The Treasured Ring AU *Marichat/Adrienette by Summer Cheng

Chapter 9 Answers?

     This part of the story is told partially from the narrator's point of view, mostly told from "Chat" that is Adrien's point of view, but their is some of the chapter told from Marinette's side as well.   As the chapter clearly states, the main characters, Marinette and Adrien "Chat"  find some answers they never once thought even possible.  

      Adrien's POV : It may take me awhile to get use to the sound of my own name again.  It has been years since I last heard it.  Adrien, why it has a nice tone to it!  It makes me wonder why Nathalie and my father were ever in agreement to hid this from me for so long?   I mean, I want answers.  Answers, as to what happened to my mother?  Answers as to how can anyone know for sure it was really Sabine Dupain-Cheng, who took her husband's life let alone the life of my father?  I mean, Nathalie did says she only heard the voices talk together, but never says as to rather she saw the woman enter the house, or not.   Beyond this, what motive could Sabine or whoever it was have for snuffing out the life of not one, but two men who were best friends of one another?

     Narrator's  POV:   Adrien looks around to see if he can find what he seeks.  He finds a few old papers, a journal, a scrapbook and an old calendar.  He really does not see what these items could possibly have to do with anything.  He decides to take a look at them anyway.

   Adrien's  POV:  I  happen upon some old documents.  I am not sure where to start.  I hesitate, what if ,what I find only makes things harder for Marinette and I?  At the same time, what if what I find is the answers we both seek?   I press onward.  It is either, now or never.  I open the journal inside as entry that has the date  May 12th of the year my father died.  This is only one day before his death.  Let's see what we have here, shall we?   

       May 12, Dear Journal,  I fear my son, will soon find out the truth. The very truth, I tried so hard to keep hidden away for so many years. I confess now!  I confess to much things among them the greatest secret of all time.  I never wanted to admit it until now, but it is time. My dear, wife Emilie and I did not always get along as well as we would hope too.  In fact, things got bad one day, she simply packed her bags and left. She went to visit her sister is what the note she left for me claims.  I knew better.  I knew the real reason she left was because she could not bear to see what the fire had done to our son, our only child, Adrien Agreste.  I tried to reason with her, but she left anyway. Soon, after that I could not bear for others to see my son is such a sad shape as he was in such hysterics after she left he hurt himself.  That  is too say, he would break things ans then use the broken items to make a tiny mark on his nose and more on the back of his hands.  I never told anyone, not even Nathalie.  I couldn't!  I had to do it to protect him, least he be put in a mental institution.  Soon, after my discovery, I called a special doctor. He was  a friend of mine a man by the name Tom Dupain-Cheng, who also was the father of my son's best friend, Marinette.  I figured if anyone could help it was Tom!  Tom took a look at him. He applied some special things to his face and then he wrapped it up in a special cloth. Then,he attached leather so black, tough leather both over his hands and facial areas.  When Tom left, I can hardly recognize my own son, that is when I begin to call him Chat!  Chat Noir, and Adrien was sad to have died.  I know it was a horrible, lie but what else could I do?   At some point, Emilie came home!  She saw Adrien all in his new look and was furious, she accused me of harming him!  Can you believe it?  Then, she threatened to take Adrien from me!  I couldn't let her do this!  Not to me, and not to him!  I picked up a small object from the ground.  I hit her with it and only meant to knock her unconsious in the hopes she would come to her senses. Well, needless to say, to my honor I accidentally killed her!  That is right, I accidentally killed my wife.  I was afraid. I cried. I called Nathalie and I told her a lie, I claimed a burglar came in, attacked us both and murdered my wife.  Nathalie never questioned me about the whole thing.  So, I felt the guilt of this for a long time. To make maters worse, there was a witness to the crime!  Marinette was playing outside and she saw what happened through the open window!  Her mother was not to happy when her daughter came home in tears. It was then, she forbid Marinette to ever see Adrien again!