Chapter 1 - "Red Names"

...June 28, 2014, New York City...

"Wait, I've sorted them out, tomorrow I'll take them to mom's house." said a woman sitting in her chair

"Hadley remember, don't make a mistake in sorting because if you do, it will be dangerous, you know." said a man voice in the phone

"Yes I know, I'm not stupid, see you tomorrow!" Hadley Frell said then hung up

"I'm Hadley Frell an editor in New York City and my family, they want to move back to California, so I have to help them sort out something they left in New York City, and bring it over tomorrow, and celebrate the 17th anniversary of my grandmother's death."

"Okay, let's see which files we take with us and which we don't." Hadley said while opening a box

"Take this, take this, take this too, this doesn't seem to be, this is list of family names?" Hadley said while holding the book and look at it confused

Because she was curious, she read the file and looked at all the names of her family.

"Emma Frell, Judy Frell, Jones Frell, Edward Frell, Monica Frell, Jax Frell, Winston Frell..."

"All of these are Frell family names, but why are some names red?" Hadley looks at a few names confused

"Melanie Frell, Patricia Frell, Rick Frell, Bella Frell, why is their name in red?" Hadley ask herself confused

...Castie's Restaurant...

"Welcome, please take a seat." a waiter said while opening the door

"Hadley!" a guy said waving his hand

"Mike, what did you order?" ask Hadley walking towards a guy named Mike Harris

Mike Harris, Hadley's boyfriend of 5 years, they live in New York City and met at college.

"I ordered your favorite food too, sit down!" said Mike pulling a chair for Hadley

"It's rare to come to this place, today isn't even our anniversary." Hadley said smiling at Mike

"We don't have to come just because it's an anniversary." said Mike smiling while looking Hadley

At that moment, suddenly music started playing, there was an orchestra band in the restaurant, and it sounded very jazz and romantic.

"Hey Had, this may seem obvious, but there's something I want to tell you!" said Mike searched his trouser pockets to take something out

"Tell me what?" ask Hadley confused looking at Mike

Just then a waiter came and took a covered dish to the table. At that time Hadley was curious and opened the lid of the food, Mike was standing in front of her, and then Mike knelt in front of her.

"What, this is impossible?" said Hadley feeling emotional

Hadley then looked at the table and when she opened the lid, it turned out that it wasn't food but a cake that said "Will you marry me?".

"So Hadley Frell, will you marry me?" ask Mike to Hadley showing the ring to her

"Yes, I will!" answer Hadley then hugged Mike with a smile and tears of happiness

That evening, Mike took Hadley home, and Hadley planned to keep her engagement a secret for now, because tomorrow she would go home to celebrate the funeral with her families.

"Really, I never thought so, I can't wait to be one of your maids of honor!" said a woman voice on the phone named Vivienne Tinker

"But I want to keep it a secret for a while, because tomorrow is my grandmother's 17th death anniversary." said Hadley while packing her stuff

At that time, she accidentally stared at the family name file again, and she saw several names in red there. Her eyes were fixed on Bella Frell because she was the last one to have a name with that red on it.

"Had, are you still on the phone?" ask Vivienne to Hadley who is fixed on the file

"Vivi I will call you back later, there's something I need to find out." said Hadley hung up her phone

"Why do they have red in their names what happened, and Bella Frell as far as I remember isn't she missing or dead?" muttered Hadley looking at the files

The next morning she left for the airport to go to California, before leaving she left her cat with Mike, who is now her fiancé.

"Take good care of my Louis, I'll see you again next Friday." said Hadley gave Louis a pat

"Alright see you, I'll pick you up next Friday." said Mike gave Hadley a kiss and drive away with her cat

...June 29, 2014, San Francisco...

"Hey Hadley, how are you?" ask Jenna Frell, Hadley's sister-in-law, greet her with full of smile

"Good, I've brought what they told me to bring, and I've already sorted all these documents!" said Hadley to Jenna smiling

"Okay now come on, accompany me to go buy some desserts, for tonight's event." said Jenna get back in the car

In the car, Hadley looked around because last year she didn't come home because she was busy with work.

"Okay, let's go home and prepare for the event!" said Jenna close the car door and placing the desserts in the backseats

"It's been 2 years since I've been back, it feels a little different from the previous year!" said Hadley to Jenna

"Yes, Dad’s not doing well, You really should come home more often." said Jenna looking empathic at the road

"How are Mike?" ask Jenna to Hadley suddenly

"Mike as usual, he will be here this Friday!" said Hadley to Jenna

"Is that true, then we have to be prepared, this is going to be the third time he's been here!" said Jenna parking in front of their house

"Oh yeah Jenna, by any chances, do you know anything about Bella?" ask Hadley suddenly to Jenna

"Bella, Bella, my friend or Bella, your missing cousin?" ask Jenna to Hadley

"Yes, Bella my cousin." said Hadley stared at Jenna

"Bella Frell, I don't know anything about her. I was with your brother after 8 years of her death!" said Jenna gets off from the car

"Is there something wrong why are you suddenly asking something about this?" ask Jenna opening the car trunk

"Nothing, I just happened to think about it while I was wandering around the car." said Hadley getting of the car helping Jenna carry the things from the trunk

Countinued...

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