Hushed In Darkness

dark. I couldn't see anything

ust won't move an inch. I feel like m

get to es

ou dare

ut. "N-No... I'm not trying to escape! I'm not, promise! I-I'm

dare you ruin ev

"P-Please... Don't do this... I-I p-promise! I promise I won't ever try to go to the reunion aga

ed and faced me. I saw her face... vividly as the small amount of li

was a cliff behind me! I looked at it but saw nothing. And when I looked back at my cousin, her face was damped be

A

and felt the sweat on my forehead falling down the side of my face. I also

night

t woman from earlier.

d my breathing s

d. But I think... this was the worst of the worst nightmare-seeing t

what you're wearing now was too branded and pric

eadily standing there to protect his queen. "This one was funny." The guy then laughed with her but the woman suddenly

me. Surprisingly, she held my cheeks while slowly wiping my tears. "What a crybaby..." She smiled but I knew it wasn't genuine a

ar near us when we both smelled the undeniable

s features to my... brother. His thick perfectly arched eyebrows, his thick and cur

man scoff, I looked up to her when she composed herself. She tilted h

ent as he mumble the woman's name. He shut his mouth when she glared at him. Then he awkwa

hen stopped what he was doing and attended to the guy who

right?" Henry whispered but the silen

looked away when he met Shirle

irley Hayes. Rother Murray. Henry Napoleon. That's our full name in case you want to investigate about us. And-oh, right! I want to tel

t you're getting irritated by them. It will only give them the satisfaction they wanted so bad to receive from you. I smiled while secretly clenching my fists. "Oh, really? Is that how precious

d walked closer and bent her body to whisper s

enry stood up earlier and prepared a coffee. While she was busy looking for something, I secret

er. I could feel my sweat falling while looking at the knife she was

not good

hrew the knife at me and my body automatically moved to avoi

e and put it together with the food that Henry prepared earlier in a tray. While she was walking closer to me, holding the tray so carefully, funny h

ray down on the table when

on. He looked the same age as Shirley. And when I looked at Shirley, she was just starin

gaze to me. He cleared his throat so I looked up and saw him nodding at Shirley. Then I saw Shirley r

urage to break the silence. "What do you

ou need us to stop doing something..." The smirk on his face d

... them. It was taken when they were attending different occasions like weddings, parties, din

k the picture. He then took a lighter o

nt to kill him. I clenched my fists and breathe heavily

all fake,

ou're the daughter of a famous theatre actress, right?

ll anyone, he wou

tired because I'm not even living behind her shadow! W

ith your hands and feet, tied? Well, u

I asked while g

en extended his hand for a shake as if intro

huh. If that's wha

even just for a second. "What? Why are you quiet? Are y

you want

, he turned serious and looke

is unex

e my shock and

hat my parents could do so. But... he didn't... 'Cause you know, even with those

your enemy, anymore. Let's br

ince me with just pictures, you're wrong. I'll prove to you that. And who

ally join you. And to tell you honestly, you're the only one enemy I could think of." I spa

ter. When he was already a meter away from me, he leaned his face closer to my ear, more than eno

How could he... How could he know that? It's confidential and it's never been on the news ex

h teary eyes and blurry vision. "You mean, me?" My tear fell when my body mov

just smiled to hide my nervousness in h

d called the people that Val is commanding him to. In a minute or two, the bi

p of men... not so far away from o

What-" I mumbled but h

d out the television before walking closer to me as if the five inches weren't enough. "I'm giving you

clench my fists into tight b

go," Valkyrie commanded an

she

lared at Valkyrie who just looked sideways at me but I could

en he threw four cards that surprisingly cut

lly out, I saw Henry and Valkyrie, in the opposite directions. I was torn about w

why but I couldn't move an inch even how I want to do so. I want to know wh

thed, "The time

losed in frustration and irritat

the he

my house, safe and sound. But the small

to sleep in a blink of an eye. And the first thing I cou

by. I can't afford to wait so many minutes more for my food to arrive. I jus

at I opened the door in the entrance and di

in pain and tou

osh, sor

ight at me and I immediately recogniz

ked. "miss slap." We meet again. I

d by his body so I blocked my hand between but it accidentally touched his chest. I looked at him and he was also looking do

Ma'am. You m

ocking the way in that's why he pulled me on the side. I could feel the heat and blood started to go up in my face. But e

eir conversation and smiled.

they were people looking at us with wide eyes. Fear started to crawl into my system before I glared at him. "I will make you pay for what you

ear in the whole room because of the roaring silence and its loudness. I took a deep b

dreaming. But come to think of it, everything that happened was too weird and fast to absorb that I couldn't believe it. In a blink of an eye, I moved

ong decision

ow. I should think of a way to defeat the enemies

I really

at made me stop. I sat again on the chair and let out a heavy sigh. I poured a gl

my a

marked on my mind. And I don't know why do I feel my heart's warmth and sof

ssed it like

Isn't that what you... want? To have an ally by your side when your broth

for me. I don't even know them... or what they

t's just not my life who's in the line but their lives too. The lives of my parents-who have been so cruel to me but still, they are my parents. I wouldn't b

their not-so-young ages, they still have a goal, dream, and ambition in

r they want when I'm not around. I need to be there to watch the

ound. I looked at it and touched my belly. I'm hungry

er' in Tanauan City, Batangas-just kilometers apart from here. Then suddenly, someone opened th

onymous caller at 8 pm. When they were searching for any evidence, they saw none. Even the CCTV

a small padlock that sends the police team, a mystery. What is the connection of the padlock to the cr

's no perfect crime but it's just weird since the police team did not see anything on the first day of investigation yet the other day, in a blin

happened t

ully, I didn't see that bastard. I'm not i

w that a thing has appeared, you would hope that it could finally put justice to his/her death. But it would just turn out to be confusing and even more terrifying. How cruel the sys

hought again? I looked deeply at the glass I'm holding. Just forget about it, Dilly. Hush

my trust issues are peeking and trying to control me again. Please

I don't know what has gotten to me that time but I came back to the room and accidental

nswered. ["Hello?"] A voice of a woman was

alkyrie..." I looked at the card an

ead. ["I see. You saw the business card and called me. You've got a sha

to sound as if it's normal. It's just that

] I was about to say something when I h

e away from my ear. There was a long silen

phone beeped. New mess

Stra

way here, here's the location. You s

et ready. It was already 7:35 pm when I finished and I immediate

but my loud heartbeat. It speaks the opposite of my conf

trust. And that will always be me. I'll never trust anyone here as I'd slowly get to know the real enemy of the battl

n't be yourself. It shoul