024

~~CECILIA~~

Although it was dark, I could see the smile on the man's face as I laid out my condition but he said nothing.

They both said nothing.

I huffed out in frustration and stumped my feet rather childishly, not that I cared. If they want my help, if they want me to do this, then I am in a place to make demands. And this is the least they could choose to do.

"I am very serious," I said, breaking the annoying silence, "this is what I'm going to get in return."

"How are you sure…that your brother is not dead?" The girl asked, folding her hands. Tonight she was just wearing a black short gown and her hair down her shoulders.

"How am I sure that he's not alive? That's why you guys have to help me out here. If he's alive I want to find him. If he's not …." My breath hitched a little because that was something I didn't want to imagine now, "if he's not alive I want to confirm too, just as a closure. So do we have a deal?"

"Never expected you'd be asking for something in return," the ma