261 Alda 2 (2/2)
'... Huu...'
Unnerved, he chose to probe the woman who was still looking intently at the semi-transparent round marble. With a cold expression on, he asked in a tone that held no politeness in it,
”You are supposed to be in your white room, why did you break out and blackmail me to go to this abandoned house?”
The smile on her lips did not vanish. However, it did turn more forced and less warm. She looked at him with incomparable seriousness, pursing her lips before replying, ”I'm sorry...”
”I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that. Please believe me that I would have preferred not to drag that charming and beautiful lady to this...”
A sigh followed. There was no more explanation said, purposely leaving it to the hearer's imagination why she had to go to that length to summon him in this place.
But Chris was not really the least bit interested to know the reason. More like he wanted to check if his guess was correct.
If the older woman was not only a dead friend's family member, he would have attempted to threaten her with death too. The kind which would make her voluntary come back to the asylum.
He asked, ”Where is she?”
After blurting this out, the pain that crossed Alda Dimatrionez' eyes did not escape his notice. She bitterly inquired in a manner as if muttering, ”Is she that important to you?”
Alda looked down at her right palm and played with the round object there.
Time passed that the questions seemed to have been forgotten.
When five minutes passed, Chris almost wanted to just battle it out against the woman or her backer if the system did not remind him to calm down and wait for more.
Just when his thin thread of patience had almost been thoroughly exhausted, she once again sighed and said,
”Alright. I won't be keeping you in suspense anymore. To be honest, Meyer's boy. I simply felt guilty for you, for what my daughter had done... I felt partly responsible for what you've gone through. Hence I decided to finally disclose the truth to you now.”
Confusion immediately got written all over his face. Did he hear her correctly? Just for this damnable reason, she colluded with Leo Jones, escaped from the mental hospital, kidnapped Alessa, and forced him to come here? ”Wait. Why the heck does the past matter now?”
To this, Alda took a deep breath. He noticed that her body was trembling, especially the hand holding the small device.
She answered in a shaking voice, ”My heart's been bursting with sorrow as I touch these painful memories of mine. But I know the guilt will torture me more if I don't tell you of everything you should know... Please, Meyer's boy. Hear me out. Allow me a release by sharing to you the true disaster that destroyed my 'perfect' family...”
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