Part of the Family

Chapter 28: The Dream and the Box

"Darling, you must know where you came from and who you truly are", the woman with the blurred face said to Catalina. Catalina assumed the strange woman was her real mother.

"Where do I even start? How will I know I'm on the right path to finding out who I really am?" asked Catalina.

"The answers are as clear as day." The man with the blurred face replied. She also assumed he was her real father.

"What does that even mean?" They began getting more blurry until they disappeared. "Wait!"

Catalina quickly stirred up from her sleep. It was the third time she had the same dream. What does it mean, she thought. She had to get to the bottom of this. Catalina was awake until the sun came up. She was already downstairs making herself a cup of coffee. Back in Roman's bedroom, he woke up feeling the other side empty. He got up from his slumber.

"Catalina?" He called out to her as he entered the bathroom. She wasn't in the bathroom so he assumed she was downstairs. He got ready for the day and headed to the kitchen.

"Good morning beautiful", he smiled, "slept well?"

"Not really. I keep having this...recurring dream about my birth parents. It was so strange."

"Maybe it's your mind telling you something."

"Maybe."

"Have you ever thought about finding out who your real parents are?"

"Yeah sometimes especially after finding out I was adopted." An idea popped up in Roman's head.

"We can hire a private detective to find them." This put a smile on Catalina's face.

"Thank you Roman", she kissed him on the lips.

"Anything for you", he kissed back. "What do you want to do today since it's the weekend?"

"Nothing really", then something came to mind. "Oh, I know how about we see Peter-"

"No."

"And you two-"

"No."

"Patch things-"

"No! Damn it! I don't want to see or hear from him again!"

"He's your friend", she said silently, "he's our friend." Roman then sighed.

"I just can't forgive him right now", he replied more calmly.

"Ok", Catalina mumbled. Back in Olivia's small apartment, she's been irritable and has been having headaches for the past few weeks. Ever since roman cut her off from the business Olivia had lost a lot of money which meant she couldn't afford her eye drops. She has been hearing voices that aren't there and a loud ringing sound in her ear. She called up Dr. Pryce for help.

"Hello, Dr.Pryce."

"Ah, Mrs. Godfrey, it's been a while. How are you?"

"I'm fine. I just have a problem."

"What is it?"

"Well, you see I used to take some stuff to calm down my...thoughts."

"What was it?"

"Some eye drops. They're called Sebzilla. They helped me calm down my...thoughts."

"Do you know what was in those eye drops?"Damn it, she thought.

"No, not a clue."

"I'm afraid I can't help you then. My apologies Mrs. Godfrey. If I knew what was in your eye drops I would have replicated it for you."

"That's all right."

"Have a nice night."

"You too." Once she hung up, she sighed heavily. She placed her phone down and rubbed her temples. Then she thought of something. Her family doctor might have something for her. The voices began to whisper again. Shit, she mumbled. Olivia poured herself a glass of vodka hoping it'll soothe her mind. She needed a few more refills to feel the effects of the alcohol. Back at Roman's home, Roman felt it was the right time to give Catalina the green box.

"Here", he handed the box to her.

"What's this?"

"Well, this is the box I found in Olivia's closet. I found adoption papers from your... real adoptive parents. I didn't know when to give it to you. I thought this was a good time." She felt shocked at the news. She needed answers now and she was going to find them through Olivia.