The Ghost of You

03

Yzana

THE MOMENT MY EYES MET HER GREEN ONES, I knew that it was her. Duchess Aurora Hawking bumped into me. My eldest brother, Travis' said-to-be dead ex-fiancée was right there in front of me.

She was there, on her way to her mother, Anastasia Mercado - Hawking's office.

The moment they announced that ate Duchess was already dead before they even got the chance to bring her to the hospital, I couldn't believe it. I saw how kuya Travis broke down as tita Empress tried to comfort him.

I knew that something was off about her so-called 'death'. Her family didn't allow us to attend her funeral. Their pathetic excuse was it's part of their tradition. Tradition my ass.

Ever since that day, I did everything to investigate about the accident — but the Hawkings blocked everything from the public.

No matter what we do, no matter how much we offer, they wouldn't give us any information. Benicio and Anastasia did a very good job on faking her death. And on hiding the details and information about her death.

I didn't have any choice but to patiently wait for the right time. While days that turned into weeks, then months, and finally, years passed by, my brother, Travis got worse and worse.

He can't even look into my eyes anymore — fuck that. He can't even look at anyone's direction without getting mad. He became a workaholic. He buried his sadness and he vented his frustration out on his employees.

It was quite a depressing sight for me. Kuya Travis blamed himself for the accident, and he was angry at the Hawkings because they hid ate Duchess. It was so suspicious of them to block every detail about her death from the public.

And probably a year ago, we got some information from a very reliable source that she's still alive. She was recovering in the States. We had our men looking after her. Watching her every move from the distance until she went home here to the Philippines.

They hid herself from the name, Aura. Aura is a model under CPEI. She got everyone's attention because like what the Hawkings did to the information about her death, no one was able to get some information about her.

All they knew was her name, Aura — which isn't even her real name.

I was extremely happy that there's a chance that she's Aura. That she's alive. But my brother already gave up on her. A few months ago, my brother threatened me to freeze all of my accounts once I continue looking for her. And I was slowly doubting that instinct of mine that she's still alive. I can't risk my bank accounts for someone I'm not even sure if she's still alive to begin with.

So I had someone else do the work for me. My eldest sister, ate Katherine did all the work for me. And got the chance to be Aura's friend.

Every now and then, she'd update me about Aura. And she would share some information she has found out about Aura. That was the time when I was so sure that she's Duchess.

Out of my luck, she doesn't remember anything. She was in a coma for three years straight and she hasn't gained all of her memories yet. Meaning, she doesn't remember anything about her and kuya's relationship.

She doesn't remember anything from the past. I once asked ate Katherine to tell her about the past, about her and kuya's relationship but it was too risky. She's not allowed to be forced to remember. If she was forced to, she would have severe migrains and she would faint.