WITH EYES TO THINK (Completed)

CHAPTER 36: VILLALUZ ASSEMBLY (1st Revelation)

CHAPTER 36

LEIGHTON WAJEEH

PAGKATAPOS NG nangyari noong Acquaintance Party ay nagkulong ako sa kwarto. Even my mom could barely talk to me. Ilang araw kong pilit na i-absorb lahat.

Bakit? Bakit pareho sila ng mata? Si Eun-ji ba ang pumatay sa daddy ko? Iyan ang mga katanungan na gusto ko ng kasagutan. But I don't know if I can handle the truth.

Today is the Villaluz Assembly. Isang especial na araw para sa mga Villaluz and relatives. This is the day that everyone will finally know me as a Villaluz, the heir of the richest family in the whole world. I'm not exaggerating. You heard me right.

Iyan ang pilit kong iniisip ngayon. Hindi ko nalang muna inintindi sa ngayon ang patungkol kay Eun-ji. Maybe I will resume my investigation after this assemble... alone. Yes, I will seek justice for my father alone.

Without their help.

Then suddenly, I heard three knocks from the door of my room. "Leigh, my son... are you done packing your things?" sigaw ni Mommy sa labas ng aking kwarto.

"Almost, mom," sagot ko naman while fixing my suit up in front of the stand mirror. A mirror providing a reflection of someone they want me to be. A man in a formal black and white clothes, standing so tall with integrity and power. But that's a little different from what I really want.

Someone might think that I am over reacting. No, this is me acting reasonable. This is not royalty or monarchy of old ages in South korea or United Kingdom, this is a modern recognition of the world's wealthiest family. Basically, grandest than that two. Kaya ganun nalang kalaki ang expectation ng mga tao sa akin, especially mga relatives namin.

Speaking of grandest, if you are thinking that the Villaluz Assembly will be held somewhere grand place like one of the western countries, then you are wrong. Ang Villaluz Assembly ay magaganap sa Questas Hotel. Remember the Questas Forest---kung saan kami pinapunta ni Ms. Gomez para sa kanyang kasal? Doon, may malaking hotel. And that hotel is owned by the Villaluz. My dad, according to my mom, was the one who named that hotel. Well, not questionable at all. From the name itself, 'Questas' katunog ng salitang 'Quest'. It is somehow connected to detective thing.

Questas Hotel, such a cheap place for a grand occasion, you might think. No, Questas Hotel is not just a hotel. It was the place where everything started. The wealth, the generation, and the reputation. It all started there. Kaya ang maliit na lugar na iyon, ay may malaking lugar sa puso ng aming pamilya.

After saying that two words, I heard mom's foot steps walk away from the door of my room. Hindi na siya nagsalita pa hanggang mawala sa aking tenga ang kabog ng kaniyang heeled shoe.

If I am tense, she is also for sure. Looking at the sweat trying to flow down on my forehead, the dark circles around my eyes that I got from not sleeping well last night, and my pale lips. Those signs symbolizes how tense I am. This, however, ay matatapos at the end of the day. So help me, God.

Nang dumako ang mga paningin ko sa reflection ng aking relos sa salamin, it is already 4 o'clock in the afternoon. And we will go to the Questas Hotel at 5 since magsisimula ang event at 6 PM.

After fixing myself, I went to the bed to pack my things. Mom said pagkatapos raw ng Assembly dito sa Pilipinas ay pupunta kami diritso sa Europe, where my grandparents are waiting. Yeah, hindi pupunta sina Grandpa and Grandma dito sa Pilipinas pero all our Villaluz relatives will be there at Questas hotel para i-introduce ako.

Kung baga, doon sa Questas Hotel, magaganap ang Villaluz Assembly kung saan ako ipakilala sa buong mundo via medias. Pagkatapos ay doon sa Europe magaganap ang engrandeng salubong sa amin and we will stay there for a week. Sa pagkakaalam ko, ako lang ang Villaluz na i-introduce ngayon dahil walang binanggit na iba si mommy, that explains sa kabang nararamdaman ko. Imagine, gagawa sila ng engrandeng occasion para lang ipakilala ako, and me alone?