Miracle

Chapter XIII

Monday Morning

I was practically dead the whole night. I was so tired but my eyes wouldn't want to shut close. Dulce was fast asleep at 9:30 pm but I couldn't sleep a blink all night. It was terrible. So to not waste my time, I made lunch for us both and packed our bags. The thought of Doctor Brice's death ran through my head as if my curious nerves were going to blast open. I have to leave school early today because of Doctor Brice's funeral. I still am worried about Rylee though. The way she told me never to speak to her again, It's like she hates me... for real. I got Dulce up and told her to get ready and do her daily routine while I finish doing my hair. Today, it's a fishtail braid. I love them, simply because my teal ends look great with it.

"Let's go Dulce," I say.

"Okay!" She replies. I drop her off at her Kindergarten while seeing Rylee doing the same.

"Hey! Miracle, I really need to talk to you," She tells me. I nod in agreement.

"So, I don't hate you okay. I just had to make you not call me," She explains.

"Why? What's wrong?" I question her.

"I believe in my household, someone is not worthy of our trust is actually keeping an eye on me. If that person finds out about you, you and your sister may be in big trouble," She tells me.

"How do you know this?" I ask her.

"I think he's related to Doctor Brice's death. Right now, No one knows about Dulce's existence which is a good thing but I believe if you continue to call me and come to my house, There'll be huge trouble. It'll be better if I come to your house, and we can only speak during school," She explains further.

My heart is aching so badly. Knowing that your the reason to someones death is terrible. The feeling just kills you internally and this pain can never recover. I just... Want things to go to being alright. When mum just gave birth to Dulce and we had a great time. Why did that mafia have to come and ruin everything. Everything important. Everything I had.

Somehow, The day went pretty fast till it was lunch. I had to leave school at 1:00 pm but I had the whole lunch break to myself. I went to a quiet corner, and just sat. I didn't even take a bite of my lunch. It was just there, drowning in my tears. As much as I wanted to stop, I couldn't.

"Something wrong?" A boy asked me. I turn to see Dominic standing there, while staring at my tears falling down my cheeks. He bends down to wipe them off my face and sits beside me.

"Oh Hi..." I say before rubbing my eyes.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying? Why haven't you ate your lunch?" He asks.

"Nothing... It's just... I'm lost," I tell him.

"Lost? As in?" He questions me. There was a pounding in my heart to just express my feelings... It won't do harm would it now...?

"I feel as if for the world, I'm just useless. I'm creating trouble, like as if I'm the core of it. No matter how much I try to actually help, I just end up making everything worse. I don't know what to do anymore, life has come to that point it isn't worth living," I explain.

"I can relate. I feel the same to my father. My father, he's a rich man but with no feelings for his family. I hate him, irresistibly and I would to leave him but according to the will he made, I can't leave without being married. It's stressful cause he only thinks about himself, No one else. He makes my mother, my sister and I, feel invisible. I don't know how many lives he's ruined but truly, he's ruined our's the most," He tells me.

In seconds, So many questions have been answered in my head. Even though we didn't get along the first day, it probably would have been that he may have been mad that day. I mean he isn't mean, neither is he not caring. It's that he has too much to worry about on his own self. I gave him a warm smile. We continued talking for the rest of lunch until the bell rang.

"I need to go," I tell him.

"Oh, alright. I'll see you tomorrow then?" He says.

"Yes, but before that. Would you like to start over since our first meeting wasn't the greatest?" I ask him. He chuckles and puts out his hand.

"Dominic, Dominic Pierce, " He says.

"Miracle, Miracle Lawson," I say while shaking his hand.

I leave school after taking permission from the Principal of course. I take a taxi to the church, which is holding the event. Truly, No happiness can be gained but I'll be there. Thick or thin, I'll be there for the person who raised me to become who I am today. I get dropped off by the doors, walking into a hall of sorrow. I was told to do a speech, and by the middle of it, I was soaking wet because of my tears. As soon as my speech ended, I looked to Doctor Brice's coffin and said goodbye, forever.

A lot of people were there for his burial, but one man kept staring at me. He walked up to me and kept smiling.

"I believe your Miracle Lawson?" He says.

"Yes? But I don't know you?" I say. He chuckles for a bit.

"Let's say, I've been looking for you for a very long time you know," He tells me.

"What?" I ask.

"Savannah and Isaac's child, who'd know you'd blossom so quickly," He said while walking away.

Who was that? And how did he know my name...?