Her Rogue

47. Andries Apriy-Chen

As of today, dear Diana, I consider kidnapped and killed,
But if you are not and deliberately went against my wishes
Then I did what I told I was going to do
Don't believe me? Open the box.

Your little brother Andries 
sends his regards, 

With love;
Daddy

"I WANT TO FIND ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN!" I hear my grandma scream again at the poor Office Post guy on the phone. She thought by yelling things was going to work. "I DON'T CARE! WE RECEIVED A SEVERED FINGER! HOW DOES YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE miss A FUCKING SEVERED FINGER!"

I, in turn, was talking to Filipina our lead hacker, and Dr. Hunt Senior, trying to get down in every little detail the box could contain. 

I wanted to know who's finger it was, how long was it in the box, and where the box was sent from. 

I was looking for anything right now while looking at Diana.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T HAVE KNOWN? DON'T YOU X-RAY EVERY ITEM? WE COULD'VE RECEIVED SOMETHING LIKE A BOMB?! NOW WE HAVE A FUCKING FINGER!" I hear my grandma again, her voice rising each time more. If she continued she was going to unleash her beast. 

"YEAH, I HEARD THAT YOU ARE SORRY, BUT SORRY DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE STENCH OF A SEVERED FINGER!" And there is the Alpha coming out.

"Dr. Hunt, could you please test the blood of the finger, we have to be sure that it is what the letter says it from," I ask him all in a hush, hoping my grandma was loud enough for Diana and Rosy on the other side of the hall.

"Don't bother, Angel," I turn to see Diana behind me, a blanket covering her frail body. Her eyes were bloodshot. "I know it's Andries'."

"You can't believe what Lee says in the letter, he may be just bluffing," I try,  hoping a little hope would enter her hollow face.

"It's his scent. That is my brother's scent," I raise my eyebrows surprised by her words. 

"I have a few supernatural powers too, I just thought I had better senses than the rest of the people. Apparently, it is the part wolf that played a part in those," She says looking even more defeated. 

It was heartbreaking looking at her now. Even her rainbow looked grayer than normal.

"I always thought he was joking when he would threaten my family. Like he just had a strange type of humor. My step-father had weird humor like that. He was very funny. But my dad-Lee was always rougher. I thought it was because I had brothers from another dad," She was looking at the distance, not smiling, not even blinking.

I cross my hands, trying to make me feel better, but knowing that it wouldn't work. Not with what she was saying.

"I should've known. The signs were all here. He had such a bad temper. He hated it when my brothers would be near. Always calling them mutts. I really thought it was because my mom married another man and had his children. I thought he was in love with my mom. But he isn't, I know that now. 

"He always called Andries a little monster. My brothers would always tell me things about him, like how cruel he was when I wasn't there. I couldn't believe them, cause he was always so nice to me, so kind. 

"And what they were saying was so over the top, so I didn't believe them. I once got mad at them. I told them that it was my turn to have a real dad. It was Andries that had to scream at me that Dev was really my father too," She looked up at me, facing me.