Vindicate || Devilish Sequel

Capitŭlum Quattŭor

I was getting dressed to go to work when my mum called me to her room.

She was sitting in her bed watching something in her hand. I knocked on the door and she looked up. "Come in." My mum said.

"Good morning." I said unsure if this was going to be good or bad.

"How are you feeling?" She asked me.

"How am I feeling?" 

"Yes. I mean, after yesterday events..."

I mouthed an 'oh'. "Um... Yeah I'm ok, don't worry." 

We both reminded in silence; I was looking down and I could feel her eyes on me. "I found this when I woke up and I meant to ask you if it was yours by any chance." My mum extended her hand and I took a look to what was in it; a ring. I frowned; it looked really familiar. It was silver and it had 3 turquoise rectangles. 

"I think I've seen that ring before but I can't remember." I said still trying to remember where I had seen that ring before.

"So it's yours?" My mum asked.

I shrugged. "I guess so."

She laughed and shook her head. "You have such bad memory, honey. Well, if you think you've seen it must be because it's yours. I mean, who else would it be?"

'Who else would it be?'

Oh my G- No way.

The thing that fell when I was struggling with the intruder, it was that ring. A burst of images went through my mind and I started to feel weak. It was him; Harry was the person who had broken into my house.

"Raiza, you're pale." My mum said alarmed. "Honey, what's wrong?"

"I-I just need to sit down for a little bit." I barely said. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "It must be because I haven't had breakfast." I lied.

"I'll go make breakfast then. You lay down meanwhile." She said giving me a concerned look before leaving.

I did as I was told and laid down. I looked at the ring and started playing with it like I was in some kind of trance. 

"Harry." I whispered. Before I could notice tears were coming out. I began tracing the ring with my fingertips, every single detail until suddenly my mum called me from downstairs saying breakfast was ready. It was death quiet here and her scream startled me out.

I put the ring in the back pocket of my jeans but when I was about to go downstairs I stopped suddenly. I took out the ring and looked at it. I bit my lip and then shook my head. 

"I'm going to put it somewhere else." I said. "I don't want it with me."

I quickly went to my room and opened the drawer of my nightstand and put the ring there.

When I got to the kitchen my mum was sitting at the table. "I'm going to buy more of those cupcakes today when I go to the supermarket. That was the last one."

"The last one?" I said pouting. "Aw man, I was going to take one as a snack to work." I took a bite of my heavenly delicious chocolate cupcake and smiled. "God how I love these."

"Do you need anything else from the supermarket?" My mum asked me. 

"Mmm... No, I can't think about anything at the moment." I told her. "But I'll text you if I do!" I looked at my watch and it was time to go. "Ok, I have to go mum. Thanks for the breakfast." I kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye.

Traffic wasn't that bad and I got to the bookstore in time. The first thing I did was to greet Mrs. Agnes and Mr. Gilbert who were doing some things in cash desk. Dax must have been in his office because he was nowhere to be seen. I quickly changed my t-shirt and started arranging chairs.