Heart Darkness
Chapter 26 Aruhi is Marya, Sadness Without End....
"Aruhi?!"
Marya was teary-eyed. He shook his head in objection, "I beg you, don't call me Aruhi! It scares me."
Elgio approached Marya gontai and then circled the girl with his sturdy arms. The heavy sighing of the man and the gust restrained, crashing ended up like a subtle hiccup. Elgio kissed the top of the head of the girl sobbing on his chest trying to calm down. The pain of the girl was contagious, like a virus, gnawing at the heart until she was crushed. Seeing him cry broke his heart and crushed Elgio. They have grown up without parents because of the cruelty of other parents. Elgio was unable to describe in words how much they were suffering.
"I can't forgive my mother. He killed me and my father. 'Aruhi' who was strange and always frightened was created from that evil woman. I hate him. I want him to die in front of me and I want him to feel the pain I felt when I saw Dad die. They beat Dad cruelly and dragged him like a dead animal, Elgio, in front of me. I whined even begged and licked their shoes to let go of my father. I saw my father whimpering in pain all night. Bad memories are like ghosts, chasing me and forcing me to glare at the cruelty. But something else in me loves you. She's still my mother no matter how cruel she is. You have a lot of money, can you erase all of Aruhi's bad memories? I don't even know who I am? Can we get out of here and live a new life somewhere?"
Elgio was just stunned silent a thousand words let Marya sigh and moan in her arms. The man's jaw is still hard. Elgio wanted Marya to know that she would be a shield to him, protecting him until death. He wanted Marya to lean completely on him. She stroked Marya's hair, mourning her loss and misfortune. Still vividly remembered Benn's scarred face and how they almost burned alive in Aruhi's house. Big Lady Diomanta did nothing but it would be sadistic if Madame Salsa knew and did not prevent that from happening. Aruhi and Marya are someone with two names that hold endless sadness.
Marya was still crying when Elgio broke the deck even though it was just a loud sob. He held both sides of the face and looked at those grim eyes of pain. Elgio finds himself devastated with Marya. The man's index finger moved gently remove the hair strands from Marya's forehead and temples.
So, this girl had been hiding behind a hoodie when she had a face as pretty as Thylane Blondeau except for a light brown irish pupil that was so clear and shone with such anguish. Natural straight eyebrows shade symmetrical almond eyelids that are so perfect with a slightly raised eye tail. The girl's nose was petite small, swooping cute at the end. The appearance of the soft tapered jaw strengthens the feminine side of an angel.
"You can meet your mother as Marya, my wife or don't meet her if you don't want to."
Elgio was not tired of being fascinated by the beauty of the face in front of him. The thumb wiped Marya's tears and she clasped the girl back in strength. Marya found peace and tried to control herself.
"I want to make sure everything that has made you suffer receives a reward, Aruhi. But, I'm not so sure, for revenge reasons. I could tap a finger and your mother ended up in jail, languishing there. I'm gonna do that! But think again! If we repay evil with evil, are we not as inferior as they are?"
Marya hugs, "I don't know Elgio. I want revenge, but I can't do it. I keep hiding like a loser."
"If you have any doubt, let God be the just judge between us and those who hurt us, Aruhi. If we take God's place, then God has no reason to punish them."
Elgio knows better than anyone, Marya will never get revenge. The girl had a heart as soft as silk.
"You know Albert Einstein and his philosophy of no space in free will. Everything is determined, beginning and end, by forces we cannot control, chanted in the distance by an unseen player. Let the Rhythm Player play and we dance with joy because happiness is the best revenge. Ignoring revenge will give you peace. Revenge doesn't heal your wounds either. I'll be by your side filling your wounds and making you happy."
Marya looked at Elgio, the girl's cries died down remaining a smooth sob. Elgio is the prince of dreams who comes to calm the storm and save it from grief and from vengeance. Maybe this guy is right, either Aruhi or Marya needs a psychiatrist.
"Can you call me Marya?"
"Elgio, I want to be treated."
"alright. We'll have a consultation on Monday. Want to come with me, Marya Corazon? I have something for you."
Elgio held Marya's hand. Without waiting for an answer, Elgio takes Marya out of Aunt Maribel's dwelling and into the main house.
"Where are we going? I'm afraid Reinha caught us."
Marya's not used to it without her hoodie. Especially if it gets caught by Reinha.
"His is sleeping at this hour. The house lights and the room lights have also gone out."
"Elgio. What if Aunt Mai sees? Where are we going?"
Marya stopped at the entrance to the middle room of the house. He held Elgio's hand, hesitating. This was the first time Marya's foot stepped on Durante Pavilion after a dozen years.
"Calm down, Bonita (beautiful). I'm just gonna show you something very special."
Elgio's gentle gaze made Marya calm. Elgio again clasped the girl's hand strongly demanding her to believe. They passed through the innermost central room of the Pavilion, where the decorative lights hanging in the middle of the room were off, changing into dim wall lights. Both are going up the stairs.
Czechs .... Picked switch.
The lights of the large room decorated with beautiful pearl balls lit up brightly illuminated the room. Someone was clucking loudly from upstairs. Elgio and Marya were shocked and stopped walking. Elgio looked up to follow the direction of the crack while Marya hid the face behind Elgio's body.
"His?!"
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