Justice

He welcomed me with a grin on his face. I closed the car door and waved at him.

He was still wearing his suit. Probably just great in the office. It moved quickly in my direction.

“I’m glad you’re back! I miss you, son.”

“I miss you too Dad.” I said and hugged him.

“Leigh! It’s Lineah! It’s good and you’re here! Tito would have called the police if you hadn’t come yet!” said Carolina.

My gaze remained on him. It looked even better and he was right in the video call, his complexion is allergic to the air conditioning here in the mansion. It whitens and the skin is smoother. The cheeks are also red, I’m not sure if it’s liptint or natural but it’s just right for her.

“Hey Lineah! Stare! How beautiful am I? I told you I’m more beautiful!” he said, glancing at me.

It grinned.

“But you look better to me! The vitamins brought by the sun to Canada are different! It’s so fresh!”

“If you had come with us, you would have looked so fresh, Carolina.” I laughed at the promise.

“Oh Lineah! Stop me, if I don’t come you and Denard won’t get along!”

It lifted my left hand.

“You’re not going home to the wedding with you there!”

It held the big diamond in my ring. He emphatically examined you.

“Is this three million?”

I nodded.

“It’s precious right?” said Denard by my side. It looks like it’s done removing the suitcases in the car.

“It’s expensive! Three million. I’m not bitter or anything but I hope you just donate to the poor! To the poor like me! You could have helped!” she laughed.

“We already did that and we’re still helping charities and orphanages. It’s Lineah’s idea. She’s kind hearted and she deserves everything in this world. I want to give her the best. Three million is just a number. Its not enough to show my love for her. “

“Oh, it’s just my number!”

“Jusmiyo, Carolina, you’re going to stop! We’re just living—”

“Tyang!” I didn’t finish what he was going to say. I immediately kissed it as close as possible.

It laughed at my actions.

“You really miss me!” she teased.

“Yes Tyang! Especially your dishes! This is Dad who still envies me every time he sends your dishes here to the mansion!”

“Oh come on in to eat! I’ve cooked a lot, you’re definitely tired from the trip.”

I put both arms around Dad and on the other side was Aunty.

I miss them!

The two just laughed at what I did. Denard did not complain. It knows how much I missed the two.

We were joined at Sir Ephraim’s table. The dining table is happy because we are all together… Maybe it would be happier if my Mother was with us.

The truss truss is over. There were fun and endless stories until late at night.

There was a lot of talk at the table about business and land. That included Denard and I’s wedding. He proposed to me before our flight. I didn’t expect it … How many times have I told her that the marriage she wants to happen is not possible until I fulfill my promise to my mother but it is insistent. I could do nothing but consent to what he wanted. Right now I don’t prioritize wedding preparations and he knows that. We still have work to do. We spent two years just for this. I will not let those two years be wasted.

It’s been two years since I found out about my mother’s miserable death. Two years that I’m living with pain and hatred. Now it’ll end. We’re all set. I’m ready to avenge the people who wronged us mom. I will make them pay. Justice needs to be served … By me.

“Hey.”

I faced it.

“Denard.”

“We’re finally getting married.”

“Yeah.” I then smiled sparingly.

His forehead furrowed.

“What’s wrong? Aren’t you happy about it, Lineah? Don’t you want this? Did I pressure you or—‘’ I cut him off.

“No! N-no of course not. I’m happy about our wedding… but you know it’s not my priority Denard. There’s something more important than our wedding. It’s our ---”

“Revenge.”

“I know it’s important that you take revenge on the Monteveros but you shouldn’t forget what you promised me, Lineah.”

I sighed. I averted my eyes from him. My father did not know of my intention to take revenge on the Monteveros and I had no intention of letting him know of that plan.

My father was very kind. I’m sure he won’t like Denard and I’s plan. He probably stopped me too. No one else should know … Aunty and Carolina don’t need to know everything anymore. Only Sir Ephraim and Denard and I planned everything.

I went to Canada to study business. That’s what Dad thought… But that’s not all I did there. Denard and I spent two years planning everything.

When we left, Aunty and Carolina stayed at our mansion while Carl left.

Aunty’s cafeteria grew into a restaurant, with Dad’s help. I forced him to accept the restaurant. That was Dad’s gratitude for taking care of me. I gave him a house and land but he did not accept because he said he did not expect anything in return for taking care of me and raising me.

My life changed the day I got out of jail and it’ll never go back the way it was before.

Not a night goes by that I don’t think of the cruelty Theron and Thander did to my family. I will make sure he repents of all the sins he has committed against us.

“Lineah.”

I looked at it.

“Denard’s marriage will continue … But not yet.” I said.

“When’s Lineah?”

“We just got engaged, Denard. There’s no need to rush the wedding.”

“Do you really want our wedding Lineah?”

I gulped. I averted my eyes from him.

Denard was kind, helpful, smart and handsome. All the traits of an almost perfect man are already in him. That’s why I’m so lucky because she told me to get married. He stayed by my side for two years. I have become closer to him and he has become closer to me. But it is not our marriage that should come first but our revenge. Two years is too long. I need to get justice for my Mother.

“If you weren’t kidnapped when you were a baby. We could have been childhood sweethearts … You wouldn’t have had a hard time accepting my love for you, Lineah.” Maybe it would have been better if I hadn’t lost. But if that didn’t happen I wouldn’t know them Tyang … Somehow my absence had a good effect.

“If you hadn’t disappeared we would probably be married now. Tito Ignacio would have had a grandson if the Monteveros hadn’t taken you!” he said.

Denard and I have always reconciled. Mother was just making me pregnant and we agreed immediately. Our father was very happy because their son was a girl and a boy. They did not hesitate to reconcile with us. So Sir Ephraim was disappointed to learn that I was missing. They even helped find me. I am very grateful to my father. We want only one thing, to get revenge on the Monteveros.

The Monteveros blew up the car where Denard’s Mother was, thinking Sir Ephraim was there. Because of Theron and Thander’s father, Denard’s mother also died, so the father and son were also very angry.

“They killed my mom too … They killed our mom’s.”

I stared at him. Hatred is burning in his eyes, I always see that when I look at my eyes in the mirror.

We understand each other because of our shared situation. Same pain and loss.

I hold his hands.

“We need to avenge them and make them pay Denard. Let’s set aside the wedding. Our mothers need us now … And they want justice. We will give it to them and I will have my revenge.”

“Let’s do this, Lineah.”