Psychophatic Love

Chapter 9: Inside

Clank, clank, clank

Sounds came from the treasure box as Eve shakes it. Wondering what it is, she tried to unlock it but didn't know how to, there was no key and the treasure box was something that she couldn't bear to destroy due to its origin.

"What did Raphael even put in here?" She raised a brow and stared at the treasure box once again, studying the designs carefully, there might be a clue or some sort.

Turning, shaking, looking and even feeling it didn't help at all. Sighing she placed it at her table and gave up for now.

She walked out of her room and went into the kitchen where Shakira was preparing dinner.

"Is their something I can help with?"

"Oh, can you please help me serve the dishes, it would be a great help"

"Sure!"

"Then I'll go call them for dinner"

Shakira wiped her hands with her apron as she removes it and went into the living room the call them for dinner. One by one entered and sat on their chairs as Eve and Shakira distribute their plates and spoons.

"Thanks" Alfred and the others thanked them while giving a smile. Eve was about to smile back when she noticed Clayton avoiding eye contact with her when their eyes met.

Eve sat beside Clayton and it seems it caught him off guard making him flinch a little.

"Is there something wrong?" She couldn't help but ask as she stares at him, thinking that she might have done something wrong that she didn't know of.

"No, nothing, I was just startled that's all" Clayton gave an excuse as he ignores her stare and started to eat and focused his gaze on his plate.

After this they all started to chat happily as they recall the things that happened during their time together in the past, they laughed, they joked and teased each other as they recall their memory while Eve just listened and laughed along as she listens to the stories they were telling.

Though it might seems like Evangelica was out of place in their discussions she didn't feel it at all like that and was instead happily listening at the side while laughing quietly along side them.

She wanted to feel the feeling a family was having as they discuss their lives and wanted to treasure it even though she wasn't included in it, she was already satisfied with something like this. She wanted to treasure this feeling and feel it as she still has the time before she might be gone.

The night passed with that and morning came. Eve woke up earlier than usual and decided to take a walk for a bit since the others were still asleep. As she wore her jacket she noticed the treasure box in the table and took it with her as she headed out.

There were still a few people in the street since its still early in the morning. Eve walked slowly while viewing the ocean and headed there. After a minute she already reached the place, she sat down on the sand and took the treasure box out of her pocket. Once again she continued to examine it.

She sighed, thinking about the possibility that the box wasn't from Raphael and just something that had been thrown into the ocean.

But then again, thinking back, the designs on the little treasure box was without a doubt the logo that symbolizes the family.

She sighed once again. It wasn't only the designs that bothered her. It was the feeling that she was having, the feeling that something important might be inside the treasure box, and she hated this feeling.

She didn't hate it because of this though, she hated the fact that every time she feels likes this or gives off a hunch. It is, without a doubt, correct.