Chapter 29

Ryker

15th October. This day is unforgettable in my life. It is a day I tend to feel all the weight of the world pressed onto me. My mother's death anniversary. I always buried myself with work so the day would move faster. So that I won't think about how much loneliness I felt whenever I remember she was no more.

As usual, the family visits her grave. It was my father and I before. But since Marcus and his mother came into the family, we all visit together. It had become a tradition. I respect father for remembering his late wife despite how he pisses me off sometimes. It showed his wife is still in his heart.

However, things were different now. Lily and Hilda tagged along. Lily had no idea where we were going. I only told her to wear formal black outfits we would be going out with the family. I could feel her gaze on me as we arrived at the cemetery. I know she’d attack me later on.

The truth of the matter was, that whenever it's a day to the death anniversary, I tend to be curled