𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟒

ASTORIA

Today was the day, I had to do it today. Celeste took me out of class early to go shopping for my dress. Would my father kill me? Probably but she promised to let him know that she wanted me go be with her. Hopefully I'll have the courage to ask her.

She helped me pick out two different dresses to try out before I headed into the changing room. Now was the time to start a conversation with her. "Celeste, which school did you go to as a kid? I asked

"Same school your in, why are you asking that?" She said

"Because I have a few questions for you."

"Alright, ask away." She said. I opened the door to show her the first dress. "Did you know my mother?" I asked, her eyes widened the second I mentioned my mother. Was she going to lie to me?

"Yes, I did know her. She was my best friend." She answered. Okay, I definitely didn't expect her to tell the truth. "So what happened to you two?" I said before stepping back in and trying on the second dress.

"Nothing happened to us, I still talked to her even after she got married and had you, in fact my middle name is Astoria, she named you after me." Now it makes sense on why my dad hated that name. "That's so sweet of her but wouldn't my dad know if you were friends with my mom."

"Nope, your mother talked about me a few times but I never officially met him. Even though she begged me to see him, I could sense he wasn't the one for her."

"But why." I said as I stepped out of the room again showing her the next dress. "Definitely the second one." We said at the same time. I guess great minds think alike. I returned into the room once more to change back into my normal clothes. "Your dad isn't a good person, he has done some things in the past."

"I think I already know what he did. So I wanted to know something else."

"Let me guess, why your mother's death is connected to Lorenzo's parents death." She said, I eventually got out the room and was obviously shocked. "How did you."

"I heard you and him talk alot about it."

"Ok but I still have a few questions." I said

"I can't tell you much now, we would need to be somewhere else." She said. "So how about we get this dress and a few other things and go out for lunch."

"That sounds perfect, I'm starving."

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After paying for the dress and some other accessories we headed over to a restaurant nearby and placed our orders. Once the waiter left I started asking her all the questions. "First of all, Lorenzo's parents. What was the reason why they were killed."

"I'm still investigating it but one thing for sure is, his mother used to date someone before she left them and I guess they wanted her dead. Maybe he still loved her but she could never love him again."

"So who ever that is, their motive to kill her is simply love and as for Lorenzo's father, its pretty easy to get."

"Revenge for stealing the person they loved the most." I said. I should probably be taking a few notes for this. "Alright and as for his sister."

"Well, she would have been alive but she was simply at the right place wrong time. Anything else?" She said. This was all I needed for Lorenzo's family, now I needed information on mine. "My family now. What happened between my father and my mother."

"Their marriage has been going well for a while but there were a few problems."

"Problems like what?" I said. "Rumours have been going around, rumors about your father. People were saying that he has been having affairs with other women and even had sex with one of them while your mother was in the hospital giving birth to you."

"Were they true." They sounded true to me because maybe it would explain why my father found someone so quickly after my mother died. "Most likely, so since those rumors were going around, obviously they would get to your mother soon enough."

"And they did, didn't they?" I said. She nodded yes to the question. "They ended up having a huge fight after that, she stayed at my place for a few days."

"Did she go back to him."

"Yes, she had to. I tried to stop her but she knew deep down that she still loved him and can't leave him, mainly because she didn't want you to grow up without a father." She said

"So what happened next."

"This became a routine. Fighting and making up, until one day she sent me a few voicemails. I heard them a few times but I couldn't figure out what they were about. Then a week later she was found dead."

"Did people say how she died?" I asked. "Most people assumed she died from an illness but I asked one of my friends who works in Pathology and she said she was poisoned."

You have got to be kidding me. I knew she wasn't sick, but if she was poisoned she must have been poisoned the day she died or something like that. "Could you send me those voicemails."

"Don't worry I kept them in a memory stick so I'll make sure to give it to you once we get back."

"Thank you so much, Celeste, but if I have more questions can I come to you for answers." I asked. "Of course, but remember I'm still investigating this as well so if I find any other information I'll let you know immediately." She said.

Our food eventually arrived after a very long conversation. I always thought Celeste was a threat to me. Now I've realised she's here for a totally different thing even though she's answers all my questions there's still one I couldn't bring myself to ask.

Why the hell would she decided to marry my dad?

Is it because she wants more answers for her friends death?
Or is there more to the story?

She did say my father isn't who he says he is and a few other people said it.

So what if my father is the reason why my Lorenzo's parents are dead?

Or he could be the reason my mother is dead.

Or worse

Maybe even both?

I have to get to the bottom of this soon.

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If you all thought this chapter was a bit twisted, wait till you see the ones coming soon.

And I love that Astoria and Celeste are slowly becoming closer.