A sudden brink of unconscious silence sets in, Mr Edison remained deft to the loud chattering of the lawyers and everyone in the courtroom.
He could not believe what had just happened, how has the table turned so quickly all of a sudden. Am I really being sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment?? How is this possible, he thought to himself.
The strong grip of a police officer pulled him up from where he sat, as he was cuffed and taken away by two police officer standing by his sides. But Mr Edison, still remained unconscious of his environment.
The echoing screams and crys of his loved ones to him were digressed into echoing whispers. He could see his wife, Beatrice; crying her hearts out. But her tears couldn't change anything.
Back at the Gonzales Mansion, Beatrice with a teary eye stood and admired the beauty of the luxury that they are about to be thrown out of. She sobbed in endless sorrows, her face were red of tears as her teeth grinds against each other.
They had been given a quick notice to depart the Gonzales Mansion at once. Beatrice and her family now has to settle for a small apartment in the nuisant streets. They packed their belongings and vacated the premises in less than 24hrs.
But Miguel wasn't in a hurry to occupy his new home, his heart hungered for more mysteries and he knew who could feed him with it. Miguel made his way to Bar Julius' office.
"Oh Miguel my boy..." Bar Julius exclaimed joyfully as Miguel opened the door of his office
"So to what do I owe this humble visit" he asked wearing a modest smile across his face.
Miguel walked closer to Julius' desk and helped himself with an empty sit right in front of Julius.
"Well, Sir I just wanted to thank you for everything…" Miguel said with a graceful smile
"Honestly, if it wasn't for you, I would have met the end of my story. I really owe you alot"
Bar Julius smiled and said
"Miguel my boy, you owe me nothing. I had only repaid a long pending debt I owed to your father"
Julius stared deep into Miguel's eye, he saw hunger for mystery. He could tell Miguel didn't just come to pour out his heart felt gratitude.
"Is there anything else, my boy?" He asked as though he knew there was more to it
"What about my mother?" Miguel said with a faint voice, barely above a whisper.
"Yh, I saw that coming" Julius said as he smirked gracefully
He pulled open a drawer before him, and handed an envelope over to Miguel. Miguel opened it and he couldn't believe his eyes, it was a letter from his mother.
The words from the letters pierced deep into Miguel's soul that it made him to shed tears. Although the letter was emotional it still had some mysterious message and hidden clues attached to it. As one of the message from the letter said
"... Miguel my child, I really wish I could be a part of your life, because watching you grow from afar like a guardian angel hadn't really done justice to it..."
"S-she has been watching me" Miguel muttered out
"Where is she?" Miguel cried out.
"Miguel, even I don't know where your mother is." Julius said
"Up until this very moment her whereabout still remains a mystery"
"But she sees me..." Miguel complained like an ignorant child
"...she said it in the letter, that she watched me grow like a guardian angel"
Julius at this point was heavy hearted and didn't know what to say
"Miguel, your mother sees everything and everyone…" he replied him
"She sees us right here, right now! She's a trickish and a smart woman. Growing up I knew her to be abnormally clever, way clever than Beatrice Gonzales. But if there is one thing I know about Theresa, it's that she'll never let any harm cone to her little boy. And that's you Miguel"
"You're hiding something from me" Miguel said
"The way you talk, I can tell you're hiding something from me"
Julius smiled as he nodded his head spontaneously, in agreement with what Miguel just said
"Don't push it Miguel, let the tape play out bit by bit. And soon every secret will be opened to you, for now enjoy!"
"Enjoy???" Miguel asked in an inauspicious tone
"...the Gonzales took everything I loved away from me. They killed my father! I will make them pay, even if it's the last thing I do!"
After he said this, he stormed out of Julius' office and smashed the door behind him.
Immediately Miguel left, Julius double tapped the screen of his phone that was placed on the desk. It turned and surprisingly he was on a call with Theresa Mendoza.
"Theresa!" He called out
"... your son has vowed to avenge his father's death"
"Now isn't that lovely" Theresa replied from the other end as well
Theresa has been listening to there conversation ever since, she is really a guardian angel to Miguel.
The next day, at Beatrice's Small apartment. Beatrice was lost and drowned in her thoughts, she felt like she was indeed a swell loser.
Suddenly, Selene barged into the room and disrupted Beatrice's pitiful thoughts.
"Beatrice!... Beatrice!!" She called out before Beatrice regained her consciousness.
She took in a deep breath of fatigue.
"What is wrong with you Selene? Did I commit a crime by having a sister like you?"
"What is wrong with me?" Selene replied
"You're the one who has barely uttered a word in weeks now?"
"What do you want me to say Selene?.." Beatrice replied
"... that my husband and my only daughter are both serving times for a crime I committed?"
"Or you want me to talk about how Miguel reaped everything away from us, even before the twinkle of an eye. There is nothing to say Selene"
Selene now understood how Beatrice was really feeling
"Silence doesn't do justice to it either" she said in a cool and modest tone
Suddenly, there was a heavy knock on the door.
"Who could that be?" Selene asked rhetorically as both ladies attention was averted to the door.
But then the knock continued and it only became louder.
"Coming!" Selene said as she rushed to answer the door
She opened the door and to her surprise, it was the House Owner.
"Take!" He said as he handed over a letter to Selene
Selene opened it up and went through letter, she couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"Quit notice???" She asked
"What??" Beatrice said, as she walks towards the door as well, trying to see what was written on the paper.
"You both have 24hrs to vacate this house!" The House Owner said in a clear and precise tone
"What?.. Why?? How???" Selene said
"Listen!.." the house owner proclaimed
"...I have a buyer that is willing to pay a huge amount of money, more than five times the original cost of this junk house. And he orders that every single tenant vacates this premises in less than 24hrs"
While the house owner was busy blabbing, Beatrice studied the letter closely and noticed the signature on it looked familiar. She then tapped Selene immediately
"This signature, it's Miguel's" she said
"I don't understand, Miguel is the buyer?" Selene replied with an ironic scoff
"You have 24hrs!" The house owner reminded them
"Well where do you expect us to go to?" Selene cried out
"It's non of my business!" The House Owner said as he walked away
Beatrice now has alot to think about, she thought she had lost everything. But Miguel was still looking for ways to torment her because
"what goes around will always come around....."