The Invisible Mystery

Chapter 19: The Celebration

The celebration has been going on for a while now, but I could not help but to distance myself to them. I still could not help but to keep myself away from them, and I did not know why I was doing that - even though this party was meant for me.

They decided to throw a celebration because they had said that it has been a while ever since they had seen me, though I could tell that it has not been that long ever since we had last seen each other. I could tell that they only wanted to have a reason so that they would be able to throw a party on this part of the Lost Soul’s Forest. I could tell that they only wanted to have fun, and I did not have a heart to refuse any of them.

I did not want to ruin their happiness, so even though I was still a bit hesitant about all of this, I still agreed to go with them. I still nodded my head when they had asked me if I wanted to go with them and have a party. I still go with them in this part of the park, even though I did not know what has been set for me to see.

I was still a bit hesitant about everything that has been happening as of this moment, but then again, I also knew that I did not have any choice but to do this. I did not have any choice but to go along with them because I wanted to know everything that they have been keeping to me. I wanted to know the secret that they badly wanted to keep from me.

I badly wanted to know if that call was indeed the truth. I wanted to know that person that had called Evo that day. I wanted to know why I had felt the chills that ran down on my spine as soon as I had seen Evo that day.

I wanted to clear my mind of worry. I wanted to remove everything that has been confusing me all this time. I wanted to know every single detail, because I figured that would be the only choice that I have so that we would be able to go back to the way we were. I figured that would be the only thing that I could do so that I would be able to remove this fear that I felt ever since that day.

I wanted to completely remove this fear that I have been feeling all this time, and I knew that I had already took a single step on achieving that - that was when I had finally decided to open my door for Evo, for them. I had finally overcome some of my fears when I had finally decided to take a step outside of my room after a very long time.

I had finally overcome that fear that I had felt ever since that day, and I wanted to completely remove it, as well as the confusion that I have been feeling, once and for all. I wanted to remove all these questions that I have on my mind all this time. I wanted to remove this worry that I had felt right after that day.

I knew that I could only do that once I had finally asked some of them about the call that Evo had received that day as well as that phone call that I had accidentally answered the day after that. I knew that I could only answer all these questions inside of my mind, once I had asked them about it - once I had finally found my courage to do that.

I just really hoped that they would be able to answer me if ever I would ask them tonight. I just hoped that they would never evade my questions, because if they had done something like that, I did not know what to do any longer.

I did not know if I would still be able to open myself up once again to them. I did not know if I would still be able to trust them, if ever something like that would really happen - if ever they still choose to be silent about this topic, if ever they choose to keep their mouth shut about the secrets that they have.

I knew that I had to do something. I knew that I had to stand up now and speak up, because if I would not, I would just make my situation worse than before. I knew that I had to ask around now, but then again, in just the thought of that, I could not help but to feel like my heart was about to burst as it kept on pounding.

I could not help but to still feel the fear that I tried so hard to keep earlier as I knew that they would only ask if I was indeed already fine. I knew that they would just get worried about me, and I knew that I never liked the idea that I would set another problem between all of us that was why I had decided to keep it on myself.

I think that I had done a great job on doing so, but then again, I also knew that it would not be that long that someone would be able to see through me. I knew that it would not be that long that someone would go to me and ask me what was wrong, and why I was still acting like this way even though I had finally decided to open my door to them.

After all, if it was only a normal day and nothing wrong had happened these past few days, I knew that I would be there, on the bonfire, and was dancing around with them while we were singing some s*lly songs that I could think of. I knew that I would be with them while we were trying to make a barbecue or something edible that we could eat. I knew that if nothing wrong had happened, I would also be interacting with them.

Though sadly, I knew that the situation as of this moment was far from being normal. I knew that it would never be normal in the eyes of the people that could see us. I knew that it would never be normal if ever someone who knew about what had happened that day would see us celebrating right now.

That was why even though I knew I have decided to open my door for them to speak, I still kept my distance as I looked all around the place as though I was only checking them out. I sat on the farthest place from them, though it was not that far because I could still see them clearly.

I could still see the happiness in their eyes as they were dancing around the bonfire. I could still see every single thing that they have been doing. I could see the way they sang while some of them were dancing around. I could see the way they were clapping while they laughed with each other as though they were really joyful about this celebration.

I let out a small smile as I continued to look at them. I did not even know that I was already smiling, though I must say that I did not stop myself from doing so any longer because I was really happy for them.

It was as though they did not have any problem, because of how they were acting as of this moment. It was like they never care about the world. They are in their own world as they kept on singing and dancing around the bonfire. It was like nothing was really wrong.

It was almost like what I had heard that day was not the truth. It was almost like everything that I had found out that day was not really the truth that I wanted to find. It was almost like a huge prank that has been set to me, because I was really attached to them.

It was almost like normal people and not that kind of people that I had on my mind.

I wanted to laugh because it seems like this was only a joke. It almost felt like everything that I found out was not the truth. I wanted to laugh because of how absurd the things were, but then again, I could not push myself on doing that because I was still bothered by so many things.

I was still confused and scared and fightened because of everything that has been happening as of this moment. There were so many thoughts that were swirling into my mind. There were so many emotions that I was feeling, and I did not know what to do any longer.

I wanted to remove this - the main reason why I was here with them. I wanted to do something about this - the reason why I decided to go out of my room after so many days. I wanted to remove all this confusion inside of my head, but then again, I really did not know what should I do about it.

“You still seem a bit bothered about something.” I almost flinched when I heard someone had suddenly said those things to me, but then again, I relaxed once I saw that it was only Evo, who was already sitting beside me and I did not even noticed when he was able to do that.

I let out a sigh as I gazed at our classmates once again, before I replied to him, “I could not get something off my mind.”

I did not bother to hide what has been bothering me all this time. I did not evade his concerns any longer as I already knew that it would just make this worse. I knew that if I would not open up now, then I would never be able to do it in the future. I knew that if I would not do something now, then nothing would change - and I knew that everything would still be the same, or even worse than that.

“Is because of something that we did?” I stopped for a moment when I heard him say that, and that made me look at him with my eyes wide that made him smile even though he was still looking straight ahead at our classmates. “I mean, I have seen how terrified you were when you had seen me that day, and I had thought that maybe, it has something to do with what we had done.”

I looked down on the cup that I was holding, staring at the now warm coffee that Winter had given me earlier. I continued to stare at it as though I could not take the thought that I had to stare on his eyes as I was saying things about what has been bothering me. i could not take the thought that he would openly see all the confusion that I had on my mind as of this moment.

It was almost like I was shy about it, and I was shy around him - though I must say that I have never felt that way before on him. If I would be honest, I think that this was the very first time that I ever felt like this way towards him.

After all, Evo was really an approachable man. He was always there for us and was listening to us and giving us a calm advice. He was always patient, and would always do anything for us, just like how a good leader would do.

He was alwyas like that, and now that I think about it, maybe that was the main reason why I was being shy about what I was about to say. Maybe, that must be the reason why I was still a bit hesitant about all of this, even though I promised to myself that I would find out the truth about them.

“It was not about something that you have done,” I whispered, though I knew that he had clearly heard that because of our close proximity.

“Really?” he asked me, and I could feel his gaze on me as though he wanted to observe what I was doing, but I never looked at him because I was afraid that he would see every single emotion that I had on my face as of this moment.

I just continued to stare at the cup that I was holding as I nodded my head to answer him. “It was never about something that you had done,” I repeated once again though this time, it was a bit much clearer than earlier. “But it has something to do with you,” I looked up at our classmates that was still dancing around the fire as I continued what I was saying, “As well as them.”

“What is it about?” I could feel the confusion on his voice as he asked me that as though he was wracking his brain on the reasons that I have - as though he was trying to figure it out, in his own way.

I looked at him, then gave him a small smile as I asked, “Remember that phone call that you have received on our first day here in the Lost Soul’s Forest?” He stopped for a moment as soon as he heard that, but I did not backed down as I continued what I was about to say to him. “I was genuinely confused when I heard that you said that it was our adviser, even though I could clearly tell that it was not Ms. Madison.”

I let out a sigh as I tried to stop myself from shuddering as I remembered that time that I was so confused over so many things. I was so confused that it had gotten up to this point that I felt so scared around them.

“Many things ran into my mind after that,” I told him, honestly, as I even let out a short laugh as though I wanted to lighten up the atmosphere around us - though I must say that it was not really that effective so I just decided to speak up once again. “I was so confused that I have decided to find out the truth the other day.”

I could feel his gaze on me, but I did not look at him as I elaborate every single thing that I had done the day after that. I confessed that I had entered their rooms and found out that there was no single thing inside. I told him how I made s*lly assumptions about it, and how I got even more confused even though I was trying to find the truth. I told him everything, until I had reached to the point when I entered his room.

“Your room was different to them,” I told him as I closed my eyes as though I was imagining all the things that I had found that day. “There were still some things inside your cabin, unlike theirs that do not have any single thing, though I must say that I got confused when I saw that it almost looks like old things as though it has been there for years, and not only for a day.”

“Liana.” I heard him called my name, but I did not stop because I was already on the end of my story. I already got to that part when I received that phone call that was supposed to be for him, but I managed to get a hold of it so I decided to listen to it.

“I received a phone call,” I said to him as I finally looked onto his side with a genuine confusion on my face. “I was not supposed to answer it because I was already confused over so many things, but something had pushed to do it and so I did.”

I saw how the expression on his face turned serious as I heard him ask me, “Who was the caller? What did that person say?”

It was as though he was scared on what I was about to say. It was as though he was anticipating a name to me and a genuine answer that could tell him every single thing that I had found out that day. The very same thing that made me feel like this way today.

“It was your mother, Evo,” I told him as I did not looked away from his eyes and continued to stare at him. “And she said that you died five years ago.”