“Good morning! Would you mind if I ask you some important details?” I asked Miss Morgan, Sammy's adoptive mother.
“My husband was a family driver of Riego's family since their child was still young.” I turned on my phone to capture these scenes.
“His name was Noah Grayson, we decided to adopt Sammy Santiago as our daughter because her parents have already died from the arson case,” she stated. I arched my eyebrow.
“Sammy's biological parents caught their business partner was stealing secretly, and the day that they're going to report it to the police, the fire immediately crawled to the whole house, the real culprit behind this was Liam Riego, Amethyst's biological father.”
My eyes widened and gasped from her confession. She looked directly into my eyes, “I'm confessing this to you because I know that you have the capability to solve this problem, and I realized that it's not good to hide the truth, and just accuse it of someone innocent,” she said that makes my heart to skipped a beat.
“Hey, there's breaking news, I will read it for you,” Harvey muttered. He shows me his phone for a moment, and the article appeared.
“Breaking News! There's a corpse of a lady at the side of the cafeteria, they say that the lady was killed by stabbing multiple times using a long sharp object, the lady identified as Amara Garcia, it has a butterfly symbol on its chest, the witnesses said that the suspect had a mark on the face, and it's wearing a black cap, stay tuned! Further investigation is ongoing!”
I heard that Miss Morgan took a heavy breath, and let it out slowly.
She looked at me with a serious face, and a thin line was drawn on her face.
“The person behind these problems are cleaning the puppet that can lead them to their biggest downfall, I can't tell the other important things, because Noah didn't tell me all the happenings, and about to his real job, just be alert before they stab you at the back,” she said with a sincere voice.
“I'm afraid for the safety of Sammy, she will be in danger, and the rest of you, don't give your trust easily, and observe your surroundings, all I can assure for the both of you as if something strange happened to your surroundings, be alert because He might be at your side, and ready to attack you!” she exclaimed while sitting in front of us.
She paused for a moment and cleared her throat. She gave me a letter, “Keep it, and don't misplace it, maybe, it can help you in the future, so please take care of it.”
I accepted the letter and put it inside my bag. Unlike, Ma'am Riego, who was trembling in the interview, Miss Morgan was confident, but serious at the same time.
Her statements were can be true, and not a white lie. She had this courageous, and kind personality. It seems like she doesn't judge the people she just met on the same day.
She observes a lot, and she's quiet, so you can't easily read her actions.
“I forgot to tell you, Zhian's biological father was already gone because of the cardiac arrest, I hope you can tell to Zhian if he doesn't know about it, I want to see him, and greet him, I wonder if where does he live at the moment, that's all!” she stated while giving a genuine smile.
“Thank you for cooperation, Miss Morgan!” I cheerfully stated. Harvey smiles at her as a sign of being grateful.
“Oh, one thing, before I forgot, would you please be one of our witnesses to re-open the Riego's case? Please? However, if it's not okay for you, and it's not comfortable, we can accept it, and still be thankful,” I pleaded.
“Of course! As long as I can, I would like to help you to solve this problem, I want to have a normal, and peaceful life with Sammy, I realized to enjoy life after Noah's funeral, so yes,” she replied.
I couldn't stop myself to smile while making eye contact with her. It's just showing my gratefulness because we gathered some information today because of her statements.
We can go home now, and we gained something for today. A sudden question from Harvey made me feel irritated.
“Uhm, Ma'am? I'm not used to it, but where is Sammy? I'm waiting for her to school, but she doesn't attend our class, I wonder if she's okay or not?” Harvey asked while looking at the ground.
Miss Morgan's lips appeared some grinned, and she secret giggles for a moment.
“She's in her room, she said that her head was aching when she spoke with a nasal voice, so I touched her forehead, and my instinct was right, she's sick since yesterday, so that's the reason why you didn't see her at your school, do you have any questions?” Sammy's mother replied.
He shook his head, and he has an awkward smile, his cheeks are turning pink.
“We need to go home, Ma'am, please take care, and also for Sammy, get well soon for her, and I'm hoping that we will see each other soon, have a nice sleep!” he cheerfully said with a smile on his face.
When we are walking to the pathway, he became silent once again. I sighed and began to walk towards the car.
I looked up in the sky, it's dark, and the moon was the only one providing some lights.
I want to be a moon, it's like the moon was the only one who was providing some light to guide the people.
It gives some light to lessen the darkness. I went inside the car and decided to give a glance at Harvey.
“Hey, are you okay?” I asked. He looked at me with a bewildered look on his face, “You're not speaking since we left their house, what happened? Are you shy? Or embarrassed to her mother? You're not comfortable? What?”
He stared at the engine, “Nothing, I'm just fluttered because her mother was kind, and a brave woman, I never thought that her mother was so honest when it comes to telling the truth, that's why I'm silent,” he replied while starting to drive the car.
He looked at the road. I sighed and looked around when the car is moving. After a few hours, we reached my house.
I went down, and face him, “Thank you! We're going to meet tomorrow with Sammy, and Zhian, I'm pretty sure that they are going to join our meeting, take care, and stay awake!”
I waved my hands while watching him disappear in my vision. I gasped when a familiar face was recognized by my sight.
Likewise, I can't forget its face, because I examined its picture, I covered my mouth.
She was sitting in the passenger seat. My heart began to race.
It's Historia Carolina Riego.