Chapter 17 - Note

"Are you just going to sit there and look at your plate?" the woman said, looking at the girl in front of her.

Currently, the city is in disarray due to the outbreak of war. It took only 3 days, but a lot of factories and factories were closed due to a shortage of workers. A large number of men left their homes in order to go to war.

On the streets, you could hear the loud cries of women and children who did not want their fathers and husbands to go to war, because the fear of losing a loved one at that moment was too strong.

Emilia, who was sitting at the table, had a spoon in her hand, but the food that was in front of her nose was still full. Currently, the girl was like in a trance.

It's been 3 days since she can't accept everything that's happening. Perhaps it was because of the tragedy that struck the whole world, but her face at that moment was pale as a white sheet of paper.

Forcefully squeezing the spoon in her hand, she stuffed the soup into her mouth, then another and another, but after a second all the contents came out.

- 'Disgusting' - the girl thought when she tasted it. Every time she tries to eat something, food is like raw earth diluted with water for her.

"If you can't eat, go back to your room." Elizabeth said, getting to her feet to clean up the mess her niece had made.

Currently, Elizabeth herself is under a lot of stress. At work, there were problems with financing, job cuts, all this affected her condition. Instead of her usual cold personality, she now looked gloomy, with her circles under her eyes due to insomnia.

Silently moving the stroller, Emilia silently rolled it towards the bedroom.

After closing the door, the girl's gaze began to slide around the room in front of her, that at that moment it seemed to her that she was not alone here. The feeling that someone was nearby, who was important to her life, but she knew that all this was her simple imagination.

Instead of going back to bed to lie down, she moved around the room. Her gentle face scanned every corner of the room, looking for someone.

The last few days she was not herself, so she stayed in bed all the time and did not go out. She even forgot the sense of time that she didn't notice how the days passed.

Victor has been gone for more than 3 days. There is no news and where he went, too. Although there is an idea in her head where he is, but she did not want to believe it. Because the fear of losing someone dear to you was too strong, which makes you take your own lies at face value.

But sometimes you need to accept reality as it is.

When Emilia was near the desktop, she slowly ran her hand across the table. Every time she woke up, she saw her brother who was always writing something, but when Victor noticed how she woke up, he threw his pen and hid his notes in his drawer to return to her bed.

She always wondered what was in Victor's head, but at the same time she understood that if he didn't want to talk about it, then there was something he wanted to hide from her.

When she opened the drawer, she noticed that it was also empty, but when she ran her hand over the bottom of the drawer, she felt that it had moved a little.

Pressing on it a little harder, she noticed a small gap through which she finally saw a white sheet of paper with text clearly written by her brother's hand.

Taking out a sheet of paper from the drawer, she clearly recognized this beautiful handwriting of Victor. At this moment, she couldn't help but hold back the trembling of her hands. Her eyes, still swollen after several days of hysteria, began to water again.

[Hi Amy, Em.. This is a note I left for you to read carefully. I do not know when you will be able to find her, but I hope you found her very soon after I left.]

Reading, Emilia tried to restrain her flow of tears. But since her hands were shaking, which made it unbearable to read, she put the note on the table and sat down on a chair while holding her hands near her mouth to restrain a scream.

[You probably noticed that I couldn't have breakfast with you this morning. So yes, I left. But you can be sure that when the time comes, I will definitely come back to you. I don't know how long it will take me to get back to you again, but I hope during this time you won't forget me.]

[You already know that I hid this note, but there was a reason for that. Because I was afraid Aunt Elizabeth would be able to find her. Everything you read next will be what I want to write only to you and I want to share it with you.]

[But before that, you should have seen a test tube with liquid, so open it and drink all the contents. After you drink, turn the page over and continue reading.]

When she had finished reading up to this point, she looked into the drawer again.and this time she had already noticed a test tube with a red liquid. Without thinking for a second, she took it out and drank all the contents. She had absolute trust in her brother, so there was no doubt in her actions that he could somehow harm her.

The moment the liquid got inside her body, she felt that something had changed in her body, but she couldn't say what, so she didn't pay attention to it and continued reading.

[I see you've already drunk what I left you. You're my smart girl! Well, now let's start with the fact that I left. Yes, I went to war... I decided to volunteer, but if I try, maybe in the future they will even be able to give me a weapon in my hands.. Who knows? There is also a small gift. There's a bag under our bed. In it you will find 5,000 pounds and a bunch of papers. These are documents with the right to a percentage of the profit that you will receive from my business. I copied all this to you, so I hope you can comfortably spend time while I'm gone.. Also, if you want to retire, I have a country house, I've cleaned it up pretty thoroughly, so if anything, you can stay there in my room.]

[Although what normal person would feel comfortable in such a period of time? I think my thoughts went the wrong way, so I'll probably end up with this.. ]

[I hope when I come back you will become even more beautiful.. God.. I'm afraid to imagine how many guys will run after you while I'm gone. Perhaps you can already find yourself a good groom. No, no.. Until I come back, you won't be able to date anyone until I approve..]

- "D-fool..Idiot.. Prick.. How dare you..." said Emilia, holding back the scream that was about to come out of her mouth.

[There's a surprise waiting for you in the morning of the next day, I hope you can accept it. When I come back, maybe I can see you from the other side.]

After finishing reading, the girl could no longer restrain herself and began to cry. Her crying was heard even by Aunt Elizabeth, who did not pay attention to it, as it has been happening for several days.