Buried Within Solstice's Shadow

Prologue

Sam's Pov

I was playing with my dolls in the living room while my mom was watching the news while waiting for my father to arrive, he told us he was at work and he would be home late, we waited for days but he didn't come home. My mom tucked me to bed earlier, but I insisted on waiting for dad, she had no choice but to wait for him too.

I heard my mom trying to keep herself from sobbing as I looked up to her, seeing her fail to hide the sorrow she tried to hide. I wondered what she saw and heard from the news that she looked devastated, she then turned off the television, took the car key from the table and brought me with her without saying anything.

"Mommy, where are we going?" I asked without knowing what's happening.

"We're going to fetch daddy" She replied without excitement, and I just nodded.

We did, we really did fetch my dad, but we went home with him lying inside his casket. I just lost a dad...

I opened my eyes after hearing my alarm went off, I sighed and sat up to prepare for work, another dream about me being this clueless little kid that her father died. I've been haunted by the past, maybe because justice wasn't served, my dad died with a couple his age, it's been so long since I wondered what my father's connection with the couple was that the three of them were found lifeless together.

None of the authorities found the culprit of their death. The case took so long to be solved that they closed it because of the lack of evidences and leads for the case.

"Justice will be served, dad" I whispered as if I was talking to my dad, my thoughts were cut off when my mom yelled assuming that I haven't got up yet.

"Samantha Aoki, gising na, late ka na sa trabaho mo!" She yelled as she entered my room and saw me preparing to go.

"Paalis na'ko ma, no need to yell, I love you and take care, okay? call me if something happens" ani ko sa kanya. After losing dad, I learned how to value mom more because that's what I failed to do when he was here...