Melanie.
May 3rd, Saturday. Next day…
I wake up with Malachi's arms draped around me. It feels reassuring, yet it feels poisonous on my skin. I listened in on him and his mum's conversation last night and felt all the shades of revulsion, when I heard about Justin Tenshaw, my father in law.
I got to know they are no different from the Heartstones. All of them despicable. I heard names I had heard years ago, during late Pilar's engagement to Doctor Philip. I only recall the emperors and farmers, but last night with his mum, Malachi spoke of an added group; butchers.
I heard the panic in his mother's voice, as he explained our dire situation. And all I could remember was years ago, when my late brother in law, Emmanuel Cortez, crossed paths with the Emperors. In the end on my sister's engagement, his actions caused a blood bath.
