Erelah POV
I immediately went to mental and immediately looked for Damon at the nurse’s station.
“To Damon, Patient 412,” I told the nurse who was guarding the nurse station, she looked at something on a piece of paper and then looked at me.
“He just went out with his lawyer and brother.” It told me that it made me weak.
“W-did Draco tell you where he was taking Damon?” I asked, the nurse shook her head at me.
“No ma’am, but they had a lot of police with them earlier.” This made me lose hope even more. Draco then took Damon out, but where was he going to take Damon?
Damon said in the letter that he will be taken to a laboratory, but I don’t know which laboratory, there are many private laboratories here in the Philippines.
I immediately took out my cellphone and dialed Havacco’s number, he immediately answered the call.
“Hello Havacco, are you with Gazer?” I will ask. I even heard him blowing and puffing on his cigarette before he answered me.
“No, why?” He asked. Doesn’t Havacco know what’s going on yet?
“Draco they took Damon and took him to a laboratory,” I said, I heard her slur on the other line, I know she’s as angry as me and Gazer.
I’m angry because they took Damon without my knowledge, I have a lot of trust in Draco because I know he’s my friend and Damon is his brother, but with what’s happening now, I’m slowly losing my trust in Draco.
“Tangina, where did Draco take Damon?!” I heard Havacco shout on the other line.
“I didn’t know and I just found out that they are going to release Damon, but based on Damon’s letter to me, he will be taken to a laboratory to remove the alters that are in the host’s body,” I said while walking out of the mental.
I lowered the car to the side while listening to Havacco’s anger.
“From the very beginning, I didn’t trust that Draco, if it wasn’t for you, Gazer and I wouldn’t trust him.” He said to me annoyed.
I got into a taxi while Havacco continued to vent his anger.
“Where’s Gazer?” he asked.
“I don’t know, after he passed by the coffee shop where I work, he left immediately,” I said, taking a deep breath and then telling the driver the address of Draco’s house. Havacco said goodbye to me before hanging up, making me even more nervous as I walked down the road to Draco’s house.
A few minutes after Havacco hung up I received a text from an unregistered number. That message contained an address located on the ridge.
I don’t know who this number is from, but I suddenly found out that I told my driver that we were going here. A few minutes passed when my driver dropped me off at the corner of the address.
I was even more nervous when I saw that the address in the message was in an abandoned building.
I looked at my phone again when it suddenly vibrated.
‘I see you, come in.’ I swallowed and looked at the building again, I got even more nervous and my hair rose because of the strong wind, I don’t know if I will continue or not, I feel different, I feel like something bad is going to happen, but there is a part of I had to go because I was afraid that Damon might be here.
I didn’t realize it and was not myself when I stepped my foot into the abandoned building, my heart beat faster when I saw the atmosphere inside the building. There were no lights and only the lights from the small windows served as light inside the building.
I swallowed and almost jumped in shock when a black cat walked in front of me. I clutched my chest and followed the cat I saw.
I looked at my cellphone when it vibrated again, a message from that number.
‘WELCOME’
I don’t know but I suddenly lost my courage, I immediately turned my back to run out of the building when the door closed causing me to cry.
I immediately knocked on the door and tried to open it but it seemed like something was blocking the outside that was preventing me from opening the door.
For a few moments, my tears started to flow because of fear, in my mind, I prayed that nothing bad would happen to me until I heard footsteps approaching me.
“Please…. please let me out.” I cried and sat down in fear. I felt the presence of someone in front of me causing me to be even more afraid and close my eyes.
Is this my last? Am I going to die?
“Erelah.” I stopped when someone mentioned my name, a voice that is familiar to me.
I immediately opened my eyes and tried to find the person who called me in the dark place where I was sitting.
“D-Damon?” I called, and when I called his name, the lights suddenly turned on at the same time as party poppers went off, and in the middle stood people I didn’t know, but Gazer was wearing a birthday hat and holding a cake, smiling. , while Draco was holding balloons. In the very center, there was a long white cloth with the words ‘Happy Birthday ‘ standing there holding a balloon, and Damon was standing in front of me with a smile.
I didn’t know what I was going to feel but I didn’t waste a second and immediately hugged Damon tightly, at the same time my tears were falling, I feel a mixture of emotions right now fear, nervousness, sadness, and joy.
Fear and trepidation because I thought something bad had happened to her, I thought it was the end of me a while ago, sadness because I forgot my birthday, and joy because I saw Mother because the people close to me made an effort to surprise her me now even though the method of them surprising me is dead and of course, I’m happy because Damon is in front of me again.
“You haven’t seen me in a long time, are you really that angry with me?” He asked coldly, which made me even happier because I finally heard his voice again because I could finally talk to him again, It’s like I’m blaming myself for the things I did by avoiding him and not visiting him in the hospital.
“Happy birthday, Erelah.” Damon softly whispered to me causing me to hug him even tighter.
My tears continued to fall as I hugged Damon and Damon hugged me.
Now at this time, I am sure of my feelings, that I don’t just consider Damon as a friend, that Damon is right in what he told me before. That is what I feel is deeper than friendship.
It’s true and I admit it, that I love Damon and at this time I pray that Damon turns out to be an ordinary person, No alter, no host, no MPD.
“Thank you,” I whispered while hugging him.
April 4, 2022, the day when I felt happy again after the hardships and sadness I went through in my search for my father. The day where I wished for so much that I wished would come true even vaguely, the day where I proved to myself that I love Damon, the day where I was so happy.
But this is the day where I will experience the first and last pleasure. The last day I can hug him.
April 6, 2022.