Chapter Two
Rin walked up to her parents and sat in the empty chair next to her dad. "What you got there?" She leaned forward and examined the object in his hands.
"Oh, nothing important, it is just a few statues I found lying around that needed some attention." He continued wiping them with tissues until the dust subsided. He turned to Rin and a sense of seriousness formed in his eyes. "Rin come with me." He stood up with her following behind.
"What is it dad?" She heard her voice coming out slowly.
Her dad pulled her inside his room and closed the door. He went into the closet and pushed away a few books and newspaper to extract a small box from underneath. He held it tightly in his hand, making it look like it was the most important thing in his life. He handed the blue velvet box to her. "Take this and guard it with your life."
"What's in there?"
He leaned in close, acting like someone was listening to them from outside the door. "It's very important, a piece of ancient jewelry that I have found. Now, no one is supposed to know this."
"Why are you giving it to me?"
"Just in case something happens to me, you are all that I have. Your mom is too old to care for something like this. Now, promise me don't open it."
She realized her hand is sweating from holding the box she looked up at her dad, seeing that he was waiting for her answer. She does not understand what is going on. "I promise." She decided to do as he asked.
"I love you." He said kissing her on the cheek. "Now go tell your mom that you love her and go to bed." He yawned and pretended to be sleepy. "Wait, Rin before you go, take the box into your room and hide it well."
She smiled at him for her answer and headed out the door, walking to her room she looked at the box with interest. What is it in there and why is her dad being secretive? She decided she'll get her answer another day.
She lay in bed tossing and turning, somehow the night seemed hotter than usual, getting up she puts her hair up in a knot. "Why can't I sleep?" She asked, herself when she saw her own reflection in the mirror. Patting her face gently, she made her way back to bed.
Looking up the ceiling she was curious what is in the little blue box, but whatever it is she trusts her dad enough to keep her questions at bay. If he wanted to tell he would. She turned and grabbed a pillow hugging it tightly when she heard the front door opened. She jumped out off the bed, panicking when she heard noises and commotion out in the living room. Her heart began racing and knew something is terribly wrong. She touched the doorknob but came to a complete stop when a stranger's voice yelled at her dad, wanting him to get something, what she wasn't sure. She reached for her phone and started dialing then everything froze, when she heard a couple of gunshots and silent took place after that.
What was she to do? She could not go and help her parents she heard footsteps making way to her bedroom. She has but a split second to make her decision, she ran quietly to the closet and hid in there. Pulling her clothes that hung above her to block her from being seen, she covered her mouth and sat still as possible.
"Look all around and see what you can find." She heard a voice that sounded so rough said.
"We have to find it or the boss, will have our heads."
Going through her room they yanked out drawers and flipped the bed and turned everything upside down. Rin's heart beats louder if at all possible, she bit her hand from yelling out, when she felt the door to the closet slightly opened. She closed her eyes and said a silent prayer. She opened one eye to only find the door was still at the same position, slightly opened.
"Shit, there's someone here." One man said and no later than a couple of seconds later a murderous screamed rang out.
The two men, looked frantically for a way out, when one of them noticed a window, they pushed it wide open and jumped out, disappearing into the night. Rin scrambled from the closet, shoving her clothes and everything else out of the way to get to her parents. When she got to them she saw one of her next door neighbor stood there as white as a ghost looking down on the floor to her now dead parents.
"Mom, dad!" she yelled out and ran to them but her neighbor caught her in his arms and pulled her back.
"Let me go," She screamed until her voice became hoarse. "Please…let me go." Her tears came down and she sagged in her neighbor's arm, he went down with her, holding her tightly to him.
"You'll be Ok, you'll be Ok." That was the last thing she heard because when she looked down in the pool of blood and her parents lifeless bodies one more time she passed out.
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