CHAPTER FOUR

"Is big sis awaking yet?" Vivianne asked Tashia, who was busy with the guests who had come to their grandmother's wake.

Her sister just looked at her, and was staring in another direction towards the house where their sister was resting.

It's almost morning, and she also needs to rest. She needs to leave early because she will be working today as well.

"I'll leave you here, Tashia, you know I have to leave early today because I have work later." Vivianne reminded her sister, who was already seated, as their guests were also starting to leave.

"Are you not going to take what ate is giving you?" Tashia asked her.

"After the funeral, of course, I'll take it, I need the money," She replied back then.

She didn't ask her anymore and just stared at the coffin and the picture of their grandmother.

"Even if we didn't grow up with big sis Sharlene, I hope we still respect her." Tashia only sighed.

"Are you scolding me now, Tashia?" "She asked, while her arms crossed.

"No, Mom left her with Dad, and then it we just surprised that Dad left her too?" Tashia reasoned to Vivianne.

"Because she's adopted, Tashia, adopted, I just followed out of respect for Grandma." She stared intently at his sister.

It didn't say anything, she saw Tashia shrugged off what it heard about it.

"Don't forget, because of her, you finished your studies." Reminded Tashia while looking at her intently.

"Excuse me?" Her temper suddenly flared at what Tashia said to her. "Yes, because it's her responsibility to educate us as siblings, and besides, it's not her money he's using to pay for our education, it's from her late spouse."

It let out a deeper sigh at what she was saying. Tashia walked straight ahead. "Just rest." That's all she heard.

She looked at Tashia as she walked away, watching her until she entered the house to remind her sister Sharlene.

Vivianne starts preparing to leave, knowing that Sharlene is on leave today, he won't waste the opportunity to take a leave from her job.

She was about to leave through the gate when he encountered someone.

"Vivianne." Someone called her.

She immediately turned to see who called her, and her brow suddenly furrowed.

"Sheila." She recognized the person who called her.

Sheila smiled at her, and she looked him up and down, followed by Sharlene's husband, Martin.

"Did you arrive early?" She asked while gazing sweeping over the two.

"Ah, we just passed by." Martin answered her question.

"Just passing by?" She asked.

"Ah," the two exchanged glances, "I mean, we just happened to be here at the same time to check on Sharlene. Condolences to the Rosario family."

She didn't answer back then, thinking to herself that there was something unusual about the two she was seeing now. He just nodded.

"I'm leaving first." She immediately said goodbye to the two.

They nodded, and she was about to leave as well. Suddenly, her curiosity got the better of him, so she secretly looked back and saw that the two holding hands. Sheila only let go when they entered the gate.

Vivianne just raised her eyebrow.

I shouldn't meddle in their married life, after all, Sharlene isn't really my sister. She could only say it and walked away from the big house.

She arrived home safely at her waited house, her work shift was still far off, so she lay down just to rest.

You finished your studies because of sis Sharlene. When Vivianne remembers those words, she gets even angrier.

I know that, you shouldn't have told me, Tashia. She just said it in her mind, she couldn't sleep again.

Because of Sharlene, she was able to finish her studies. Ever since their family fell apart, the hardships they experience in their daily lives also began. Her mother left with another man, went far away, and forgot about both her and Tashia.

That's why she approached Sharlene back then, who he would never forget was still studying in college at their grandmother's house where they were staying.

She asks Sharlene for money because they are embarrassed to show themselves to his grandmother, she is envious of her, if only he hadn't gone with her mother, he would have enjoyed the good life that Sharlene is experiencing. That's why she always asks her for money, so he can live and so Tashia can live too.

She is embarrassed to ask her grandmother for help, because she thought she would be happy to be with her mother, that her decision to go with the one she trusted before was the right one.

Vivianne just sighed whenever she thought about and reminisced their past. To survive, he extorts money from Sharlene; for every request she makes, like taking care of her grandmother in the hospital, he charges for all the services she provides.

Vivianne, go to sleep, you need to work hard now, to clear your guilt, right? She could only laugh at the question in her mind.

She always striving to improve her life, she is striving to become a person who is also beneficial.

Her mind was tired, she suddenly fell asleep, and she dreamed that she saw her grandmother walking in the darkness, her eyes filled with sorrow. Vivianne was about to call her when suddenly her two hands, which she couldn't see, were bound.

Not only did she see his grandmother, but also two people, a woman and a man, who were also tied up by something invisible to her eyes at that time.

There is a woman sitting, looking at the captive, her grandmother, and the two people, she cannot discern their faces.

All she saw was a playful smile.

So, you all are complete now. She heard the woman sitting there say. She was wearing a black dress that looked like mourning attire.

Be ready, with your karma. While laughing hysterically.

She woke up suddenly.

She doesn't know what her dream is trying to convey. Vivianne is confused, she has many questions.

No, it's just your imagination, Vivianne, Grandma Felicia said quietly, you shouldn't think like that. She shook her head to get rid of the bad feeling she was experiencing right now.

Vivianne, help me. Someone whispered to her ears.

She was stunned by what she heard, so she turned around; there was no one in her house because she was the only one living there at that time.

Help, help, Vivianne, there's no time left. She heard the voice mixing with the wind again.

Vivianne got goosebumps all over her body, she couldn't understand anything. Her grandmother died because she had been in a coma for a long time, and her body finally gave up.

Am I being haunted? Is there an anomaly that happened that I don't know about? She kept asking himself that back then.

Grandma. Just a mention in her mind back then that there was fear and concern for the elderly person who had just died.