Chapter 4

Somehow I was calm when I woke up again after the doctor injected me with sleeping pills. Although I still couldn't accept the fact that both my parents were murdered at least I can control myself now. Uncle Favlo was right. I have to become strong. I have to become strong so that I can avenge their death.

"You're awake, Lauren. How are you feeling?" Uncle Favlo asked me. He had just entered the room. I think he bought food outside for me because I could smell the food he was carrying. My favorite fried chicken from a famous fast-food chain together with the coke float which is also my favorite. My stomach suddenly swelled when I smelled Uncle's food.

But I couldn't stop myself from crying and feeling sad. I remember the days when Daddy would take me home with my favorite foods. I had so much fun when he came home with a welcome fried chicken and coke float for me. I may sound childish but I loved the fried chicken and coke float that my dad bought for me.

"What's wrong with you, Lauren? Are you feeling anything?" Uncle suddenly approached me when he saw me crying again. He hugged me and lightly caressed my back.

"Nothing. I just terribly missed my mom and dad."

"Don't cry, Lauren. Don't worry. We'll give them justice. I won't let the person who killed your parents get out of jail."

I was so relieved that he hugged me when I heard what he said. "What do you mean, Uncle Favlo? Did the police already catch the murderer? Where is he now? Who is he? And what was his motive for killing my parents? For money?"

"Calm down, Lauren. I will tell you everything but you have to promise me that you will calm down, okay?"

I just nodded and didn't speak. I want to know who and what was the motive of the person who killed my parents. And by the time I find out who is to blame for why I am now suddenly orphaned by my parents, I will pay him. Even if we run out of wealth, I don't care as long as I just make sure that the heartless criminal who killed my mommy and daddy will rot in jail.

"First, the criminal was already in prison. She voluntarily surrendered herself to the police. And the person who killed your parents was Nana Violy. She killed your parents, Lauren."

I was stunned and speechless when I heard the name of Nana Violy who was the person who killed my parents. I don't believe it. I don't believe it. Nana had no reason to kill my parents. We're very kind to her and treated her just like our very own family. And she was also very kind to us especially to me. She treated me like her own granddaughter.

A weak seventy-five years old grandmother could kill the strong, thirty-five years old man just like my dad and a thirty-three years old woman? How is it possible that she could have killed my parents? I know there's someone behind this plot. And I have to know who he is.

"No! I don't believe it. Nana Violy couldn't have killed my parents," I shuddered as I spoke. In my heart, I truly couldn't believe that the woman I considered my grandmother was the one who killed my mommy and daddy.

"Lauren, I know it's hard for you to believe it but it's true. He admitted to the police that he killed your parents. He allegedly hit your daddy on the head of the flower vase so he lost consciousness. And when Kuya fainted and your mommy was the one he would have hit with a flower vase but she escaped. Your mommy retaliated and also threw a flower vase at Nana Violy but she quickly escaped.

"Your mommy slipped so Nana Violy had a chance to hit your mommy with a flower vase. Then she covered Ate Carmen's mouth with a handkerchief so she couldn't speak. And when she saw that my older brother was regaining consciousness he immediately stabbed her with a sharp knife and then killed your mommy. "

All the words that Uncle Favlo told me only one question formed in my mind. Why does it seem to know all the details of the murder that happened to my parents as if it was there on the sidelines and just watching what was happening?

"Lauren, I know you still can't believe what you heard. But believe me. Your Nana Violy was the one who murdered your parents," he insisted when he got no reaction from me. "But don't worry. We will do everything to make her pay for her sins."

"How did you find out all this, Uncle Favlo? Did Nana Violy tell me all the information you told me? The ones you told me were just as detailed, eh."

A few seconds passed before he spoke. "O-of course. He admitted everything in front of me and he also repeated in front of the police everything I told you. Why do you doubt it? Did you doubt that all the words that I told you were just a lie? Why would I do that? " it was in the tone of Uncle Favlo's voice that it hurt because I didn't seem to believe what he told me. I immediately felt guilty for what I had said to him.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Favlo. I didn't doubt you. I'm just simply asking. Maybe I'm just confused so I was able to ask that," I apologized to him.

He messed up my hair. "It's okay. I understand how you feel. Your family treated her just like a real family so it's really hard to believe that she could murder your parents. And by the way, the doctor told me that he will remove the bandage in your eyes later. "

Right after he spoke the doctor suddenly came in and talked to me.

"Are you okay now, Lauren? I'm going to remove the bandage from your eyes."

I nodded. "Why are my eyes bandaged, Uncle Favlo?"

"When the unconscious police took you here to the hospital, the doctors saw that your eyes were full of blood, so they put it on.

of the bandage, "uncle explained to me." They thought maybe that's how your eyes are. "

I just nodded and didn't speak. I thought it was Mommy's blood because I hugged her body. I was shocked again when I remembered Mommy. I resisted the urge to cry. Maybe when there are tears in my eyes now the doctor will not proceed to remove the bandage from my eyes.

I took a deep breath and for a moment I remembered in my mind what had happened to my parents. I just turned my attention to the doctor who was removing the bandage over my eyes.

I know I still can't see even if the bandage is removed from my eyes but I still can't help but be excited. The doctor who first looked into my eyes said that there was no hope that my eyes would heal. The crystals allegedly damaged the retina of my eyes as well as the capillaries that connect my eye to other parts of my head. So even though I underwent an eyes transplant, I still can't see. My life could be in danger. So, my parents decided not to let me undergo an eye transplant.

"You can open your eyes now, Lauren. Then you can feel for yourself if you have a strange feeling in your eyes. And then tell me what it is," the doctor said after finally removing the bandage from my eyes.

Even after the bandage was finally removed from my eyes, I still didn't seem to want to open my eyes. It doesn't make much difference whether my eyes are closed or wide. All I see is the same darkness and nothing else.

It would be even better if I just closed my eyes as long as there was no bandage. When I close my eyes, my eyes are dark and there is no light to see because I close them. But when my eyes are open and what I see is dark I still can't help but hope that there will be a miracle and all of a sudden I will be able to see. But can I still hope for the miracle that I will be able to see again even though my parents who are the light of my eyes have also been taken from me by heaven?

"The doctor said that you can open your eyes now, Lauren," Uncle said later. A few seconds ago I still kept my eyes closed.

'It's okay, Lauren. You can open your eyes now, "repeated the kind doctor.

I didn't want to open my eyes but I was ashamed of the doctor. Of course, I can't just close my eyes and not open my eyes. I took a deep breath before I slowly opened my eyes.