BOOK 1 | Start the War

Arc 2 | Ch. 27: You Did Not Kill His Family, Did You?

Start the War

Chapter 027

"Nothing has changed...ganito rin ang itsura ng hallway na to sa huli kong alaala..."

The Lees arranged a large feast for Cheska's return. Of course, Cj invited the most important person for that feast.

Ginamit niya ang kanilang kapangyarihan para makaapak muli si Cheska sa Italy ng hindi nagkakaroon ng problema at lalong para walang pagdududa.

Kaya ngayon, naglalakad ng taimtim si Cheska at Sebastian papunta sa dining hall. For sure everyone is waiting restlessly for her arrival.

"Lees don't have time to change the interior nor the exterior," si Sebastian at inikot na rin ang tingin sa paligid. "Well, of course, not unless someone tried to destroy this place. Malabo ring mangyari because this place is, just like the Lees, concealed."

Patuloy pa rin ang pagtingin ni Cheska sa kaliwat kanang bahagi ng hallway. Picture frames are everywhere. Patagal ng patagal ay sumisimangot na ang kaniyang mukha.

"Are they planning to make this hallway a museum of our faces...?" she muttered but enough for Sebastian to hear.

"Naging tradisyon na rin nila iyan since the mistress, your mother loves to keep memories."

"Am I the only one who hates pictures in this fami—"

Napatigil si Sebastian sa paglalakad ng maramdamang nawala ang kaniyang katabi. Nang lingunin niya ito, she's looking at one picture.

Looks like it got her full attention that it made her stop walking.

Cheska's eyes are glistening as she stares at the picture frame above her. Kahit ang kaniyang labi ay marahang nakaawang.

Right after she laid her eyes at the frame, bigla na lang siyang natigilan sa hindi malaman na rason.

That's a picture of her. There's no way she would forget what she looks like when she was still a kid.

She was wearing a genuine smile when that picture was taken. Sa sobrang totoo noon, ramdam niya ngayon ang kasiyahan niya ng mga oras na iyon.

She might not remember the clear memory of it, but it just obvious from the smile she's wearing.

Nakakagulat. Kakasabi niya lang kanina, she hates pictures. But how can she smile genuinely right there?

Ano kaya ang nangyayari ng mga araw na iyon at bakit mukhang masaya talaga siya?

Was it during her birthday? Someone's birthday? What made her so happy that time?

Lumipat ang kaniyang tingin sa lalaking katabi niya. It's just the two of them in the picture.

She gasped and clenched her chest tightly. Muntik pa siyang mapaatras dahil sa gulat na naramdaman.

It hurts. It's painful. It's like someone has stabbed her fragile heart simultaneously.

"Are you okay?" Sebastian asked worriedly and went to her.

Muli niyang tinignan ang lalaking katabi niya. She feels like crying anytime. She feels like screaming only for the pain to be released.

Ang gulo. Hindi niya maintindihan ang kaniyang nararamdaman.

Her memories are finally back. The missing piece of her existence is finally found but despite that, she still feels...incomplete.

As if there is something more about her.

May kulang pa. She can feel it.

The boy's face... it's completely different from what her face shows. She saw no emotion from the boy.