Egypt's Treasure ~Completed~

Chapter 3

As soon as the morning light hit the warm cold dew of the dawn I was already awake. All that happen to me yesterday keep repeating in my head and even in my dreams.

The words that mother wanted to say are very vague in the letters and I need something like a veritification or something to give me the right feeling.

I jump out of bed and grabbed my blue sweater with the patterns of cute light sky in it. The morning was a bit cold so I need the protection. Upon seeing the letter laying on the desk I grabbed it and walk out from the room, the nostalgic scent of egg and bacon on the air and the sound of spoon and glass hitting together as they stir was very serene it make me dream from the childhood days.

I saw grandmother seating at the front porch and when I call her she smiled to me and hurried to my side.

"Your awake, perfect." Her honey like smile lighten my day and it was the very thing I need to change my mind from bursting.

"Grandmother"

She glance at me as she pour herself a cup of hot water for her tea. At first I hesitate, it is not as if this is something to talk in a breakfast table. But her eyes says 'tell me'.
I took a few breath and prayed to god that I will not annoy her, she sometimes hates talking about her daughter in such things.

I slide the open envelope and glance at her with a face that was telling her that I need to know. She said yesterday about mother's lovers but the letter said something that I might not understand.

"Where did you get this." Her wrinkled brow line arc up as she saw the familiar stamp.

"Is this..."

"Yes it is from your mother to you. I should have told you" she took a sip on her tea and felt guilty already.
That guilt hit me like a arrow strike from the sky.

"I'm sorry, but I actually need to understand what mother mean."

She straighten her posture and look at me, her eyes were to mine and everything seem to not exist as we talked.

"Your mother is alive. She just travel somewhere. She said to me goodbye after they divorce to your father and told me to hand this letter to you but I could not do so in fact I lied to the whole family that she was missing and dead.

Peony I did not want you to find out any of this. But now... Your father is treating you the same pushing you to a cliff where you have no choice. "

Her eyes shows that teary look. I believed my grandmother does not wish mother to go somewhere but Time? How could a person travel in time, that's something out of books and movies.

I really want to make fun of this situation right now but grandmother looks like she was about to cry. What should I do?

I moved my chair nearer to her and hugged her, her warm hug never fades or change. "I'm sorry I did not mean.."

"Your right Peony. I cannot hide that from you."

From her eyes tears finally raise through her cheeks where I wipe them by the swipe of my thumb.

If mother does not love Father then who is that man that she crossed the time for the sake of love?

Does traveling time exist?

"Grandmother, how did mother travel? You know.. In, time"

"When she was young she was missing for 5 days but when she come back after that she told me a lot of mysterious things and very unbelievable things, she said she had fallen in love in someone in Egypt, and told me she go back in time.

At first I did not believe her and thought it was an excuse to meet someone but after a night she go back again then we found her after 3 weeks.

Then that happen she was engage to your father by the work of your uncle. "

I nod to her and glance to the envelope. Does that explain her expensive jewelry? That from the magical storage?

My eyes widen in shocked and reality hit me in the back of my head. Perhaps she was even summon to begin with.

  Oh shoot. I have read too much transmigrating stories.

My head keeps telling me this weird things then it all end up senseless.
But if I could...

If I could escape that life that was like dictated to me, can I even use this method to escape?

"Peony I would not blame you if you ever think to also travel in time, I understand your situation and I cannot also oppose such decision coming from your father.

That family ruled by politics and power also decided by their marriage. "

Grandmother said it first, she understood me. But is it really okey?
I glance to her where she look to me cupping my face to her hand in caressing it gently.

"I'll be lonely. But don't mind me." Her eyes and brows were in a strong compassion looking at me making my eyes water. "I do not want to see my granddaughter regret everything in her life. "

She kissed my forehead and that decision I was about to make was like 50/50 life choices. If I ever gonna be able to crack code on how did mother travel by using the clues she had behind on her belonging I can escape.

My brother would come here if I ever stayed and if I ever go out in this state and go to another places and country that would cause me greater money and even I'm hidden the man that I may have been promised to be engage and my father will surely hire a search party.

This is the best escape I have in my hand.

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Inside the  mothers room I searched for her stuff. The old stuff she had looks very ancient so i was wondering if she travel back in time in Egypt.

Where should I even start?
That is time, it is not like I know any sorcery or magic.
I sigh in defeat. Googling anything up online will result to anything either just some hoax.

"Don't worry my love. You'll be with me shortly."

My eyes widen. That voice again, the same voice I heard yesterday when I was also inside the room.

"W-who are you."

My voice hesitated but it felt like by reaching to who that voice is leads me to my answer and to my solution.
But it also feel like I'm talking to an air.

I only wished that I can escape this reality before father run out of patients and come to me.