Chapter 132: Chapter 132

I stood up to go get the box. No matter how much I think and touch it, I really don’t think it’s possible to be have thing inside of it because I am certain it’s empty of anything.

"What is this?" I whispered to myself and came back from sitting. I looked at the box for a long time and couldn’t remember if we had anything like this before in our mansion.

"Shit!" I tried to pull the lock but even with the next pull, it still didn’t become fragile. There is a little bit of rotten metal in the clutch as well. I had planned to hit the box in floor but I remembered that Athen was asleep. I just went out the door and looked for a rock.

I still had a hard time finding it because it was already dark and there was no visible light. Hopefully, next time they will build light in the road so that when someone passes by it will not be difficult.

I took a deep breath as I found the rock. I took the timing first before I aggressively hit the rock on the lock. The lock was not broken with one blow, so I tried it even harder and it was nice when I finally broke it.

"Who made you and why it is for me to destroy you?" I talked to myself as I proceeded with removing it. As soon as I opened the lock, I saw pure ash inside because perhaps the damaged part of the box has been gotten here.

I got up and was ready to enter when the rock hit my nail in my foot. I closed my eyes tightly in pain and looked at the stone as if it was a bad person.

"Why am I in a bad luck today?!" I no longer resisted that question to myself.

I picked up the rock and intended to throw it away but even before I could, I heard a loud rustle coming from the tree where our house was facing.

"Who is that?" I don't know why I asked that even though it could be animal or wild snake that could possibly have lost in its way. However, I stand up straight when I heard a series of crisp sounds of leaves as if someone were running. In my fear I hurried back inside.

I peeked out the window again but I really couldn't see anything. My eyes went to where I heard the sound and I heard no crackling and only heard the cricket. I just lowered the window to get rid of the fear in my chest.

I went back to the table and looked at the box. When I open it, like I saw before, it has ash. I flipped the box over to remove the dirt and when I looked at the contents, I saw an envelope. I scanned at it carefully and it was still sealed. That's why I couldn't feel anything earlier because it was just paper.

It looks like there is no owner here, so I removed the envelope and looked what's inside. Who will keep the paper in a box? It would be nice if it was the title of the house, I can still understand. I was slowly reading the paper while complaining in my mind.

However, it was as if the soul was removed from my body while reading what was written. The paper is also readable because of the tears I throw away. I can't breathe properly. My heart aches with the pain of it because it's been so long, why did I only see it now. It’s like I always want to be hurt by destiny.

I read what was written aloud to make sure that what was written there was correct.

“I don't know who to tell this to. I don't know how to start but I know that maybe when someone reads this, I don't have it or maybe this box is gone. There are only two options, it is either I will bury everything in oblivion or someone will know the truth, either way, I still want to apologize.”

I could hardly finish what I was reading even though I had finished reading it in my mind. Despite the fact that I couldn’t breathe anymore, I tried to keep going to sync everything into my brain.

“First, I want to ask forgiveness to Alphonse and Hera Salendar, especially their son. I set fire to their house because I want everything to my hands. I killed them. I knew there was no forgiveness for what I did, but I just wanted my daughter to have a good life and because they became a hindrance, I could do nothing. I know even the Lord will hate me but what can I do ...”

But no matter how many times I repeated the words written, nothing changed, they stayed that way. He confessed, he killed them all, did he also think Adonis was dead? I stood up suddenly because of what I thought.

That's why he killed my parents ...

I thought, I am the most disadvantaged of the two of us. All I believed was, he was the heartless one who killed my parents just because of his greed.

No.

I'm wrong.

All he did was for the bitterness he experienced at my parent’s hand. Everything he did should just be justified.

How painful would it be for you to see the daughter of the man who killed your parents?

How did you love me despite what my parents did to you?

Why would you rather forget everything, not make me cry or torture me so hard?

You should have just killed me before so that the pain you were feeling would go away. And you have many options but why did you choose to love me? I don’t understand Adonis. I thought then, your love is selfish.

No.

It's selfless and I'm ashamed to look into your eyes again.