LAST DINNER

I'm Eamie Reyes, a college student studying business administration. I study in the morning and in the evening I work at a convenience store. I live in my father's house with his new family. I have three younger siblings, we are all close but apart from their mother.

My relationship with dad was ruined because of her. I saw that she was in a relationship with someone else and I immediately told dad about it but dad didn't want to believe me. So I got angry that's why I ran away and slept with my friend's house.

But I thought of going home today because my siblings begged me to go home and my father also talked to me.

When I got home, my siblings immediately greeted me and they hugged me tightly.

"We miss you so much Eamie!" My sister said and kissed me on the cheek.

I smiled slightly and I immediately took out the lollipops I had bought to give them. When they received it, I stared at the lollipop they were holding and my attention turned to my father when he called my three siblings.

"Hey eat that later, have dinner first. Sit here" my father spoke authoritatively to them and they immediately obeyed.

I slowly stood up from my knees and picked up my bag. I was about to go to my room when my dad called me.

"Eamie, let's eat together. Sit here" Dad said authoritatively but the tone became gentle.

"No, thanks. Eva might have poisoned it" I said rudely and looked at his wife who was just bowing her head, barely able to look at me.

"Eamie stop it.."

I rolled my eyes and quickly turned away from them.

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I woke up when I heard Eva's loud sobbing while my father was screaming.

"Wake up son!" he screamed.

I quickly left my room and went to them. I was exposed to the strong smell of chemicals, lots of throw up on the floor. My sister is lying on the floor, while my brother dad tries to wake him up and the youngest keeps vomiting.

"W-What happened??" I asked in shock as I covered my mouth with my palms.

"Help me, we'll take them to the hospital" dad cried.

Instead of taking action, Eva just cried silently while covering her mouth.

"What the fck, Eva! Help u—" I was about to pick up my sister when suddenly Eva threw up too.

"Hey! What happened!!" I quickly approached her, her lips were very red. Her breath smells of chemicals like gasoline or paint thinner. She seemed to be writhing in pain in her stomach.

And I was shocked when dad suddenly fell down too, his saliva was dripping and his pupils were shrinking.

"Fck!! What the hell is going on with you guys!!" I cried and screamed.

I quickly took out my cellphone to call an ambulance, as I pressed the screen of my cellphone my hands were shaking and I felt a heavy heart. My vision was getting blurry but I tried to speak even though my tongue was shaking.

"P-Please h-help..I-It's l-like m-my f-family h-has been poisoned. I-I'm Eamie Reyes

Estrada street 8989, Davao City, 8002."

After I told them the address of our house, my vision was very blurry and the darkness consumed me completely.

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When I opened my eyes, the white ceiling was revealed to me and when I realized that I was in the hospital, I quickly got up.

When I opened the door, the police and a doctor quickly approached me.

"D-Doc what happened?" I cried.

"The xxx poison was used in your family, it acts so slowly 7 to 12 hours pass before the first symptom begin. But unfortunately, they didn't notice it immediately so they died from the xxx poison," the doctor said.

"W-What did you say?" I asked whiningly.

"I'm sorry, but they are all dead," The doctor said and patted my shoulder.

Because of what he said, I started crying loudly, I didn't care about those who were looking at me. I want to cry out loud until my voice is hoarse.

After I finished crying, I was taken to their corpses. I hugged my dad tightly and cried.

"I'm sorry dad, why did you leave me? I wish I had dinner with you. If only I had known that it would be your last dinner, I would have just joined you dad. I love you so much, I'm sorry if I was stubborn, please wake up dad...just for me..I can't lose you, what about me dad" I sobbed.

I apologized to my father and thought it was all a dream...but it wasn't.

Two days later, when I got tired of crying, I was taken to the police station for questioning.

"We have a little question for you, can you tell us the relationship between Eva and your father. Because based on the information we gathered, this is his second wife" a policeman asked me.

I laughed slightly. "That bitch Eva..she poisoned my dad. That sluty devil.." I uttered a hoarse voice, I felt my fingernails dig into my palm.

"Eva has a relationship with another man who is richer than my father. So she poisoned my dad so she could be with her man!" I cried.

I feel the pain of my palm and my tears fall together with the blood on my palm.

"Read it" the policeman placed the old paper in front of me and I immediately took it.

My eyes widened because my father wrote this for Eva.

TO MY LOVELY WIFE EVA

EVEN BEFORE EAMIE TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE WITH ANOTHER MAN, I KNEW IT FOR A LONG TIME. HE'S MORE HANDSOME AND MONEY THAN ME SO I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE OBSESSED WITH HIM. BUT HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN? WHEN EAMIE'S MOTHER DIED, MY WORLD CRASHED BUT I CREATED A NEW WORLD WHEN I MET YOU. WE PROMISE BEFORE IN FRONT OF THE LAW AND TO GOD THAT WE WILL LOVE EACH OTHER AND NO ONE ELSE. BUT NOW WHY ARE YOU PLANNING TO POISON ME TO BE WITH HIM? THEN, I WILL EAT YOUR DISH AND PRETEND THAT THE MIXTURE IS LOVE NOT POISON. BUT YOU ALSO ATE WHAT I BRING, IT HAS A MIXTURE OF LOVE WITH A LITTLE POISON. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND WE WILL DIE TOGETHER MY EVA.

After I read it, it was like cold water was poured on me. I can not believe.

"The one who poisoned your father was his wife and the one who poisoned his wife was himself. The question is which two of them poisoned your three siblings" he asked.

He looked at me in the eye "are they the ones who poisoned your siblings? And why aren't you among the poisoned ones?"

I sobbed. "If I had known that this would happen, I would have joined their dinner. I didn't join them because I sulked at my father that when I told him about Eva's cheating, he didn't believe me."

After the police questioned me. They took me to the house and when I entered the house I sat on the sofa and read the book that my father always read.

I read the whole time until I didn't realize it was late at night.

I sat at the dinner table and while the meal I cooked was in front of me. I was still reading and ignored the meal.

I stopped reading when I noticed the lollipops under the table so I picked them up and cried until it turned into loud laughter.

When my three siblings came, they took me away from my father's love. I was jealous of them because my father wanted to be with them more than me. I am the first child from his first wife but I am the one he abandoned for his children from his second wife.

"I'm jealous of you because you have all of dad's attentions" I whispered whole looking at the lollipops.

I also want to hurt Eva using emotions so I thought of poisoning my siblings because I know they are Eva's weakness. So I poisoned my siblings' lollipops.

I thought that when my siblings died, Eva would be depressed and commit suicide. Because then, I will be with my father without a rival.

But my dad is also dead, so what's the point of living?

I opened the second to the last page of the book and something is already written in the middle

"JEALOUSY IS LIKE POISON; IT CAN CAUSE YOUR DEATH OR YOU CAN KILL A PERSON." — Aeris Vior

I took the small bottle of poison and put it in my meal. My hands were shaking and I felt tears running down my cheeks. I slowly ate my meal and this will be my last dinner.

Even though my eyes were blurry from tears, I opened the last page of the book. This is an addition to what is written on the second to the last page of the book.

IT CAN ALSO BE BOTH DARLING...

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Written by ✍️ : Aeris