Auction
Auction
All I could hear was the sound of the hospital machine. I couldn’t feel what they were doing to my face because of the anesthesia they injected into me. I could see nothing but the strong beam of what was hitting my eye. I was also gradually drowsy due to the side effects of the medication.
Only one eye was operated on me because I could no longer find a donor. I also accepted the woman's offer to take one of her eyes, so I'm sure she's also here in this room, lying with me. When my eyes could no longer cope, they closed on their own. I couldn't fight the drowsiness anymore because I also knew that the people in this room knew what to do.
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--2 years after--
“Caroline!”
I turned to the woman who had given me the eye and taught me again how to see. I am now at the end of the ravine while enjoying the strong breeze. The long dress I was wearing was rising and while my long hair was parting as well.
“Here!” I called her back as she approached me. I saw the white patch on her left eye, while the green color of her right eye was obvious. It glows. When I look at that, it is as if I can see myself as well. I also use her eye, which is now placed in my left eye.
“The black patch is suited with you.” She smiled at me.
I went down when I stepped on the rock and went down as well. When I approached her, she stroked my soft long hair that was now up to my waist. Gone is the Caroline they once met. I could hardly recognize my face because of the changes in my face. Almost everything has changed, even the shape of my face.
My glowing eyes back then have been replaced. My left eye is emerald in color, while my right eye has a black patch because it has turned white due to blindness. What used to be just the right length of my hair has become longer now. They changed everything in me, even my whole being. And when I come back, I’ll make sure they all get a taste of my revenge.
“Are you ready?” Aiza asked me.
Aiza Dela Torre was the woman who helped me. She didn't just help me. As we talked, she needed something from me and I needed something from her too. She gave her eye to me as to be my twin in the revenge we would take. She was mad at Hugo Easton and so was I. Not just to Hugo Easton but his entire family. From him, his wife, and his son. I will pay for them all, not just him.
Aiza Dela Torre’s family is among one the famous wealthy. Because of it, she met Hugo Easton, she gave everything to Hugo because she thought, the man would stand and stay for her. What does a young heart know about love that, we think, is pure and real? We thought it was honest, but in the end, it turned out to be a snake that would bite us. That's what Hugo did to her. Because he is good- looking for women and does not look old yet, he captured Aiza's heart, but his target is different.
He wanted to know about Aiza's business, so that became the trigger for the collapse of their company. What Andrius enjoys now is because of his father's deceptions. That man has no heart! And now, I’ll be back to give them a taste of what it feels like to be goofy and playful. I want them to know how it feels to fall to the ground and kiss the mud.
“I'm ready.” Without fear and hesitation, I told her. “Where do we go first?”
She smiled at me. She removed the patch of her eye, so I also removed my patch. I held on tightly to it as we walked together towards the end of the ravine. I laid my hand on the space and chasm that seemed to be infinite in depth. She also accompanied what I did. Holding hands, we dropped the patch there. The wind blew it away but eventually fell.
She turned to me, and I turned to her. Her eyes just seemed normal. That was my white eye that had been blinded. It is like contactless, this is proof that there is nothing ghastly on my face. Even my damaged eyes are still artistic to look at. This white eye is the symbol of my misfortune, and this green eye proves that I lived to give them a chance to pay for the evil they did to me.
We walked back. When we got inside, she had whiteboards ready. I stared there as a dart stuck in Hugo Easton's photo. Her plan was for us to take revenge on Hugo, but we had a conversation after I told her what had happened to me.
She informed me that she got to know me because Hugo had told her a story about me and that Hugo and his wife were both aware of my existence. It was planned and deliberate. The dormant anger in my heart came to life again.
“Hugo Easton is going with Andrius Easton to an auction to buy a share. It's not like just buying a normal share.” She stopped and tore something from the whiteboard and I read the big written “black market.” Exclusive © material by Nô(/v)elDrama.Org.
“They call it the Black Market. This is where they purchase shares of a collapsing company or business. Once they buy shares, of course, they will have a place in that business and that is where their business will grow so that they can handle even bigger business.” She left in front of the whiteboard and walked over to me. Because I was sitting like a student in front of her, she lifted my chin with her index finger. She smiled at me.
“You have nothing else to do but attract Hugo Easton. That's all, I'm out of your plan with his family. After you find out everything about him and record or videotape. We will release it to the public.” She turned around again and put the other things away. She has a lot of information and backup plans, so I know this plan will be a success.
While she was so superficial in her thinking. There is different running in my brain. I want to quarrel with the two Easton until the light of their home goes crazy. I will make sure that Reya will voluntarily
give up her life because of what I will do to her. I will both attract Easton and I will do everything to make that happen.
The day passed quickly, I never thought the day I had been waiting for had come. If before, I felt nervous every time I thought I would see Andrius, my heart jumped because it was excited to see Andrius, but now it does not react but anger. In the past year, it has studied nothing but to be hateful with Andrius, it has also convinced the butterflies and the firefly in my stomach, and it seems to have told them that they should no longer feel anything for that man—but only vengeance.
I don't close my eyes; instead, I demonstrate how artistic it is. I cherish every aspect of my body, including my blind eyes, which I do not regret. What I am wearing now are a nightgown maroon dress, a black stiletto, and a black purse. Just thick red lipstick and simple make-up.
Aiza walked over to me and scanned all over my clothes. I raised an eyebrow at her. No one can say that I once had a child because there was no trace of anything in my body. Aiza applauded, so I gained more confidence. It just means she approves of what I’m wearing.
“Walk.”
I followed what she said because she had already taught me how to walk. I mimicked how a model would walk. Then I let my long hair down. I pinned it behind my ear, then dropped it from behind. What do the people I left behind look like? Those who thought I was dead?
“Great. You can leave.”
I felt like a model of how I turned my back on her as soon as she said it. I could hear her applauding what I did. It's only midday, yet I'm dressing for the evening. I used to know nothing about business, but after the catastrophe, Aiza taught me all I know about business.
When I saw so many people entering the auction I felt no fear, no excitement, my heart was completely frozen. I no longer felt anything, even though I wanted to find that so as not to pursue my plan. I sealed in my heart that I would not be blessed if I ever got vindication. When I got my revenge, it was as if I were just like them. I was no different from what they did to me but even so, I thought my mind and heart did not agree. It was as if for the first time they had reconciled.
I went inside and looked for a seat. I thought I was the only person wearing this dress, but I saw a few who wore a nightgown as well. Everyone looked at me as soon as I entered the auction hall. I got all of their attention. When someone tried to approach me, I ignored him. I went straight to the chair where I had no one next to me. The number of people is also increasing.
I was at the end, so I knew no one would try to side with me. The auctioneer has also come out, but I still don't see Andrius. But before the auction started, I saw Hugo Easton pass by my side. He sat in the front row. He was too far away from me, so I didn’t know how to approach him later.
“GOOD EVENING GENTLEMEN AND WELCOME TO THE 2021 BUSINESS AUCTION. A CELEBRATION FOR 23 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATING. IT IS 1:00 PM AND WE WILL BEGIN NOW.”
Everyone applauded. I'm upset because I still can't see Andrius. The auctioneer's speech continued until it was time to bid.
“YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CHOOSE WHATEVER YOU WANT. THE BIDDING I WILL OFFER IS THE MINING BUSINESS OF THE GUTIERREZ'S THE BIDDING STARTS NOW!” The auctioneer hit the gavel he was holding.
I’m just bored listening to people bidding. But I became a stump after a damp man sat next to me. Wipes the head while speaking. My body stiffened.
“Oh. I'm late. Can I sit here, miss?”