Chapitre 24: "It's My Father,"
After that, we are just passing time until it's 5 AM.
I feel sleepy, but I don't dare to show it in front of Ruby, which is the same for Rena. We both act as if we are fully awake and ready for the day, but we are really sleepy.
"Onii-Chan, Onee-Chan, I love you," Ruby says with excitement and full of energy in her voice and body as she hugs me and then Rena.
"I love you too," Rena rubs Ruby's cheeks and says.
Well, Ruby is full of energy since she fell asleep and just woke up.
I'm the person who can't sleep in an unsafe place, so I can't sleep. Coincidentally, Rena is the same as me.
We decide that one will sleep and the other will stay awake so we won't oversleep, but we can't sleep at all.
"Ruby, what about your father? I think he still hasn't come back," Rena asks.
"Um... I think... something happened to him," Ruby lowers her head and says.
"Ruby, tell us the truth. Is there something you're hiding?" Rena lifts Ruby's face, looks into her eyes, and asks.
Well, I think now is the time to press Ruby. I was planning to ask Ruby about her family situation when we became good friends. Although I already knew, she had to tell us.
Now, I was thinking of asking about her father at night, but then I thought spending a night with her would make our bond stronger. When I ask her in the morning, she might answer without problems. But seeing how Ruby backs off and lowers her eyes,
"I'm... I'm not hid-hiding anything," she stammers as she speaks.
"Every morning I see your clothes which are messy, unwashed, and your hair is a mess. For the past week, it's the same. This means you either don't have a mother, or your mother is not doing this for you."
Rena says and moves forward towards Ruby.
"When I was combing your hair and setting up your messy clothes, I saw many burn marks on your thigh. Someone used your thigh as an ashtray. You also have some bruises on your back."
Rena moves forward towards Ruby, and Ruby moves backward until her body hits the wall. She couldn't walk backward anymore as Rena's body touched her. Rena, with intense eyes, looks into Ruby's eyes. They are only inches away from each other's faces.
"You said you love us, right? If something like this happened to me, wouldn't you worry about me? Ask me who did this so you can save me? I also want to know who did this, why? And I want to save you. So please tell us, please," Rena says as she backs off and looks at her.
Ruby's eyes go downward, and her fingers play nervously with the hem of her skirt.
"You can tell us," Rena said, holding her hand tightly and softly. "You love me, right? I also love you, so please tell me."
Ruby's lower lip quivers as she gazes at Rena, her eyes glistening with unshed tears. She inhales sharply with a ragged sound. Her shoulders tremble, and when she finally speaks, her voice is a fragile whisper, "It's my father," she chokes out.
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"Now, what do you want to do?" Rena asks.
"Well, as planned, take her away from her house," Ryuki says.
They wanted to do this from the start, but for that, they needed Ruby to believe them and had to have her tell them about her father before taking her away from her father.
"Where?" Ruby asks.
"Ruby, do you like me?" Rena asks Ruby.
"I love you, Onee-Chan," Ruby doesn't understand why such questions suddenly, but she replies.
"So, do you want to live with me forever?" Rena asks.
Ruby is visibly confused as she looks at Ryuki and then Rena. She doesn't understand the meaning of this.
"I will ask my father. They will give some money to your father, and then my father will become your father, and my mother will be your mother, and we will be sisters. So do you want to come with me to my house?" Rena says again.
"Huh... is that... is that possible?" Ruby's eyes sparkle as she asks.
Looking at that sparkle, Rena understands. She nods her head,
"Of course, it's possible. After all, we are children who fell from the sky. Whoever catches the baby can take care of the baby or give it to others. My father said that someone else gave me to my father, so it's just the same. My father will talk with your current father, and if your current father gave you to my father, then my father will also be your father, and I also have a mother that will be your mother. More importantly, we two are going to be sisters. We are going to be together,"
With such talking, Rena convinces Ruby to go with Ryuki and returns to her house as it's getting late. She doesn't have much time but returns to the house before her parents wake up.
It's the same for Ryuki, but his house isn't far from where Rena's house is. Also, the place Ryuki has to drop Ruby off is also near his home.
"Let's go," Ryuki smiles at Ruby, and Ruby grabs his hand as they make their way to an abandoned house.
For now, Ryuki will leave Ruby at this abandoned house for a few hours before Rena picks her up.
Ryuki and Rena have to wait for her father to die, then let Rena's father adopt her, then expose Rena's father's affair so her mother and father get divorced, and Rena's mother takes Ruby and Rena with her.
In this way, Ruby will gain a good sister and mother.
All things are set, but the only problem is that they had to capture a picture of Rena's father's affair today, but that didn't happen. Also, the plan to kill Ruby's father failed.
Cadeaux
-- Cadeau
reçu État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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