š¹Six Years Agoš¹
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Sia hobbled toward the Evangelista villa looking ghastly
pale. Her skin were curtained with blotches of insect bite, her face littered
with charcoal.
Her brunette hair extremely tousled and her clothes were in
complete tatters.
She struggled to breathe as she gravitated toward the villa
with the last shreds of strength she had inside her.
When she approached the gate, that was luckily flung open,
Sia ambled inside, making a beeline straight to the threshold but suddenly a
voice jolted her to stop.
āMs. Sia!!ā she heard the person call out. Itās a man and
sheās familiar with the voice, hence she mustered the last strength she had and
pulled to a stop.
Sia twirled around to the angle from whence the voice
streamed and there stood the security man, Mike.
She didnāt feel the need to plaster a smile on her face like
she always does, so she pursed her lips in a thin line, waiting to hear what
Mike had to say.
Then, the man strode toward her and pulled to a stop right
in front of her, sneering.
āMr. Lucas ordered us not to let inside the villa again.ā
Came the manās voice.
Hoping it was a mere joke as always, Sia let out a dry
chuckle. Having no strength to proceed with the seeming conversation with Mike,
she veered around and attempted to head into the villa.
To her utmost surprise, Mike tugged her wrist, harshly, that
she was just one breath away from falling down but luckily, she steadied her
pose.
Instantly, she swiveled around and lashed her weak eyes at
Mike and eventually asked,
āWhatās this Mr. Mike? Why did you push me?ā
Her voice was slightly above a whisper. She could feel the
water starting to form on the duct of her eyes.
āI told you calmly that Mr. Lucas strictly ordered not to
let you in!!ā roared Mike, throwing his hands up in the air.
āMeaning? Is this my first time shuffling inside the
Evangelista's villa?ā she managed to asked in between tears.
She just want to relay to Lucas what happened last night.
How she came back home and saw their house in the slum submerged in a sea of
fire.
How her mother got burnt yesterday by unknown people.
Thatās just it. She wants to tell her man the problem sheās
facing.
The dilemma.
The depression of losing her mother last night in such a
gory way.
Sheās the only oneĀ
left in her family now.
Twelve years ago, she lost her younger brother Nicole in an
accident. However, his body wasnāt seen as people believe he got burnt too when
the car caught fire.
Lucas and Sia are from different worlds but love meshed them
together. They have just dated for a year now. And Lucas treats her with so
much respect and love.
So whatās wrong?
Why would he suddenly, out of the blue order the security
guards not to let her inside his abode again?
Thatās impossible!
They were together yesterday andĀ when she arrived home she was greeted with
the most shocking scene of her life.
Her mother being burnt by fire.
āitās not your first time Ms. Sia but that was the order we
got yesterday, from Mr. Lucas.ā Answered Mike, keeping a straight face.
Huff, Sia shook her head. She turned and continued to take
strides into the building but Mike held her firmly in place again.
This time, more harshly that Sia felt searing pains flash
through her veins.
She winced. While she was struggling to free her wrist from
Mikeās grip, another security man zoomed toward them.
āWhatās wrong Mike?ā the second security man asked Mike.
āSheās stubborn. She wants to creep inside the villa against
Mr. Lucasās orders.ā Mike growled.
Ā
āWhat!!?ā howled the second security man and immediately he
clung Sia's other wrist to help Mike in dragging her outside the villa.
āWhat are you both doing?ā Sia screamed in shock.
āLet me go!!ā
ālet me go!!ā
āLet me go!!!ā
She wailed, struggling to duck from their tight grip.
āWhen are we seeing each other again?ā Sia asked.
āTomorrow, baby!ā Lucas responded her.
Their final words yesterday night crossed through her mind,
vividly.
Lucas assured her they would meet today. He did and sheās
here to see him, so what are these men saying?
How possible is it that her own Lucas would restrain her
from venturing into his villa?
āNo, no this isnāt true. It canāt be true that he can
possibly say such a thing.ā She pondered inwardly. Still struggling to free
herself from their hold.
āI said let me go!!ā she screamed again.Ā
A sudden wave of energy surged through her as she continued
to duck her hands from their vise grip.
āYou go no where Ms. Sia. We are just following
instructions.ā The other man said, looking her dead in the eyes.
āThis is nonsense!ā she routed. āWe met last night and he
said I could come around today. So let me in and quit this childish act, for
chrissake!!ā she howled like a wolf.
Her eyes was beginning to blear.
How she wish these two men will understand her plight and
let her inside so she could see him.
She immediately pinned her knees on the ground so they could
stop dragging her.
āListen! Donāt let us use force on you, understand?ā came
Mikeās voice.
āWhy are you doing this?ā
āItās not our fault Ms. Sia. At all. This is an order we are
trying to follow.ā Responded the second man.
Meanwhile, as this was ongoing, another lady dressed in a