Chapter 5

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Aki

"Just be careful with the words you say, she is still a child." said Primo—Maxen's lawyer.

Mrs. Mariel Hizola, Maxen's aunt. Mr. Ghon Hizola, he is Mariel's husband. They have a child named Mozzart Ghav Hizola, Maxen and Mauve's cousin. Sometimes, they're visiting in the mansion and will stay there for almost a week.

Last week before the incident happens, they went to the mansion to visit Mr. Maveron Sanchez. Mrs. Hizola said that she witnessed how Mr. Sanchez scolded Maxen.

"Of course, it is perfectly normal for a father to scold his child." I whispered irritatingly. Jin looked at me and told me to lower down my voice because they might hear me.

Well, I don't mind.

The alleged reasons of Mrs. Hizola. Whatever else she says to press the case. Chief Hermenez tried to plead with the couple but it seems that they are determined to proceed with the case.

"Don't you think that Maxen can't do that kind of things?" I whispered. Jin looked at me again and said that she can hear it.

I looked at Maxen and could see how uncomfortable she was with the circumstances.

I couldn't do anything because of Mrs. Hizola.

"I know that girl's behavior! I think she has a grudge against her parents, that's she he was able to kill my brother and sister-in-law." Mrs. Hizola said angrily.

"Nye nye, you say a lot." I whispered. I was surprised when Jin pulled me upright.

"Excuse us," Jin said before she pulled me out.

"Why?!" I asked her irritatingly.

"You said a lot of bad things earlier, what if Mrs. Hizola heard you?" she asked irritatedly.

"So what? I'm annoyed with her, whatever she says makes no sense." I told her.

"We should not meddle with their situation. We just came there to listen. We have nothing else to do inside, we are just a detectives."

"Just detectives? We are not just a detectives, Jin. We built this headquarters to protect someone, isn't it?" I said to her.

"Yes but it is Primo, Leon, and Eiwel's job to protect and to handle the case. All we have to do is investigate." she said.

I wish I had become a lawyer.

She does have a point, but I still can't accept that I'm just going to sit and listen to them accusing Maxen. Don't they feel sorry for the child? She just lost her parents and then she is accused of killing them.

"We already helped Maxen a lot, okay? We asked Primo to be her attorney. That's a big help Akisha, so let them be." Jin said.

I just nodded and didn't even bother to go inside. I went into a room, where Mauve was playing with trains

I sat beside him while he's enjoying playing with those trains.

When do the Hizola's intend to take Mauve? They have the courage to say that they are worried about Mauve, but they didn't remember to bring Mauve home.

Mauve's clear, there is no such thing that they saw from the autopsy. It's all from Maxen's, that's why all of us are worried.

But what if Maxen did it? Sometimes, my thoughts are thinking differently, what if Maxen did it? But what if she did not? What—

"Trains," my head stopped thinking when I heard Mauve's voice. It is my first time hearing his voice, it is cute, small, and clear.

"Yes, that's trains." I said to him joyfully.

"Home," Mauve uttered. As I can see, Mauve can't talk straight yet. One word at a time? That's strange, he's six years old, yet, he can't talk that much?

I felt sad when he uttered "home". I know that he can't go back to where his real home is. His parent's dead, his sister's being accused, he can't do nothing but to live in another world with his aunt and to bring his trauma forever.

"Dead." Mauve said that made my heart beats faster and my chest felt a loud bang.

I met his amber teary-eyed. He's sobbing also while holding his train.

In his young age, he witnessed how his parents died.

He cried, so I carried him and started carresing his back.

After a few minutes, he calmed down and just stared at the floor.

"Are you hungry?" I asked Mauve. I felt his head nodded a little bit.

We go outside and went to the cafeteria.

I brought him a biscuit and yakult. He ate while looking at his train. I smiled when I observed his innocent and baby face.

He's like a carbon copy of Maxen but Mauve's the boy version.

"Yakult," Mauve said after he drank his yakult.

"Do you want more?" I asked him but he shook his head. After he ate his merienda he went to me and hugged my waist. It was like he's saying 'thank you' through touch.

We were about to go out of the cafeteria when Jin saw us. She went towards me and said something that made my heart ache.

"They continued the case."