Gods Will: The City of Havoc

C - 04 Geoff Mortel

SAMANTHA'S POV:
As I clean the dinning room thoughts started to flood me again.

"Now I know his name, then what's going to happen after it?"

"Should I meet my father?"

"Where is he? and what was his connection to steph's father?"

I'm drowning in my own thoughts.

As soon as I'm done, I head towards my room first.

I sat alone in my room, staring at the blank wall in front of me. My mind was consumed by thought after thought, each one competing for my attention. I was lost in my own mind, unsure of what to do next.

I wondered if she would ever see him again, or if he was gone forever. The uncertainty of it all was overwhelming, and I felt like I was drowning in my own thoughts.

I took a deep breath, and tried to clear my mind. I refused to let my own thoughts consume me.

"I know it feels like I'm drowning in my own thoughts right now, but I refuse to let them take over. I will not give them the power to control me. I will keep my head above water, and I will find my way back to shore." I said to myself.

I walked towards my mom's room after clearing my mind for a bit.

I saw her getting something. It was a video tape.

She put it inside the tape recorder, it was now playing.

"Come sit here right beside me, you deserve to know the truth. " Samatha's mother said.

It was now playing, I will now get to see my dads face.

A handsome man started to appear on screen. He's tall, handsome and have this pointy nose. He's now smiling at the screen, he's smiling genuinely.

"Hi Everyone! -"

"That was your dad, Geoff Mortel."

"He was my first love since Highschool, and you know what's funny? I kept it as a secret sakan'ya for how many years. Your father was the type na super manhid at torpe but he's sweet and kind at the same time" Her mom said. This was the very first time she saw her mom smile.

"You really do love him, right? mom" I said as i look into her eyes. Those eyes.

"Yes hon, I really love him so much that it hurts. Every minute without him and the thought of losing him forever is too much to bear. If I could turn back time, I would do everything differently."

"I would give anything to change everything that happened and spend the rest of my days making him happy." She added.

The clip has now ended, She saw her mom smiling but you can feel the sorrow at her eyes.

She now realize that it was now her mom and dad on the screen she's watching.

"Mom I think that's enough, gusto ko lang naman makita mukha ni d-" Her mom cutted her.

"Don't worry, it's okay hon. I-i just missed him a lot." Her mom let a deep breath and then say.

"I miss him, your dad every day. The thought of him is like a hole here at my chest. No matter how much time passes or how much I try to move on, he is always there in my thoughts, haunting me like a ghost." She added and smiled.

Samantha knew that her mom was stuck in a constant cycle of grief and remorse.

Her mom walked towards her closet.

It was another video tape.

It was now playing.

It just showed a clip of her dad and her mom during their highschool days.

"This is just the start of our story.".

"You deserve to know what happened to your father."

Her mom inserted another video tape.

"It was our documentation at the zoo on Zamboanga."