2nd Grading: Rivalry

            It was a cold night in December when the incident happened. We were eating the parfait that mom made for us, Aunt Sue and Uncle Joe. Aunt Sue and my mom are consanguineous. We were all happy that time. Aunt Sue was teasing my brother and we were laughing so hard that we can’t even breathe. Aunt Sue can be a buffoon. The phone from the living room rang and father got up to check who called. “Hello this is Mr. Dalton speaking, how may I help you?”, father said. “You need to go your store! ASAP!”, the stranger said. “What?! Who is this? What happe—“, but before father was able to finish his sentence, the caller hang up. Father ran to the dining room and recited to us what happened. “I need to go there now!”, father said in a high tone. “I’ll go with you honey!”, mom said. I had a bad feeling about mom and dad going there on our store. They rushed to go in the garage and got inside the coupe. Dad started the engine and they were ready to go. “Sally wait! Please take care. It’s snowing very hard outside and its very dark maybe you should just go there tomorrow.”, Aunt Sue said. “We can’t coz that store means a lot to us. Sue, please take good care of Macy and baby Luke for me.”, mom said. “I will Sally.”, Aunt said. So they rushed outside the garage and drove all the way the dark streets. It was already past 12 midnight but mom and dad hasn’t returned yet. “Did they call already?”, I said. “Nope, not a single call.”, Uncle Joe said. I had a bad feeling that something bad will happen to mom and dad. I laid on the sofa and I didn’t notice that I fell fast asleep already. I had a dream about mom and dad. They were already a wraith. My nap was disturbed by the phone that was ringing so loud. So I got up and got the phone. “Hello, who is this?”, I said in a low tone. “This is Dr. Lorenzo speakin, is this the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton?’, he said. “Uhm, yes I am. What is it Doctor?”, “ Your mom and dad was found lying on the street. Their clothes were covered with blood and their car was found beside a tree. You need to go here on Saint Peter’s Hospital near Star Mall.”, he said. “Ok doctor!”, I was shocked with what he said, my brain can’t process it. It’s like I was punched on the face very hard. “Aunt Sue, Uncle Joe! We need to go to Saint Peter’s Hospital now coz mom and dad had an accident on the way to the store!”, I said. “They what?!”, Aunt Sue said. “We have not much time, let’s go there now. Bring baby Luke,” Uncle Joe said. So we went there as soon as possible but a bad news welcomed us. “Macy, I’m so sorry to say that your mom and dad didn’t make it. They are in the morgue upstairs,” the doctor said. “No! It’s not true!” I said angrily. I had an affray with the doctor. “Calm down Macy your frightening baby Luke,” Aunt said. We went to the morgue but I was the only one who didn’t go inside the room. I can’t see mom and dad like that. I felt a lot of emotions inside me. I was staring blankly on the chandelier while thinking of mom and dad. I was a taciturn that time. Then Aunt sat beside me, “Macy, let’s go home already. They will just deliver your mom and dad’s body. We need to fix the house and get dress before the guests arrive,” she said. “Aunt, please contact the police station, something tells me that it wasn’t an accident. I think someone did that on purpose.” I said. “If that’s what will make you happy, then I’ll call them.” She said. So we went home to fix the house. We took a shower and got dress. A lot of people went to our house. They are our relatives, their friends and even some loyal customers from our store who loved my mom and dad. After Aunt contacted the police, I talked to them and let them investigate the scene where the accident happened. We had a rendezvous in our house. I also hired a sleuth to investigate also. If only I can resuscitate my mom and dad so that my sadness will be gone, I will do it. After 2 days, the sleuth found a haft of a bomb near the tree where the car was found. Aunt Sue was very fastidious when she heard what the sleuth and policemen said. The sleuth also found out that the suspect was the partner of my parents in business. So we boycott their partner in business and we filed a case against him. At least, the death of my parents gained the justice they need.