THE REVENGE

TWENTY

TWENTY

Pedro was the one who offered to go and open the door, the rest of us sat at the table silently as we waited for him to come back. He stayed there for a while and emerged later with a tall man behind him, a complete replica of him, he looked exactly like Pedro, his eyes and the nose, no doubt it was his dad

“Hey honey? I missed you” he said as he kissed her lightly on her lips and the n proceeded to sit on the empty seat next to her. “Hmm…and what a surprise, who are these two beauties with you? How are you girls?” he asked turning his attention back to us

“Oh this is Danelya, Pedro’s girlfriend and that is Talia, her younger sister “Mrs. Montero introduced us and I started feeling like my stomach was heating up, the tension building up was something else, I was expecting him to be mad at his son or the both of us but seemed like he was not going to be, a smile was stretching on his face and there was no sign of him being mad

“Wow! Now finally I get to meet the beautiful girl giving my son sleepless nights, how are you Danelya?” he asked with a smile pestered on his face and I smiled before I responded to his greeting

“I’m good sir” I said

“No need for that my dear , just call me Montero or Davidson whichever is okay with you but I prefer Davidson since everyone calls me that, and the young little princess how are you?” he asked his attention back to Talia

“I’m good Mr. Davidson” Talia replied

“Hmm… just right on time, I can see my son has a good taste just like his dad, no doubt you are my replica, or I’m I lying son?” he asked Pedro and everyone at the table laughed, his dad was a funny person and I think you wouldn’t be bored around him

“Dad come on, stop that” Pedro replied and I could not fail to note the dad-son relationship that the two had, it was a healthy relationship that one could die for. it made me miss my dad even more, if he was around , we would not have gone through all that but sometimes we don’t get to choose whom to and whom not to stay or leave, w never have those options

“What son? Don’t you want me to tell you the truth? You know you just took after me in everything but you have never told me you have a girlfriend, were you waiting for me to com back? Or when were you planning to tell me, I’m mad at you for hiding such news from me and your mom here didn’t bother to tell me anything huh? You people are so wicked” he said feigning hurt and placed his hands on his chest and everyone burst out into a laugh

“My bad , I’m sorry about that honey but there was no time for that, everything just happened so fast that we didn’t get time to tell you what is going on” Mrs. Montero tried explaining after everyone had calmed down. “Honey this is Danelya, the one I was telling you about, you remember her case? The one I’m working on” she asked Mr. Davidson who was now seated next to Pedro on the couch, we were now seated in the living room

“Oh yeah I remember that, Danny, Talia, I’m so sorry for your loss, I understand how you feel and my wife here and I are going to make sure you get justice for your family, they will pay for the pain they have caused you, I will make sure that happens and that is a promise trust me” he said and we just nodded in response

“Honey the people that are after these poor innocent young girls are so cruel, do you know their cousin who was staying here with us a day ago was gang r***d and her body was dumped by the road side?” she said and her husband who was blank all the time was surprised, his mouth hang open, seemed like he didn’t know anything about what had just happened

“Oh my God, are you serious right now, how cruel can the world be? People have just turned into wild animals, killing each other like it is a normal thing to do, I’m so sorry my daughters that is a lot for young girls like you, Jesus Christ!” he said still in shock

“Of course, I can never joke with such a serious case David? I just want us to work on this case, we should get down to these people and finish them off before they kill these innocent babies, no more shedding of innocent blood, enough is enough don’t you think so?”She asked Mr. Davidson who was still in shock and was recovering from it

“Of course, my dear don’t worry, we are going to get down to the bottom of this and trust me you, no one is going escape the wrath of justice, we will hunt them down and make sure they pay for what they have caused, they have killed enough and the doctor they killed will be the last” he said in a serious tone and I believed he was going to help us

When dad came home that day with the good news of us moving out of that small town to the city, I knew our life was going to take a different course, we were going to live a normal life, a life full of happiness, full of joy and togetherness, I loved seeing my parents together they were a clear indication of genuine love and care but what I didn’t expect was the turn of events, I didn’t expect to become an orphan just like that, my family all of them gone, the world is so unfair sometimes . What I am trying to say is that the world we are currently living in has turned into a hell hole, no humanity, no nothing, a world full of beasts

“Thank you Mr. Davidson for your efforts and help we really do appreciate everything” I said and he shushed me

“No, don’t even mention it, I’m doing this out of my own will, you are like my daughter and I would do anything for my daughter just like I will do for my son Pedro and by the way, congratulations to the both of you I want to wish you all the best and I hope you will treat her like I have always treated your mother, I hope you will always remember what I have taught you” he said as he turned his attention back to Pedro

“Of course dad, trust me will you dad?”

“I do trust you son, I just hope you will treat this lovely girl the way she deserves to be treated” his dad said and Pedro nodded in agreement

Later when we were done with diner, Talia and I went upstairs to our room, we had had a long day, with Kenadi’s death news, I felt so exhausted that I just wanted to sleep

“Hey sis you are asleep?” Talia’s voice woke me up from my reverie, I had zoned out already, I had a lot on my mind

“No not yet what’s up?” I asked turning my attention back to her

“Nothing much sis I was just asking so what next from here?” she asked ad I didn’t know what answer her because it was like a rhetoric question

“Sis what do you mean by that? We had a long day today, why don’t we sleep then we can talk about what you want us to talk about tomorrow when we okay and sober?” I said trying to make her understand

“Yeah of course sorry sis, there is just so much going on and I just don’t know what will happen tomorrow we should be prepared for anything you understand?”

“Yes I do sis, lets rest then we can do the talking tomorrow” I said and glad she always understood me

“Okay goodnight sis, I love you”

“Good night baby sis, I love you back, we shall overcome this” I said as I drifted off to sleep hoping for the best the following day.