Alia came back carrying a bunch of keys in her hand.
"Thank you Alia. You can go back to your station na." I said so lumabas na sya.
I tried to search for the mysterious key of the dad's drawer and luckily, nahanap ko sya agad.
Binuksan ko agad yung drawer and I found a black book.
GRAYMARK'S DARK BOOK
Owned by: Graymark Family
Dark book? Ng family namin?
Why not mom and dad didtell me about this?
Anong laman ng book na 'to? Why is it entitled dark book?
Binuksan ko agad yung first page.
"This book is can only be seen and opened by the one who is a genuine Graymark. –Percival"
Who is Percival? Is he our great ancestor?
A lot of questions have popped out of my mind.
I need to read this.
Kinuha ko yung bag ko at lumabas ng office.
"Miss Isabelle san po kayo pupunta?" tanong sakin ni Alia nung makita nya akong papasok ng elevator.
"Gonna do something."
Pagdating sa flat ko, naghubad lang ako ng sapatos at naupo sa couch. Kinuha ko yung libro at binuklat.
This looks like a diary.
I can't understand the words written on the first page. It's not French or Italian. But ang title is 'Enchantment on How to Summon a Greater Demon'.
Created by Percival Graymark.
I read the next pages and I'm so surprised.
My great grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts, uncles and cousins had their entries written here. They have written about the things they desired the most, how they summon the demon, and they also wrote the name of the demon that has appeared. And this ritual started since 1700s according to the first entry of Percival Graymark.
Leviathan, Lucifer, Sammael,Abbadon, Belial, Asmodeus, Mammon, Beelzebub.
Yan ang mga pangalan ng mga demon na tumupad sa mga hiling ng mga kalahi ko.
It was almost 7pm nung ma-reach ko ang last page na may sulat. Sa kasunod na page ay may parchment na nakaipit.
But mas lalo akong nagulat nung makita ko ang entry ni Dad.
1994.
Ivo Graymark
The demon Azazel appeared after we summoned him to grant our greatest desire. We want a child. Azazel gave us a one. A baby girl. But in one condition, the baby he gave will be given back to him when she reached the age of 22. And we named that baby, Isabelle.
A tear fell from my right eye. So that's why mom and dad always wanted me to be nun. That's the reason. They are protecting me from him.
Kinuha ko yung parchment na nakaipit sa next page.
Our Dearest Isabelle,
If you found this book and this letter, it just means that we're already gone to explain things. We want to apologize for what we've done. We're just so desperate to have a child and your dad has no choice but to summon a demon. We're very sorry Isabelle. Hide as long as you candearest one. We love you. So much and always remember, you're our daughter. NO MATTER WHAT. You came from your mom and we raised you.
Love,
Mom and Dad
I am crying after I read the letter.
I came from a demon? He made me? How come? He's a demon! He can't create life!
Only God can!
I stood up put on my shoes. I need to drink. I need to wind up. Masyado lang siguro akong nasaktan sa nangyari kay Mom at Dad. That's why I'm hallucinating.
Oo tama. I'm just hallucinating.
And I need to go to a bar.
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Wild people, ear splitting music at people dressed in their sexiest clothes ang sumalubong sa akin sa Pandemonium Bar.
May mga nagme-make out na sa dance floor, tulog sa mga upuan at nagse-sexy dance sa ibabaw ng mga table.
Dumiretso agad ako sa counter and got myself a whiskey.
I know that whiskey is a hard drink but I don't give a fuck. I want to forget everything as of now.
I want things to go back the way they used to be before.
Yung masaya kami nila dad. Yung hindi ko pa alam ang lahat ng ito.
After I finished the last drib of my whiskey, I turned around, nag-iisip kung makikipag-sayaw ba ako.
Paglingon ko sa may entrance, I saw a guy. A very handsome guy indeed. He's so tall and he had blonde hair. He's just wearing a polo shirt, rolled up to his arm.
Shit ang biceps. Ang laki. Ang gwapo nya!
It seems like nakalimutan ko lahat ng iniisip ko nung tumingin ako sa kanya.
Surprisingly, tumingin din sya sa akin. But instead of averting my gaze, nilapitan ko sya at hinila sa labas.
Shit. He's so fucking gorgeous. What the hell.
While he was busy looking at me, hinalikan ko sya bigla.
I snaked my arm in his neck to deepen the kiss. And I'm so glad he's responding the way I like.
Fuck it. This guy turns me on!
Hinila nya ako papunta sa kotse nya, which happened to ba a Cadillac, same as mine. Pagpasok naming dalawa, we continued the kiss we were savoring a while ago.
But then, after a few minutes, it was him who broke the kiss.
I was still catching my breath when he spoke.
"Let's continue this at my place, Isabelle."
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