Dark Possession - Tangled Fates Book 2

Chapter 2

I sit on the coach waiting for my grandpa to return in silence with a cup in my hand staring at it aimlessly. He finally returns with a dirty piece of cloth in his hand that looks overly used its worth something my old grandpa would keep, it covers some kind of metal object inside. He looks at the object in his hand then to me, "Your mother would strongly disapprove of this, however It is my duty to give you this" I stare at him with wide eyes as he continues "This is the last thing your father entrusted to me before he left our world, I believe he would have wanted you to have it, your mother hid it for years, but it's time.. you have grown the little boy you once were, you father would have been proud". He falls silent and hands it over, I am incapable of saying a single word I take it in my hand and remove the old cloth, revealing a golden box with ancient hieroglyphics written all over, in the middle the symbolic eye of Horus, it must be an Egyptian artifact, I examine it carefully to discover it can be opened I do so slowly revealing almost hundreds of small pieces inside, I return to read the hieroglyphics but fail, "What could this be ?! And why are you giving it to me ?! And what does it say?!" I say demanding answers "Always looking for answers ehh son , that is our way of course.... Its your father's last discovery before the accident, he and I worked on it for month, but in vain we couldn't complete it, it seems to be some kind of a puzzle, but with a very high level of difficulty, as expected from ancient Egyptians, he believed we couldn't solve it because it wasn't our destiny to, but yours". "Why was mum hiding it from me?! And why now?" I ask again as not satisfied by the given ... he sighs "The hieroglyphics state that it contains a dark hidden curse, however it also contains mystical powers that will be passed on to only its solver, she feared for you its a mother's nature, I give it to you now because you are ready to follow my and your father's lead, your mother shouldn't stand it your way". I am overwhelmed by mixed feelings joy, honor, fear and excitement, I look up to see grandpa's hopeful eyes and realize this is my destiny "I am ready grandpa, and shall start immediately".
I go up to my room and lock the door behind me in a hurry and sit on my desk and light the desk lamp, I open the millennium box "This is it Yugi, your chance to prove that you are worthy of the Muto name"... I sit there working on the artifact and lose track of time, how long has it been, I am so tired, I push the chair with my legs and let the chair hold my head, I look at the clock, Its been FIVE HOURS??!!, grandpa wasn't joking this is hard and I barely even began to work on it, I bring my hand to my head to rub my tired eyes and scratch my hair thinking its time for a break, I hear a faint noise downstairs. " I am home" the voice says in distance, I recognize the voice almost immediately, I take a look at my phone to see I have 10 text messages!!, Joey sharing most of his day, like always, I send some laughing emojies or whatever, and the last two from Tea "Hey Yugi", "I am sorry about today 😔, you seemed upset, r u all right?". "Tea, I am not that sensitive any more, it happens, I will be fine" I click send as I tilt my head back, dear god she still thinks of me as the little baby Yugi who can't handle a thing, stand in line will ya!
I get up to change my clothes, but there is a knock on the door I stop and look back in its direction, "Yugi, what did i say about locking the door, what do you have to hide!". I laugh at the accusation and unlock the door and look at  deep purple-black hair, deep amiss eyes that I inherited with angry expressions with out opening the door completely, "I was just changing mum, nothing to hide" I say with an obvious sarcastic voice. "Stop that, it worries me, I would like to spend sometime with my son, change and come downstairs please". "Be right there" I replied quickly as she walks away and I close the door, I look at the puzzle pieces still lying on my desk .. "ufff , that was a close one"

There is a huge cake on the dining table its a white cake with pink frosting decoration and had huge Congratulations written with blue frosting in the middle, "Mom, you really didn't have to" I say in embarrassment but manage to smile, "Actually I have some news to share as well, I passed my doctorate exams, so technically this is for the both of us, right?!", grandpa abandones the plates on the table and run to hug his daughter, I snap out of my amazement and run along side grandpa which leads to a long family affectionate hug. we all laugh and pass our congratulations to each other. "Adam would have been proud of you" Grandpa states with staring eyes and mom raises her eyes toward him quickly"I don't think he would have had the time... that doesn't matter anyway" she says trying to change the subject drifting her attention towards me and puts a hand on me cheek giving me a fake smile that I immediately recognize, They were on the edge of divorce before the accident, that didn't reach an end or so I heard, things were just not going their way.
Dad was a committed man who simply gave his love and life fully to Egypt and found great potential in his nature to uncover hidden secrets and mysteries of ancient Egypt, however it created distance between him and mom, I wouldn't blame her she probably felt neglected and not cared for even though she was as found history as her husband and father, but she needed to be treated as a wife every now and then.... which my apparently very successful father failed at.
"Lets not dwell over the past and eat this cake and .." she is still keeping that fake smile on her face, Grandpa interrupts "And what ?! Celebrate?! Its time we talk about it, you both can't live in the shadows forever! you need to overcome, forgive in order to let go" I am not used on grandpa raising his voice, he is usually the wise, calm one. Mom snaps with eyes full of tears, anger and frustration "I can never forgive or forget him!! I see him every day in my son's face....if only he let go of his pride just this once...he would have been here with us today...he would have seen his son grow...he gave his family up...took the risks neglecting everyone's warnings...it was over in a matter of seconds for him...but we live on with pain...you are the one who need to let go father" she pants after her speech making every one fall silent with eyes on the ground, my memory betrays me forcing me to remember that damed day, it was the year 2000, during one of the excavations the cave he and his team were discovering collapsed and ended in that horrible accident and took the life of every last one of them including my father, rummers said it was the a curse, I didn't know what to believe I was only 4 years of age and I don't have much memory of it but i remember the day we were told very distinctively, it didn't affect me that much at the time, but i grew to know what it meant, I can't stop my self from remembering mother's reaction to the news.. it was horrific. She knew it won't affect me in my earlier life as she played both roles quite well, my grandfather was also there but she knew no one can replace him truly. We didn't talk about him often but I learned more in collage where every one recognized my name Muto, as in Adam muto!! the great explorer!! (sorry for the lawsy name), I didn't know of his work until then, it wasn't a shocker but I didn't think it was a such a big deal, would have been nice to learn about him from my family though...
I realize I am what holds this family together and decide to speak "Grandpa, this is not a matter to talk about today, this is upsetting everyone and we are celebrating, we will talk about it later" I cut a piece of cake and hug my crying mother from behind with the plate in my hand, she barely hugs back but takes the plate from me after wiping her tears away "This is not a day for you to cry mom,you are only allowed to cry happy tears" she smiles at my comment and sits followed by grandpa. "You know, i was suppose to be with him on this excavation, it...." I but a hand on mom's shoulder as fast as i can preventing her from completing this sentence, "Mom you weren't, that's what is important... Hehh, your fights were for my safety after all". I chuckle "It was" grandpa adds smiling and lays a hand over his daughter's.
Thank god this ended peacefully ....