Chapter 4 Into the Darkness (4)(Preview)

(Author notes:

Map

"X" = Protagonist

<X> = Lawyer

•X• = Nun

-X- = Extra)

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"Sob, sob...sniff..sob"(sound of crying)

The sob of a child resonates in the hall as he cries

Surround him are people he rarely or at least once the child met but the child did not care for he was not able to even see them as tears covered his eyes and his heart and body felt heavy and painful to move even an inch despite his healthy body and his mind are too clouded of grief and sorrow to think.

Because of this, the child is oblivious to the surroundings as people murmur and pity that gives the people around him, and from time to time, people come near to the child and give comfort as they smile with a look of sympathy and lament.

But the eyes say otherwise as they look at the child with greed, no as they look at the child that may bring them a fortune.

At the front of the child, is a black and white coffin with a photo frame stand that contains two photographs containing each image dearly to the child but to people, that image is the dead who earn the fortune that they may be about to receive.

One image shows a mid 30 age Asian man who has deep black hair and brown eyes and a humble and we'll age face as the image shown and the dear father of the child who has a reliable back every time the child is being pig carried when they play and incredible hand that fixes and create the toys he playing at and warm body that protect him to the things he scared and he's the haven that gives him safety.

A foolhardy doting protective father.

As for others, he is a dead man who was once a Great CEO of a big company that deals with many industries and also a shareholder that has the biggest shares of that very company because that very company is owned by him despite being a big company.

This company emerges just in recent years, like every company it starts from small but it gathers small to big contracts from many industries unknown to the public and builds its way to many industries and when it becomes a medium company it builds its pillars to the world and is known for amazing trade between industries although there some time to time crises arise and against all odds it able to make it still and remain to stand its pillars and able to swallow all odds and makes it to support the company making it bigger and stronger until today and all is this not happened without this man.

How he do it remains a mystery and is forever buried on his death and the people did not care how he do it either for as long they have his fortune.

The other image shows a bright blond hair and spectacular beautiful blue eyes European woman with a cheerful compassionate smile and benevolent kind face that no doubt charmed many and broke many hearts.

To the child, she is a loving mother who cares dearly for him and a scary mother that teaches and scolds him for his wrongdoings and has a gentle voice that gives him peace and guidance and soft hands that give him warm pats every time he does good and firm pinch every time he does wrong.

A lovely attentive worried mother that wants only the well-being and good of her child.

As for others, she is once the top actor, idol, singer, dancer, musician, artist, streamer, influencer, inspirational speaker, and a woman with many talents and overly blessed by god.

She starts like everybody else and comes from a common background too but her outstanding talent makes her stand above others it doesn't mean she didn't make any effort.

Like many others, she stumbles and do mistakes but she does not give in to them and learns from them as everybody else combined with her great effort and blessed talent who blame her for what she could become.

With this not only fortune but also fame and influence could be gained that furthermore fuel their greed as long they can take custody of the child of this great man and woman.

As they crave the possible gain while looking at the child and comforting him with sympathetic words with malicious intent the child mourns with great sorrow and sadness still oblivious to others' intent.

Until a man in a suit arrives with heavy footsteps as he comes but the kid is ignorant of this because his mind is filled with grief as he cries however the surrounding people is didn't and step away from the child and silently step back as the man goes to the side of the child with a look of true sympathy unlike others.

The man who arrives is the lawyer of this child's family and a trusted colleague and genuine friend of the child's father and mother.

< I would like to welcome you to this celebration of the life of Mr. Yin B. Orcus and Mrs. Ariel B. Orcus who passed.>

The man says as the people agree and grief with the exaggerated act.

The man continued his speech about why we are all here and talk about life and the goodness of those who passed while the child listen to the man about the story of the life of his father and mother live.

As he listens, the precious memory of life with his parents played to his head as he listen to the man.

The memories of happy moments while they play at home when he make a mess with his father as they play at the house and catch and be scolded by his mother while cleaning the mess they made together with his father.

The memories of eating at the warm table altogether as he talks about his day at school to his parents.

The memories of being sick and being taken care of while in bed by his mother and her worried face and his father who caught his breath with a worried face as he hurriedly went home to check on him.

The child cried silently as he bite his lips as if to suppress what was about to come out of him.

As the child is about to swallow it back, a loud exclamation could be heard all around him.

As he return his attention to the surrounding, a man could be heard asking a question to the man with a suit.

-What do say?-

As if there is something he finds unbelievable to what he heard and tries to assure himself that it is not true by asking again but true what he heard the man with the suit repeats what he said.

<Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Orcus in their last will and testament, all their own shall go to the nun name Maria R. Gabriel, the head nun of Green Gable under the written condition including the custody of their child named->

As the man recites what he says again, an elderly nun enters the funeral hall in black and white as her clothes with a white picture frame she walks solemnly to the child and she arrives at the child front, she kneels and pars her sight to the child sight and as she and the child stare the nun look down and look at the frame and look at the child as she gives the frame and reach it to him.

The child's eyes stare and shift from the nun to the frame and slowly receive the frame and turn it around.

As he turns, The frame contains a picture with an image of himself and with his dear mother and father holding their self side-by-side as they happily leave him hanging between his mother and father's hands as they pull him up but despite that, the child in the image is happily smiling as they pull him up in the sunny sandy beach.

•Hymmm•(warm and comforting hymn)

(Author note: like the hymn of promise of never land Japanese anime Isabella lullaby)

As he stares at the image, a familiar hymn could be heard coming from the nun as she pats him on his head.

With a nostalgic warm pat and a familiar hymn sang, he remembers the nights when he could not sleep because of strong thunder and rain causing him to be scared as this hymn is been sang by his mother and the warm pat coming from his father as they try to comfort him and assured him to sleep.

With that memory, all the suppress and pent-up emotions and feeling gush out as he hugs tightly the frame and as he leans to the nun with a strong wail and cry never been like before and the nun continues to pat him with a solemn but happy smile as he closes her eyes.

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Author notes:Thank you and sorry for the late update because of the weekday's hassles and THANK YOU FOR READING AND HAPPY MOTHERS DAY READERS.