Chapter 31
"Lucy do you really want to hear this" Fred asked nervously
"Yes I want to and I better start hearing it now" she snapped
"But I'd preferred to keep this from you and do this alone, I don't want you to get involve in this, I just want you safe" he explained
"Really?"
"But you can let your friends know it right?" She queried and an 'oh' sound came out of Fred's mouth and his face fell
"Oh, I guess right, right?" She asked as she made to go in
"Then call me when you're ready to tell me everything too"
"What are you doing?" He frowned
"Going in as you can see" she snapped again
"Okay fine, don't go in" he said letting both his hands out to stop her
"I'm gonna tell you but you have to take your meal first"
"I'm not taking any meal, in fact, I'm not leaving here till you open up" she said certainly
"Okay, let's go in then" he replied and they entered the bedroom and sat on the bed
Fred rubbed his palm together and blow out air from his mouth nervously.
"Are you afraid to tell me?" Lucy asked looking concerned, her blank expression turning to a pity one now as she watched her strong brother suddenly changed into something else all because of a story? Or an explanation rather. It must have be a terrible one then. She thought.
"It's okay if you decided not to tell me then. I'll just act as if everything's fine" she said trying to stand up
"No" Fred's voice came out
"It's something you need to know. I think" he said and Lucy sat back
"What do you mean by something I need to know" she asked unsure
"It's about Dad" he muttered
"Dad?" She exclaimed
"Yeah" he nodded
"Then I was seven and you. You were still so young, you were three"
"When Dad died?" She asked and he nodded. Though it might be strange how Lucy grew up not to know anything about his Dad, how he lived till his death, what killed him or how he died, what he looks like or even his photograph. Lucy had seen nor hear any of this, not even from her Mom.
"You know about this?" Her eyes furrowed
"Yeah"
"And Mom?"
"Yeah, but not much. She doesn't get to witness it the way I do" he explained
"You witnessed Dad's death?" She frozed
"Listen Lucy, I know we've kept a lot and enough from you" he said trying to calm her down
"But I want you to know that there's a reason for that"
"A reason?" She asked rhetorically
"Yeah. Dad was a twin"
"Oh this is getting too much for me now. Anytime I asked Mom about Dad, she only busted into tears and I think the only information I got to get about Dad from Mrs Linda was nothing too"
"They are scared" he said almost in a whisper
"They are scared to talk about him cause the person that killed my Dad still want us dead. They are coming after us"
"Wait" Lucy suddenly said with her right hand up
"You mean those that were after us in Paris..."
"Yeah" he cut in
"But why?" She cried out, obviously getting afraid now
"I don't know much" he shrugged
"How did Dad died?" She asked with a serious look now and Fred breathed in before starting the story
"You know I told you Dad was a twin" he started and she nodded
"Well Dad do stay with Mom but sometimes he just had to leave and travelled to his twin brother, first the twin brother was single, actually heart broken so he has not get over it till he was killed. He lived alone. Secondly, Dad and him were working on something which they sometimes need to be together to work it out"
"What's the thing?"
"I don't really know, I was still young to think that could concern me then and Dad also kept it as a secret, they barely talk about it when his twin come to our place but when we do, they talk freely cause they are only one in the house, including me. Dad used to take me anywhere he goes like his handbag, he said I'm his favourite and his lovely boy" a smile flickered on his face but quickly disappeared and Lucy wondered how how happy and lovely he could have been then to receive such love from one's Dad
"The night he died, I was in the sitting room playing video game and both of them were in the dinning room discussing as usual with some documents or files before them" he breathed in again, rubbing his palm together, he blew air from his mouth and Lucy noticing this, placed her hand on his shoulder and gave it a reassuring light squeeze before he continued "I was so engrossed in the game I was playing that I barely noticed what was happening and when I started knowing gas had filled the dinning room and it has started moving his way to the sitting room, where I was. I quickly stood up at the notice of this and I could hear Dad and his twin coughing probably struggling for air, I called unto him loudly but I heard his already faint voice, making it loud as he could and asking me to go. The gas was now coming to me, circling the whole living room so I was afraid and stepping back with tears sting unto my face, I couldn't see Dad anymore so as I was about calling unto him again a hand grasped me from nowhere and led me through the side door, I couldn't see the face but I know the person was saving me cause after running a few seconds from the house, it was set on fire"
"Oh goodness" Lucy gasped with both her palm covering her mouth, her eyes was widely opened
"You mean Dad was burned down?" She asked with tears now stung to her eyes and he nodded
"Just like they wanted to kill us again? Just like they burned my mom's house again?" She asked with anger clouding her voice
"Yes" Fred nodded
"But who's doing this? Who is this devil that killed my Dad and wanted us killed" she asked furiously and Fred winced before replying
"Arthur's family"
"What!"
TBC.....
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