!! I was working at the time..." my stepdad claims
"Mom said that you haven't worked a day in your life!! She married you because she felt bad for you!! You were best friends with my dad and you killed him!!" I yell
"You and Bonnet must be mistaken-" my stepdad starts
"IF YOU DON'T FUCKING TELL US WHAT YOU FUCKING DID, I WILL POSSESS YOU AND GET YOU KILLED YOU MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!!!" Socrates barks
"Bonnet... Malikai... I need to speak to you somewhere... private..."

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"This is my home!" Socrates barks as my stepdad entered the abandoned house
"Not yours, I told you, you're not Socrates Bonesparrow. You're Bonnet Libbermen, the only poor man in the world associated with someone close to a celebrity..." my stepdad explains
"Why would I believe that?!" Socrates barks
"What sexuality are you again?" my stepdad asks
"Well... I was always aroace because I could never get laid... or get in a relationship... or find attraction towards anyone as of my death..." Socrates trails off
"If you are aroace then how could you have a daughter?" my stepdad asks
"... I... don't remember... what I was in my past life..."
"Exactly, you don't remember you were Bonnet unless you looked somewhere hidden..." my stepdad pushed the couch away from the wall and picked up a journal that was covered in ash and burned at the corners but seemed fine. Both of them opened it and read through it. I looked at the cover and saw the name 'Bonnet Libbermen' scratched into it with a black pen. At the front were remains of stickers of the aromantic, asexual, and aroace flags. There was also a 'he/them' etched under each sticker and his name. 
"I... can't be Bonnet..." the ghost mumbles with tears in his eyes
"How did you know where to find that?" I ask
"I knew Bonnet, visited him often. He would show me his latest journal entries every time he updated them. He trusted me with his secret hiding spot which is under his sleeping spot. We were like best friends," my stepdad explains
"I can't be Bonnet... this can't be... what's this?" the ghost mumbles to himself while grabbing the journal
"This is my final day in this stupid household... I can't take it anymore. Socrates is rubbing his stupid marriage in my face once again with his stupid child. What kind of a name is 'Malikai' anyway?! I can't live here anymore if his parents were just gonna talk about that stupid baby all day!! I'm gonna go find Sam and tell him how I feel. I'm finally gonna confess to him, tell him I realized I wasn't aro, ace, or aroace all along. I wanted to be with him more than anything right now. At least it'll be better than living with two old yappers talking about how I needed a wife or a girlfriend or a child... I didn't need any of that... I just needed Samuel... Samuel Michaelis..." the ghost reads in disbelief
"Oh-" my stepdad peeps up
"I never realized you felt like that-" my stepdad looks away. The ghost looks at my stepdad for a long time
"I'm not Bonnet..." he says before running off into a wall, dropping the journal as he went
"Socrates!!" I yell out
"Your father is up in heaven, I know it. Bonnet always wanted to find his purpose no matter the cost..." my stepdad says, walking out
"Oh... and I'm grounding you until you forget this or I'll cut your tongue, force you outta that school, and kill any and all friends you made..." he threatens, glaring at me from the outside before walking away. I stood there, still processing what just happened. I don't even know anyone apart anymore. Is the ghost my dad or not? Who is he? Should I even go back to Mouse's house? Do I really know Mouse anymore or are they also a lie?
"MALIKAI!!" my stepdad yells
"YOU ARE GOING TO YOUR ROOM NOW!! LET'S GO!!!" he drags me out of the house while I was still paralyzed with shock. I never spoke the rest of that day...

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"Where were you?! I was so worried!!!" Mouse exclaims. I didn't speak, I was terrified that if I said the wrong thing... I'd go with Soc... Bon... that ghost into the after life. I didn't wanna worry Mouse than they already were... I clutched the book closer to my chest, looking away in despair.
"Are you ok?" they ask. I only shook my head
"Is this about the ghost?!" I hesitated and shook my head again
"Is it your stepdad...?" they asked. I hesitated and shook my head once more
"Did he threaten you to stay silent?" I only hesitated and shook my head again
"If you're not gonna tell me then we can't be friends if you're not letting me help..." they mumbled. I started to cry... I didn't wanna lose my only living friend. They meant a lot to me ever since I first met them. I wanted to tell them everything but I didn't wanna risk them dying... I didn't wanna risk losing them in every way possible. I only hugged them
"I'm sorry... goodbye..." I sniffled. I walked away from them and went to my first class in tears