"What scared me the most was that my dream is an indistinct memory I want to forget and remember at the same time"..... Ruth Robert
Adriana's POV.
I looked around and I saw streams of people dancing, this is a club but not just any club, it is the Marquee, I frowned, what am I doing here, I'm supposed to be in Aventino, passing through a sea of bodies, I came to the bar,
I saw Jeremy that freak there but what shocked me was that he was talking to me, my frown deepened, I walked to the other me and screamed " he is a freak " but she just continued smiling at him, that was when it was me,
This is all a dream, a dream I so want to wake up from, I saw Jeremy lead the other me to the dance floor, I followed them, they danced for a long, Jeremy then whispered to her and walked away, I followed him and became to the bar and requested for a bourbon, taking it he dipped his hand into his pocket, he brought out a brown folded paper, opening it he poured the contents into the drink, I gasped
I don't remember drinking anything after we danced, was this real, I followed him and saw him give the other me the drink, I saw myself drink it, when I downed the cup I saw Jeremy smirk and he looked up, following his eyesight, I looked up too and saw a silhouette of a man, he wore a black suit and he was on the phone but I couldn't see his face properly,
Jeremy nodded at him and I gasped, was this what uncle Matteo talked about when he said that what I remember might not be the truth, what had happened that night, I wanted to cry, pulling myself together I looked back to the dance floor but Jeremy and other me weren't there, I took a step forward and the scenery changed.
Everywhere was pitch black, I couldn't see, I felt like crying but I couldn't, it felt so depressing. I want to ask the question why? Why? is this happening to me, not that I want it to happen to someone else but what god up there had my family wronged, I lost my mom and dad and now what I think is true might not be.
A bright light shone and I blinked my eyes, I walked towards the light and I could hear someone calling my name, I walked faster and I saw myself back home in mom's chrysanthemum garden, I felt constricted, I want to wake up,
"Adriana, Adriana where are you" I heard my dad's voice say and my heartbeat accelerated, I ran to where his voice was coming from, that was when I saw him, he looked younger, he was wearing brown Khaki shorts and a blue shirt, I wanted to hug him
"achooo" I heard someone sneeze and I turned and saw ten years old me hiding behind the gazebo and that was when it dawned on me, this was also a memory of mine,
I saw as dad walked to little me and said "caught you, princess"
"You cheated dad" little me said with a pout, dad flicked my forehead and I muttered "ouch"
"I didn't cheat, you only made winning easily by sneezing" and he laughed, he had the best laugh
Little me only shook her head and removed a ring from her hand "I lost so you can have this" she said and dad laughed again and wore the ring,
"Don't be angry Mia Regina, when you take over De'Luca corps it would be yours" dad said whilst ruffling my hair
"Really!" I asked and he nodded
"But why do I need to wait that long, it's really pretty," little me said looking at the ring longingly
"It's a family heirloom, and you can only receive it when you are ready to take over De'Luca corps"..... Dad paused and continued...." Your great-great-grandfather placed that rule" little me nodded
"I'll tell Emily about it, she'll be so jelly knowing that I've got a family heirloom," Little me said with a smug look
Dad ruffled my hair and added "okay but make sure don't tell anyone else" little me nodded and also ruffled dad's hair he burst out in laughter
I looked down at the ring, it was a gold signet, with a ruby in the middle, it also looked like a stamp, I seemed to have seen a similar stamp before, I bent to take a closer look and everywhere turned dark.....
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I opened my eyes and saw it was morning, I felt sticky all over, I sat up and saw my bed was drenched with sweat, I sighed and my dreams came back to me, I felt tears dropping from my eyes both dreams were so real because they were my memories, I have so many questions, what happened that night?
Something in me told me that what I saw in my dream was what really happened, I had already forgotten my other dream but I remember that after that day I never saw dad wear that ring again, I asked him last year and he told me he gave it to a friend for safekeeping.
What scared me the most was that my dream was an indistinct memory that I wanted to forget and remember at the same time.
I remembered what uncle Matteo said, dad had told him that I know the friend to who he had given the will, was it the same person that he gave the signet to, I felt my conjecture was right because a dad said I knew, but the question that nagged me was,
"Who was this person?
" Knock, knock, knock " a faint knock brought me out of my thoughts,
"Come in" I spoke out and the door opened to reveal uncle Matteo
"Good Morning uncle Matteo," I said and stood up
"Good Morning Addy, how was your night," he asked sitting on the edge of the bed, he looked at the sheets and looked back at me, I sat on the chair and replied to him
"It was mind-blowing" he nodded
"Today is a big day, are you ready?" he asked and I nodded, he raised a bag, I didn't know he carried anything in,
"Here, you'd need this" he placed the bag on the bed and stood up, he looked like he wanted to say something but he didn't
"Come down when you're done" he said and walked away, I looked at the bag, it was a Chanel shopping bag,
I opened it and a black dress stared back at me.