Chapter 68
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“That is a great idea, because that way, I can show everyone that I am the one telling the truth here. Well, here you go. Here’s my things, and here is my pouch of coins which you all have seen, and that’s it.” Kasstin shows them.
Scarlet then notices tie of a pouch hanging out of one of the satchel’s packets. She opened the packet and revealed a familiar small pouch with the Creagan embroidery sewn on it. She opened it and there were a lot of gold coinage inside. She couldn’t believe that Amos might be right after all and that Kasstin is just another swindler in Swindmore. All of them were shocked except Amos who has a face connotation of “I told you so.” Even Kasstin is shocked and confused as to why and how did that pouch went inside her satchel.
“I didn’t know how it got there! I promise! Finley, Scarlet! You’ve got to believe me! Someone is setting me up! Please, just.” Kasstin defended. She was getting teary and overwhelmed.
“Please, just leave. Leave right now.” Scarlet demanded in a firm voice. As she demands her to leave, anger is visible in her aura and at the same time she’s getting emotional. This is the very reason that she became scared of trusting people and now it happened to her again.
“Just know that I could never do anything that will harm all of you, especially Scarlet and Finley. I know and I hold the truth of what happened. But, if this is how it’s going to be then I guess this is a goodbye. What I have shown you all throughout was very true. And now you’re going to lose one strength in your party.” She stated as she prepares to leave. Minutes after, she went straight towards the door and left. Scarlet is devastated and she feels more scared now to ever trust somebody again. This makes her trust in Finley becomes vulnerable to fade or even end.
Finley and Varan, on the other hand is still dumbfounded of what happened.They cannot believe what was happening.
FINLEY’S POV
It’s the next day but all of us hasn’t recovered from what happened yesterday. We all feel discouraged right now. Kasstin already became a valuable member of the party but now all of our efforts with our mission is gone because of her. We all went back to the secret dwelling in the forest. We might be in trouble if we stayed in Varan’s store as the soldiers might ambush us. Varan is closing the store for a while and is staying with a close friend for the mean time.
Everything was actually turning great in our mission. With everyone’s help, we found out many things already. But with Kasstin on the lose, we have to be extra careful now because the enemy is probably aware of what is set out for them already. They will be watching us closer now.
Since we left the store, I can see that Scarlet is very down. She looks broken and she is turning cold towards us. I need to do something to comfort her but I am not yet sure how.
“Uhm, princess? Are you alright?” I asked her from where I stood. She was sitting in front of the fire outside, her usual place when she’s weary.
“Yeah, I’m fine, I guess. Just, please leave me be for now. I want to be alone with myself, my thoughts and all these overwhelming emotions that are warped inside of me.” She responded.
“I’m sorry this has to happen and I don’t know how to comfort you, but I want to. I know I won’t be able to do that much right now but I want to reassure you that I will always be here for you, I will always care and protect you. You don’t have to trust me anymore because I know that it is much more difficult for you now. You don’t have to expect anything but I will protect you anyways. Because I want to. But I want you to know that there are still people who wants for all this chaos to end, this course of life to change, and that not everyone else is an enemy. I am not telling you to give your trust to others a chance. Instead, I want to remind you that you should learn to trust yourself first before giving every ounce of trust to another. You have to believe in yourself, to not let doubt take over. That’s what I’ve been telling myself ever since I have been failing over and over again, not only in this journey but even back when I was a child. We’ve got to trust ourselves first. Yes, it is disheartening when people we trusts breaks it but as we’ve talked about before, it is our decision to trust them, yes, but it is their choice to prove us right or wrong.” I said to her as if I was saying a speech as she refuses to look at me.
I heard her sniff and I knew that she is now crying. I couldn’t just leave her like that. So, I decided to approach closer to her. I sat beside her on the log where she is sitting.
I tried to comfort her through patting her shoulder.
“I know that you feel so much emotions at the same time right now. I’ll help you sort it out or I will just be here with you and be one with silence. No matter the distance between us, I will always be with you.” I said to her. She then turned to me and cried on my shoulder. It breaks my heart to see her like this. I embraced her tighter, wishing to give her my warmth, in the least sense. Then, after a few minutes, both of us in that position, she raised her head to look at me. I can see her eyes are really filled with despair. I wiped her cheeks with my hands and as I did, our eyes locked and I can just feel this unknown emotion that’s going to burst inside of me. Our faces inch closer very slowly towards each other and…
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