CHAPTER 3 "LETTER"

Did you know that the word home comes from the Latin Focaris means family warmth, which should provide you with happiness and protection, like the one described in the stories where the protagonist is always surrounded by the closest people, which include friends and family, give them their constant support So that close person achieves their goals set from the beginning but that only happens in novels, series, movies, comics; Real life is different although those attitudes of everything can be in life is something that Mia always admire from those stories, the speed with which the loss of a close being is overcome people with a cold attitude towards the situation maybe if Mia were like them right now she could get up and finish reading her grandfather's letters but she cannot, it cannot be that cold person without emotions.

The young ravenette wiped the tears from her golden eyes that even after 15 days after the funeral and 4 after the reading of the will she can still cry for the loss of her grandfather, some will say that it is a sadness taken too far and maybe they are right but the heiress Sherley can't contain her emotions, emotions when they run deep can get the best of you or they can drown you if you're not careful and Mia is drowning in crushing sadness; in these cases it would be best to have a source of support to communicate her feelings as a close relative who is with her but there is no one with Mia.

Gruño hears sounds from downstairs again, Mia knows that if she puts her ear to the wall she will be able to hear the screams of her uncles who are on the first floor of the house. It must be funny that they spoke so loudly that she on the second floor she can hear them but neither laughter nor mockery leaves her lips as soon as she manages to emulate a small growl in her throat, she does not want to hear anyone, she does not want to see anyone, she does not even want to leave her bedroom alone he wishes with all his might for the bed to open up and eat it so that he would disappear from the earth even if he disappeared from the memories of everyone he knows family, friends maybe he could turn into a blank sheet and start over in someone else a place where no one knows her, where there is no memory that would cause her agonizing pain.

-I wish all these memories would disappear- she whispered so softly, hoping that the sound would be lost in the darkness, Mia watched the ceiling of her room in silence the screams from below seemed like whispers that resounded on the walls, sigh does not understand why they continue to fight The reading ended days ago but they are still displeased with the results, Mia does not know what her uncles expected of her grandfather, they knew him well enough to know that Dio likes games and small revenges He was always a man who enjoyed playing with others Especially emotionally, Mia knows that her grandfather had dubious moral behavior especially towards people he dislikes, Mia humming remembers that Dio was quite direct with those individuals not only in comments but also with his actions.

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-Mia pay attention what I'm going to teach you is very important- Dio smiled at his 7-year-old granddaughter who is sitting on his lap, the little girl looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

-What's up grandpa? -

-You know the people you are going to meet in life will not always be very good there are many people who are unkind and convincing so you must be careful and know how to fight back- Dio said with bright eyes

-But the grandmother said that it is good to forgive and not hold a grudge- Mia remembers Maria's words when her aunt Ariana said very hurtful words towards her, Maria told her to forget those words and the little girl tried to ignore that awkward moment with her family.

-Well yes, but your grandmother is very pacifist and there are times when kindness is not enough to survive- the man sighed, lightly squeezing the shoulder of his youngest granddaughter, he has lived long enough to have an idea of how people are in reality and wants Mia to believe physically and mentally well so that when she is older she can take care of the responsibilities that come to her.

-So Mia listen, the first thing you have to do is observe your surroundings and plan according to your possibilities-

Maria who listens carefully to Dio's conversation and Mia smiles at her husband's occurrences, apparently she started to tell crazy things again, he always seemed to enjoy talking about those stories to his children and now to her granddaughter, Maria wondered how many she will always have He dated a different one although he remembers that the main character is the same; She shakes her head. It is not the time to analyze the made-up stories of her husband, she must stop Dio before he says something wrong in front of Mia.

-Honey I think you should better help Mia with math- she looks at her granddaughter and husband, Dio is drawing on paper they are probably silly plans again trying to get Mia to follow in his footsteps in criminal jokes and they weren't even listening to her both alone they speak in their own world.

Dio held up the paper showing a strange diagram to Mia's eyes.

-With this you can cheat and scam someone-

Maria was startled -¡Honey! -

-What? -Asked Dio as she handed the plan drawn to the girl -This can be used against her siblings-

-Sweetie! those are your children-

-¿Brothers? ... ¿Son´s? -Mia tilted her head confused, she observed the angry face of her grandmother and the mocking expression of hers, her grandfather, her incredulous sigh she understood.

-You mean my uncles-

Dio looked away, hiding a sinic smile, and was plotting her sisañoso plans again.

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The ravenette wiped away the tears that fell starting to laugh in a subtle way the memories of the grandfather crossed her mind especially the first time she showed strange diagrams she also remembers her grandmother's face in the distance she seemed angry she never said anything bad about the diagrams , Mia frowned slightly if she thought about it better to say diagram to that strange symbols that her grandfather drew is to give too much credit in reality what he drew were only alchemical symbols pasted at random without any meaning, Mia sighed sliding to the edge of the bed watching Staring at the open letter on the desk in the corner of his room, Dio never wrote random things even though they were difficult to understand the older man liked to encrypt everything with alchemical symbols when she was older, since showing many strange symbols to a girl 7-year-old was not very productive, Dio explained that he used alchemical endings to refer to direction nes or objects.

Air is left, earth is right, water is above, and fire is below.

She smiled, they placed symbols for the books favorites that she shared with grandfather Sometimes he seemed more like a child than an adult and those memories bring him happiness in these moments. After all, Dio always told him to live happily and as she wanted; Mia in small steps approached the desk taking the open blue letter, the seal of the man with the beard broken, the notary Henry gave her two letters but only one has been opened, because, the envelope of the blue letter contained a note written "No open the old envelope until you solve the new one ”, Mía could ignore it and open the letter on parchment paper but somehow it caused her chills to touch the old paper so she decided to follow the instructions until she discovered what her grandfather had hidden but you can already imagine that it's a big thing.

Without date

My dear granddaughter Mia Sherley

You will have many questions at this time, you will also be wondering why the letter does not have a date but that is not important, the time when you are dying the time loses importance, returning to the origin of this letter is my farewell to you, maybe when I die I can not see you and that brings great sadness to my soul but even if it hurts I must continue to adapt to modern situations even on my deathbed.

Mia I want to tell you so many things but I don't think they are correct to write so Mia I love you you are the best daughter I had I never cared that you were my biological granddaughter I carried you, I fed you I even changed your diapers I raised you you are my daughter no matter what they say. Mia Sherley I want you to inherit everything I have obtained through the years I am not going to lie to you it is not only money also knowledge but everything carries a responsibility our original family was always dedicated to research and I perfect it now it may be your turn to learn the whole story.

Mia, if you want to learn this, a smaller envelope is included in this letter, you have to deliver it in the following code, always remember to follow the correct order, always one first:

Earth, Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune.

My dear daughter, if you ever want to know nothing about this, just leave the situation as it is and go with Henry to tell him that you will not continue even if you do not investigate, he will leave you an inheritance so that you can live for yourself, Live as you wish.

Sorry for lying.

Dio Sherley

-Excuse me for lying- Mia's voice sounded muffled, her gaze focused on a single word, Lying is easy but what she brings with me is only destruction, she is still not entirely sure because her father is apologizing but she knows that it is nothing good.

-Please tell me that you are going to leave this room now-

The ravenette turned her head her eyes almost bulged, she surprised she observed Maria at the entrance of her room. How did enter?

-Grandma…?-

Maria raised an eyebrow

-You closed the door but didn't put the lock-

-And you entered my room without knocking her- she No, she was so distracted that she didn't hear someone knocking on the door.

-Of course it's your room but it's my house- Maria smiled proudly at her own response.

Mia frowned, entering without knocking on the door was not rude.

The older woman glanced at the desk one of her letters had already been opened, it seems Mia will finally move on.

-Did you finally open them? -

Mia crumpled the letter in response.

-Do you need help? -That she discovered her granddaughter does not know and she personally did not want to know she preferred to die in ignorance.

-No ... - she remembered the word lie - .. but grandma, was Grandpa Dio a liar? -

An uncomfortable question for a woman who recently lost her husband, a husband with whom she was married for 45 years but necessary because no son likes her parents to lie but the reality is always different.

-Maybe Dio tried not to lie but it must have had his secrets, that trunk that he has in his study was never opened while I was present- she knew that Dio had secrets and many but it was not the time to talk about them.

The young woman she returned her sight to the little code Earth, Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune if she deciphered it she would discover it would be good, bad, both.

-Mia told me that she will help you if you have problems but to be honest she only left me these words "When I find what I should be able to open the trunk" is all- Maria under her gaze those simple words were heavy and she did not understand why .

-Thank you grandmother- he looked at his grandmother with a calm smile on his face, he knew that the decision is hers but he appreciates the words of María without Dio thought that he would not have a quiet conversation again after all his grandmother has 5 children and many grandchildren Mia She was just another granddaughter so she didn't expect much from the older woman.

Maria was saddened to see that calm smile the last time she was able to observe one like it was her when she heard a joke that ended up being real.