𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜: 𝙻𝙾𝚂𝚃 𝙰𝙵𝙵𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽

𝙸𝙸 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚇𝚇𝚇𝚅𝙸𝙸𝙸

Blanchette Sorana,

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A soft knock on the door fished me out of my deep thoughts. I could hear Preston's voice called me lowly from behind the door with the intention of not waking my daughter up from the noise she just created.

"Blanche, are you awake yet?" she asked again.

I sighed heavily and took one last glance at the starry night before I decided to entertain Amethyst, whatever that is that she wanted from me at this late. It's already cold and chilly midnight approaching fast. It reminds me of all those lonely nights that I endured throughout the years me and Veille got separated.

Isinara ko na nang maayos ang glassdoor sa aking likuran at nilapitan na muna ang anak kong mahimbing na natutulog. Inayos ko na muna ang kumot nitong nalihis. She's just like Veille when sleeping, ang likot likot nilang pareho.

Inayos ko na rin muna ang paghiga niya saka siya ginawaran ng munting halik sa kanyang noo bago ko nilabas ang babaeng kanina pa katok ng katok.

Nawala agad ang konting inis ko nang mabungaran ko na itong nakayuko at nakalapat ang noo sa katabing pader ng pintuan na pagod na pagod ang postura. Agad naman siyang tumingala ng maramdaman na ako sa tabi nito. Namumula pa ang mga mata at halatang walang tulog ito. Ngumiti siya ng timid sa akin bago inayos ang pagtayo.

"You should be sleeping during this hour, you know." Ako habang nakakrus ang dalawang braso sa dibdiban ko at sumasandal sa doorframe, kaharap siya. She chuckled humorously before combing her hair, seemingly frustrated.

"Shouldn't you too?" bawi niya pa saken kaya napairap naman ako rito.

"What is it? Hindi na ba 'yan makakaabot pa nang umaga at dinidisturbo mo 'ko ngayon?" ngayon ay halata na ang pagkabagot ko sa aking boses na tanong ko rito. Alam ko namang hindi tungkol kay Veille ang kailangan nito dahil nakapagusap na kami kanina sa dinner nang umuwi siya rito na hindi pa sila nakahanap ng lead kung san na dinala ng lolo ko ang asawa ko.

Pumalatak muna siya ng kanyang dila bago ako sinagot. "Si uncle, gusto ka raw makausap sa kanyang opisina." Aniya. Narinig ko pa siyang bumubulong na kay haba-haba ng oras kanina para makapag usap kame eh bakit ngayon lang daw nito na isipan na kakausapin ako eh mag hahating gabi na.

Napailing na lang ako sa inis na nararamdaman nito. I think she was woken up by someone to come and get me based on the redness across her eyeball's kaya ganyan siya kasungit ngayon. Sinamaan pa ako ng tingin nito nang hindi ko mapigilang mapatawa dahil sa naisip.

I look back at my sleeping daughter and my heart felt heavy. Sometimes, sumagi sa isip ko na kasalanan ko ang lahat-lahat na nangyari sa amin ngayon. Nagkandaletche-letche ang lahat dahil sa akin. Nadamay pa ang buhay ng ibang tao at lalong lalo na ang anak kong wala pang kamuwang-muwang rito sa mundo.

If whatever my grandfather's real motive was, I know for sure that I have the key to achieve it. I just need to figure it out. Find what was his main goals and reasons. I know that my grandfather's like mind games so much. He'll toy with you until you succumb to his manipulation-just like he did to me.

He used my grievance towards my grandmother's death and turn that into resentment and hatred towards the family that I don't really know, only by their names but not the person itself. I did regret for not finding the truth by myself but that's too late now. We had now a bigger problem to face that includes death and hopefully, justice to the fallen lives that was sacrificed because of the greed of someone.

I heave a deep sigh and shake my head softly to shook off the thoughts that keep me awake for year's now. Thinking the what if's and what could've been was already long overdue and fucking useless. I need a way or solution to end this madness of my grandfather but how? All I know is that he wanted revenge, for what?