WREN's POV
We're currently here at aunt Cherry's mansion with our whole family. Aunt Cherry's the middle child among the three siblings and contrary to belief she doesn't stand out much out of the three siblings.
Aunt Cherry's the nerdy type among the three of them. Our dad's on the jock and athletic side and aunt Meara, the youngest, is the popular type of girl who frequently joins pageantries.
My twin brother, Wyatt, is close to the both of my father and aunt Meara and he really looks up to the both of them. I know what you're all thinking: 'why don't you get along with your aunt Meara? Why would you waste your time on the blacksheep of the family when you have a cool aunt Maeara and dad?'
Yep.
You read that right.
Aunt Cherry's the blacksheep of the family and among the siblings.
Actually, Cherry's not her real name. We just call her that because her real name is Sakura, and Sakura in Japanese is "Cherry Blossoms". That's the reason why we call her "Cherry" or "aunt Cherry".
The reason why I like aunt Cherry is because she's a world-renowned doctor na may different masterals sa Advanced Genetics, Microbiology, Neuroscience, Biotechnology, and Genetic Manipulation and Molecular Cell Biology.
Not only that, this isn't exactly a secret but she's also known to play different martial arts since she was just a kid. She plays karate, taekwondo, judo, and arnis.
Although she's my aunt and I usually spend my time with her in her study, she's still shrouded in mystery for me.
She doesn't talk much.
I want to get to know her more.
She's my idol and role model.
I want to be just like her when I grow up.
I'm now 22 years old and it's the year 2044.
Aunt Meara has two kids and aunt Cherry doesn't have children. Not even a husband or a lover.
I want to know why she never married anyone. I tried asking her several times when Wyatt and I hang out at her house but she usually avoids the question and starts making excuses.
Now that it's Wyatt and I's birthday (they held the birthday celebration here at aunt Cherry's house). I will take this chance to know the truth.
I know for a fact that she loved someone.
I know she has that "greatest love" during her college days but the problem is we don't know who that person is.
Dad doesn't have any idea who that man is either. I think aunt Meara has a clue on who that person is but she's not that entirely sure either.
I'm not entirely sure either but I think somewhere along the way during aunt Cherry's college days before she hit the 4th year is that something caused a rift in the relationship of the two sisters.
I'm not sure.
But with this event I'll be able to find out and know more about the past. I have to know everything before we go home.
I left the pool area in secret and went straight to aunt Cherry's study.
Although it's only our family who attended the party here at aunt's Cherry, they wouldn't know if Wyatt and I were gone (the birthday celebrants) because they're busy catching up with each other.
I poked and patted Wyatt twice on the sholder in order to let him know that our plan is starting.
He simply rolled his eyes and he slowly placed the wine glass down on the nearest table before he excused himself to our grandparents.
By the time we started walking, I felt Wyatt hovering near me as I heard him whisper these words to me.
Wyatt: "I wouldn't have come and helped you if you hadn't paid me."
I just gave him a look of annoyance and said,
Me: "Just stop yapping and hurry up!"
Before we went to the study room, we looked for aunt Cherry first so that we wouldn't get caught on what we're about to do.
It wasn't hard for us to find her because we found her smoking a cigarette on her balcony while staring up at the night sky.
Wyatt and I just stared at her, admiring her porcelain skin and naturally red lips that puffed the cigarette butt.
Ethereal.
That's the most accurate description of aunt Cherry's beauty.
But despite that, her eyes look empty and it looks like she's carrying great despair.
She looks tired.
Really tired.
She looks tired of living.
I was deep in thought when Wyatt spoke all of a sudden.
Wyatt: "We have to go."
Me: "Wait, what??"
Wyatt: "I know aunt Cherry's stunning and all but we have to go or we won't find anything. Are you sure you want to waste all that money you paid me to help you?"
I simply nodded in agreement that we should go and followed him.
I sneaked a final glance at aunt Cherry before going.
I was startled, but I might also be mistaken when I thought that I made eye contact with my aunt all the way to her balcony while she dragged her cigarette before puffing it out.
I shivered.
Her empty eyes, looking as if it's staring and baring deep into our souls.
I know she saw us.
We headed straight to her study and I popped my key into the lock of her room. She gave me one so that I have a place to waste my time on her study room even if she's not here at the mansion.
I also know the password to her house that's why I can just easily enter her room without breaking a sweat.
A couple of minutes passed while we searching and snooped around when Wyatt saw an old journal.
A single photo slipped out.
It looks like it's her old teammates back in the day during university. A couple of people are lined-up while holding these padded sticks which I can only assume that this is during the time when she used to play arnis.
I saw aunt Cherry with a handsome guy behind her in a white shirt.
Is this the guy?
Or is this a stretch?
As if it's a twin's connection, Wyatt was able to read my mind when he piped in and said;
Wyatt: "Ayo?? That guy's so fucking handsome. Is that aunt Cherry's greatest love?"
I looked at him sternly for saying a bad word but I chose to stay silent.
I placed the photograph back into the journal as we continued checking the journal out.
We're about to start reading the first entry when all of a sudden—
*LIGHTNING FLASH*
*BOOM!!!*
We stopped dead on our tracks because of the lighting and the thunder.
We accidentally dropped the journal and we weren't able to comprehend everything when we started getting dizzy and our sight getting darker and darker by the second when we collapsed and hit the floor.
Hard.
I didn't notice it before but there was a weird scent permeating the whole room and with every breath we take we're slowly drifting off into the dream world.
I'm getting even more sleepy by the second.
Before I lost my consciousness, I heard an opening and closing of the door.
I was able to notice a person entering inside the room that has a gas mask and their palm is the only thing we saw before we lost consciousness.
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END OF CHAPTER 0
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