71. LEAD THE ATTACK

THE GUESTS KEPT coming as the hours of the day went on. There was complete silence that filled the surroundings as I sat beside Callan and him beside his maternal relatives.

Don Thoron met some people outside of the chapel and maybe sent them instructions on whatever matters.

As an underboss of the organization, I believe Callan has to be part of those affairs as well. But no. He was sitting beside me, holding my hand. That gave me somehow a sense of appreciation towards his father, he knew the situation was already difficult to handle but much more when Callan still had to manage things related to the ravij organization which I assumed were currently a mess.

I breathed in the silence and weighed of pain inside my chest now that I heard what Callan had kept to himself for some time now.

I didn’t know that things escalated slowly in Callan’s life until it ended up in the worst possible state.

Even if he repeatedly said that he did not blame me, I still felt crying. From the pain, t