THE EMERALD MISERY

7. The Memories

Present
Meredith

Sometimes, things don't go as planned.
The hell, which I thought was my home, where I walked my first steps, where I made friends, where I spoke my first words. It was all a lie. I've lived a life which was nothing but built on lies.
All the broken, unmatched, unfinished pieces of my life were connecting to each other, for the first time, I knew I wasn't worng. It wasn't me with a fault.

Amelia Matthew and Alexis Matthew

The names, repeating in my head.
Like I've heard the names somewhere.
The pictures that my uncle gave me.
The people in the pictures, they looked exactly like me.

"Amelia Matthew, she is your mother's older sister, well was her older sister. She died in a car blast along with her husband and her 5 year old son." He looked at me like he's hiding something, like he's not supposed to tell me, or I'm not supposed to know this.
"Look, Meredith, I know this will be hard for you to digest, but do you trust me?" His eyes had a glint of hope.
"Yes, I trust you" I knew something was happening in my family, I knew they were hiding something, or are they? My family, I hope not.
"What is the connection between Amelia and Alexis Matthew, and me?" What was happening.
He looked away with a deep breath  and continued.
"After they died in a car blast, Michelle and Louise, they went to their funeral, even though they didn't keep any contact with them for years. They knew Alexis had a great income with acres of land and property. Which eventually now, will be inherited by their newborn baby, who they named Harlyn, she was just a few weeks old when this incident took place. She was adopted by Michelle and Louise, so they could get all the inheritance."

But Freya was their own and was born way before this accident, and I witnessed Estella's birth, with my own eyes.

Which now, left me.

"You are, Harlyn Matthew, Meredith.

"What?" I could feel my spine shiver, the palm of my hands are sweaty.
"Meredith, please calm down, I need you to calm down"
I got up, I couldn't be calm in this situation what was he thinking.

"Listen uncle Sam, It's one of the two situations here, either you're fucking kidding me right now, or you're fucking serious, because if you're joking with me. I will respectfully tell you to get the hell out of my room right now or if you're serious then" I stretched my hand telling him to stay away from me, I take a long breath "why the fuck did it take tou twenty three whole years to let me know of this news."

He shook his head
"Calm down, Meredith, I swear if I could, I would, I would've told you everything. But I was held back by your father, please understand child, there is more, I could tell you if you just calm down, trust me"

I know he ain't fucking, he looks like he's seen a ghost.

"I'm trusting you this once"
"Please, Meredith, thank you"

He continues, and I swear I shouldn't have calmed down, I shouldn't have told him to continue.

"Your parents, as in Amelia and Alexis, their blast wasn't an accident, it was done on purpose, by Michelle and Louise, Alexis was one of the rebel group leaders, he led several companies and worked with the government. Louise ,was their prime target, the main reason why he killed your parents was, that Alexis had his hands on some of the main black businesses Louise had done or was involved in. When Louise came to know about the missing reports, he sent a few of his trusted men to kill your parents, he thought you were in the car too, and he could steal all the wealth of your parents. But you, you were at your grandmother's house that night. He killed your grandmother, and took you with him. He never told why he didn't kill you that night too, but we just know that he didn't. Instead he took you with him. Bought you fathers attorney with a few thousand dollars. He never officially adopted you, if he did, all the wealth would've gone to charity. He didn't want that. He renamed you and killed everyone who was a part of this murder, including the men he sent to blast your parents car. He even threatened to kill Pierre if  he uttered a singke word about this to anyone. He is a greedy, greedy man, kid. I came here to get you out of this prison, come with me, you could live with you nana and grandpa"

I had a lot of things going on in my head.
A lot of feelings.
A lot of emotions.
But the one which overshadowed all of the above was, revenge.

"You can go, now"
"Meredith, trust me, I'm telling you the trust" he almost had tears in his eyes.
"I know, I know, you can go now, it's not safe for you to be here."
"And for you? Its safe for you to be here?"
" You should go."
"Alexis was my brother you know, if you need any help, i will be there for you l, trust me"

I nodded.
After he left, I broke down in tears.

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I couldn't sleep a bit.
Everything was eerily quiet.
The trees were not making any sound even after being hit by the wind.
No sound of the footsteps of the guards.
No sound of any gunshot.

The only thing which was in my head, was that I couldn't so it alone. If uncle was saying the truth, I needed proof. But I couldn't drag this to court. My father had the law with him. Everything is corrupted.

I needed someone's help.
Someone who lost their own people because of these monsters.
Someone who has the same amount of grudge in their life, held for these so called human beings.
And I seem to know, the exact person who could help me take revenge on them.

Damon Allen.