It was axactly 3pm when Emil and Yvonne returned to the mansion, One was being held in a princess like manner in the other's arms as they entered the living room. Aunt Phillis who was strolling through the TV channels by that time jotted up when she saw them.
She felt something wasn't right, especially when her gaze landed squarely on Yvonne's pale face.
"The face that shone like stars hours ago, why did it suddenly become like this? " she thought to herself
"Mum, please make some soup ready so Yvonne can have some when she wakes up" Emil said these words in a low pitch, like a whisper.
"Don't worry about that. Take her upstairs" Aunt Phillis gestured with her hand pointing towards the second floor.
She was really worried about Yvonne, and Emil's facial expression added to her worry
"What could have really happened to make such a beautiful day turn sour for these two? " her mind was wondering for answers but in the end, she shook her head to shake off her scary imaginations.
Emil laid Yvonne on the bed, took off her shoes and covered her with the blanket. He sat on the bed and fixedly gazed at the petite figure on the bed
"How much did they hurt you?, How much struggles have you gone through? "
His mind went down memory lane to that day many years ago at the airport where he saw her for the first time. The girl had said that her parents were killed, but he could clearly remember seeing the little Yvonne's hand being held tightly by a very pretty lady.
'If her parents were killed, then who was that lady? ' he muttered to himself
Emil suddenly jotted up from the bed after muttering those words, strode out and hastened to his study. he didn't even close his study room's door as he was in a hurry to confirm something
He switched on his laptop, opened a program and a video popped up, he clicked on the play button and the video began to play.
The video was from many years ago, it was the video he and Daniel had acquired from the airport when he was eighteen. He had watched this video many times over the years, he had never paid close attention to anyone else other than the little girl in a pink jacket. But today, he has a different agenda for watching, and that's the lady who held tightly onto the girl's hand.
His brows knitted as he watched the lady and the girl who were approaching him, little Emil from behind, the woman and the girl looked quite similar in the video, but something fascinating dawned on Emil
The woman in the video and the twenty - two year old Yvonne who was within his reach look very identical. One could say they are twins. Just that the woman looked cheerful and the Yvonne now looked sorrowful !
"Mother was a very cheerful person, but that day.... " Yvonne's words echoed in his mind
"If she was with her mother that day, then where was her father? " Emil thought, but with this thought came the immediate remembrance of the past story she told him
He silently hated himself for forgetting.
It's sometimes like that, one don't intend to forget something but it does happen. This goes to answer the question " Can the mind be controlled?, "
"Mother planned for us to migrate to another country " Emil heard Yvonne's voice being echoed in his mind
"So, did an accident occur after they boarded the plane ? " Emil's knitted brows deepened as he searched through his brain trying to find answers.
After three whole hours, Yvonne woke up. She stared distantly at the opened glass window, she didn't blink not even once until her eyes became hazy with tears
Memories from hours ago flooded to her like a river.
"Why's the world so wicked and unfair?, why does it favour and blesses the evil ones? What did my family do so wrong to face such cruel end?, What did I also do wrong to face such unjust fate?....."
Her what and why's were unfathomable. She needed answers but no one seem to hear her.
Just like many years ago when she was left all alone and unguarded in this wicked world, she had screamed, shouted, cursed but no one payed heed to her !
As a child growing up, she had a certain point in time hated God with passion, but as she gradually grew up, she came to understand the ways of God and likewise of the devil.
She was thought in the orphanage to be good to everyone including her enemies.
But, would that be possible after everything they put her through?
The answer is yet to be known
But after what she saw today, would her answer still be unknown?
As she lay on the bed, she knew deep down that she wants revenge, and that to at the earliest but something was stopping her. Her fear in the Lord.
But revenge comes in different ways; one way is to act like them and the other is to make them bow to you !
Yvonne chose the later.
She would never be like them!
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