'Why did mom ask me to close my eyes?' Rudy wondered. 'Didn't she say she wanted to talk about something? So why is there any need for me to close my eyes? I don't understand.'
Rudy was freaking out because something like that had never happened in his past life.
'Wait… could it be that she….' Rudy shook his head as he threw that thought out of his mind. 'What am I thinking?!'
After a few seconds, Rebecca said, "You can open your eyes."
Rudy opened his eyes to see Rebecca standing in front of him with her hands on her back as though she was hiding something in her hands. But why did she ask him to close his eyes?
However, that's not what surprised Rudy the most.
Rebecca was squirming a little with an anxious look on her face as though she was eagerly waiting for something, but she was nervous as well.
Rudy didn't hurry and let Rebecca speak.
Rebecca moved her hands from her back and revealed what she was hiding.
It was an old book that looked like a diary. Its pages had turned yellow, and the condition of the diary showed it was maintained well over the years.
But why was she showing that to Rudy?
"Do you know what this is?" Rebecca asked.
"Ummm… I am not sure I do…" Rudy replied awkwardly, but he chose to answer honestly.
"Do you… remember this book…?" Rebecca asked with an anxious look on her face.
'Why is she acting so nervous? I feel like I would mess up a big-time if I do something wrong.'
Rudy pondered for a while and tried his best to remember the book, but it was useless. It was his first time seeing the book, so it was impossible for him to know what it was or who it belonged to. But Rudy assumed it must belong to Rebecca.
"Is it a storybook or something?" Rudy guessed.
SIGH!
Rebecca let out a weary sigh and said, "It's fine. Don't worry."
"..." Rudy felt a sting in his heart after looking at the disappointed look on Rebecca's face.
"Maybe it's still too early?" Rebecca muttered under her breath, but Rudy's keen sense made him able to hear that.
"What's in it, mom?" Rudy asked with a curious look on his face.
Rebecca hit the book behind her back and said, "It's nothing."
'It's still too early for him to see it. I don't want to create a paradox!' Rebecca uttered inwardly, but Rudy heard it using telepathy.
No, he didn't do it purposely. He would never use his powers on his loved ones, especially on Rebecca.
But after fooling around with his telepathic ability, Rudy had learned that he could hear people's thoughts if they were directed to him one way or another, directly or indirectly. And since Rebecca uttered inwardly while targeting her words at Rudy, he heard them.
'What does she mean by it's too early for me? What is in that book?!' Rudy's curiosity for that book was climbing the roof. But since Rebecca didn't want to show him, he wouldn't force his way to look into it.
"You can go now," Rebecca said in a monotonous tone. "I will also sleep. I am exhausted."
"Okay, mom," Rudy nodded and went upstairs to grab his bag.
He came down a second later to see Rebecca was reading the book.
Since Rudy didn't make any noise while coming down the stairs, Rebecca didn't realize Rudy was standing a few feet away from her.
"I am leaving, mom."
Rebecca jolted in surprise after hearing Rudy's voice, and the book slipped from her hand. She tried to catch it, but it bounced on her hand and ended up falling between Rudy's feet.
"...!" Rebecca immediately rushed and grabbed the book before Rudy could see anything.
However, Rudy had already seen something.
On the first page of the book, There was a letter 'R' and 'R' with a heart around them.
After saying 'goodbye' to Rebecca, Rudy left the house and made his way to Alice's house.
Rudy had promised Alice that he would pick her up every morning, so he was walking there.
Rudy wanted to teleport near Alice's house to save time, but since he hadn't visited Alice's house in this life yet, he had to walk all the way to save the location.
'What's 'R' and 'R'?' Rudy wondered. 'Since it looks like a diary, there are chances that one 'R' is for Rebecca and another R for…?'
"Dad's name didn't start with 'R'. So…? Maybe 'R' for Rudy?" Rudy facepalmed himself and muttered, "Why would there be my name? The diary is probably older than I am. And the heart doesn't make sense."
Meanwhile, Rebecca went into her room with the diary in her hand and walked to the closet. She opened the closet, and her gaze fell on the open wooden box.
Seemingly, she had taken out the book from there.
The box itself looked ancient, and it had beautiful carving on it that seemed hand printed. There was an old videotape in the box that needed a recorder to play it.
Rebecca placed the book indie in the box and closed it. Then, she closed the closet door and muttered, "Why doesn't he remember?"
Rebecca got on the bed and curled up under the blanket.
"Even though he promised he would remember me. But if he doesn't, that means now is not the correct time," she muttered.
Rebecca stared at the ceiling and uttered, "I wonder if he has already gotten the powers. He probably hasn't. Otherwise, he would tell me."
Rebecca smiled wryly and murmured, "If Jessica was alive, she would have probably called him a liar and what not."
Suddenly, a tear rolled down from Rebeca's eyes as she said, "I can't fathom how he would react when he gets to know about this. But… I think he knew…"
While thinking about that, Rebecca eventually fell asleep.
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Author's Note- If you think this chapter was mysterious, then you are correct!
Everything will be slowly revealed as the story progresses. Until then, let your imagination go wild and make your own theories!
And who knows, maybe one of you might even guess it right? I did drop a couple of hints in this and early chapters.
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