The next morning, the doorbell rang while I and Katie were at the balcony having a coffee while looking at those people walking down the alleyways of the building we are in.

"I got it" she presented to open the door herself before she can sip her tea

"Sweetie there's a package for you!" She shouted from the doorstep.

When she got back at the balcony, she handed me a brown paper envelope which seems to have a lot of documents inside

"Woah, where did this came from?"

The mailing was from the Philippines when I checked it before I can open it, my phone rang. It was from unknown caller but I still answered it

"Hello, is this Lauren Brethford, a family member of Ms. Diwani Laura Hudson?" said the other line

"Yea that's me, how may I help you?"

"Good day Ms. Lauren, this is the former Swift Mailing Agency, there was a package that has been delayed to be sent to your family member, Ms. Hudson, a few years ago. I believe you already got it?"

I looked at the package that I was holding, maybe the caller was pertaining about this

"Uh, yeah it just arrived a minute ago"

"I'm sorry for that delayed package, we had just cleared up the mailing shop and we found that" explained the caller

From our conversations, the caller explained to me that they looked for my grandmother's address but they can't trace it. They found out that I was her only family member so they manage to send it to me through the help of my grandmother's friends back in the Philippines who knows where I am now.

"What was that?" asked Katie

I shrugged and gently opened the package

Into my amazement, it was from a man named Grayson Dewey. As long as I can remember, it was the name of my grandma's lover

"It was from Mr. Dewey!"

"Who's Dewey?" Katie wrinkled her forehead

"Its Grayson Dewey, the man that I was looking for" I answered in excitement

"I never had anything from my grandma except all her heirs. That's all I had but I still dare to look for his lover and now look! I think grandma was always been with me"

Katie rubbed his shoulders in horror when I said the words grandma was always been with me that makes me laugh at her

Inside the package is a letter from Mr. Dewey way back in 1990. Together with it was a photo of lined-up soldiers and three nurses with them.

I can recognize my grandma standing at the middle and I guess her lover was the soldier right beside him

"That was an old photo" Katie commented

When I looked at the back of it there's a date written 02/16/45

"Yeah, back in the world war. Old but sentimental " I replied to her

"So what's your plan now?"

"Maybe I should look for the address written in his letter"

"Do you think he's still there?"

"I hope so" I answered and sighed

"Okay, ill be going now sweetie. We'll talk again later" Katie patted my shoulder before she leaves for her part-time job. It's already summer vacation that's why Katie got her summer job as she always did. She has both of her parents and her sister to support all her needs but she still loves to work to earn on her own

"Oh before I forgot, today's Broody's birthday. I'll pick you up at six okay?"

"Uhmm, I thought-" before I finish my word Katie interrupted me already

"Oh come on Laura" she stopped at the doorway with a convincing face

"Okay, okay you win" I smiled at her to give assurance. That's my girl, she always gets what she wants

"Love you! See you later sweetie" she waved and finally closed the door

I sighed and continued looking for what's inside the package. Well at least for now, I have some sources to look for Mr. Dewey

Back when I was still young, grandma always tells her stories before. How she survived the World war 2 and about her first love, Grayson Dewey, and when she got back to the Philippines together with me, I know she's getting old because she never mentioned Mr. Dewey again. I think she's slowly forgetting people. She even called me by her name sometimes.

As much as I wanted to start looking for Mr. Grayson's address, my plan was ruined when it rained outside.

"What's happening on this earth. How could it rain when its already summer" I gasp in disappointment

I decided to stay at the apartment and I never realized I asleep the whole day

It was past 5 when I woked up. I checked my phone when I heard it rang

Its a message from Katie

HOWS YOUR DAY SWEETIE? DONT FORGET LATER OKAY. SEE YA:D

"Oh, I almost forgot" I jumped out from the bed and started preparing. I never met this Broody that she's always been talking to me. It's her cardiologist boyfriend that she really likes a lot since senior years and they've been together when Katie got into college

I was about to change my clothes when my reflection in the mirror catches my attention.

I walked near to it as I was holding the scar at the middle of my breast and my memories at the Philippines flashed back on my mind

I was in junior high school when I always feel so weak oftentimes and always got so emotional unto little things. I might not survive high school without Katie and Drake by my side. When I turned 18, grandma decided to go back to the Philippines with me. After three years of staying, we discovered that I got health issues. I was diagnosed with serious heart disease.

I always pity myself elf but grandma has always been there to cheer me up. She had never been got old, she's in her 80s but she still manages to take care of me when I was at the hospital bed. A few weeks later, I woke up one morning she wasn't already beside me, smiling every time I woke up at the hospital bed.

All the doctors and grandma's family was been there comfort me at that time of my life which I had been so lucky to have.

I'll never forget what my doctor told me,

"Your grandma wish you to take care of her heart"

I got back to my senses when my phone rang. I immediately wear my clothes on and dolled up

When I got outside the main door, a car approached in front of the stairs I was standing

Katie suddenly showed from the passenger window

"There you are, hop in sweetie!"

The driver sitting right next to her smiled at me

I sat at the back of the car and Katie started to introduce her friend

"Laura this is my friend Spencer, Spencer this is Laura"

The driver named Spencer held back his palm to me and I just appeased it back

"Pleasure to meet a beautiful girl named Laura" he looked at me at the front mirror of the car. He got this British accent that makes me smile back to him

"Well thank you" I politely replied

It takes us half an hour to reach a modern family house. We can already hear the party noise as we were approaching the big gate

"Katie you didn't tell me your boyfriend was a millionaire"

She just laughed at me

When we already get off from the car, a man with a lean body built and Asian facial features, except his blonde hair, approached on us

"Hey! baby" Katie kissed him

So this must be the birthday boy

"Oh I want you to meet my best friend, Laura" she introduces me to his boyfriend with her hands on his waist

"Hello Laura, you're much beautiful than I thought, Katie always tell me about you. So hows your heart now?"

I just giggled and looked at Katie

"Baby I think we shouldn't talk about that now, let's just go inside" Katie tried to save me from replying

"Oh sure, let's go " Broody smiled to change the awkwardness

Spencer escorted me while the couple was right in front of us

While getting in social to some folks, the couple approached me

"Sweetie, I told Broody about some of your plans, and it happened that he knows someone who's a soldier before"

Katie sat right next to me while Broody sat on the armrest with his beer

"It's my Grandfather" he whispered with a smile on me

"Really?" I excitedly replied

"Yup! But actually, he's nowhere to be found by his choice "

I wrinkled my forehead the same as Katie

"What do you mean by his choice?" asked Katie

Broody shrugged

"Five years ago, he disappeared from our sight. We thought he's getting so old and got lost, but one day we just got a letter from him saying that he's okay and we should not worry about him... and some stuff, ugh well " Broody stopped there and drink his beer

"Oh, I felt bad for your granddad, babe" Katie hugged her boyfriend on the waist

Broody looked at me

"As much as I wanted to help you, I'm sorry but unlike my brother, I don't like it when he tells about his past experiences as an army before. I'm not really into it" he explained himself

"It's okay, well I guess we're opposite eh " I replied while smiling to him

He just smiled back and drink his beer

The next thing happened is he's flirting already with Katie so I stand up from the couch. I decided to walk around the house and my feet leads me upstairs.

This was a modern house that was all-technology operated. I wonder where's Broody's family and what would they do for living aside from Broody as a Cardiologist

The painting on the wall was also modern art. I like old things since I was a child maybe because it's my grandma's influence.

I was about to go back down below where the party was when I noticed a wooden door at the very edge of the rooms.

It was the only wooden door aside from the others around

I approached it and entered. The room, lit by warm lights, was full of antique furnishings.

My eyes were caught by the old paintings stocked at the corner. What stuns in my eye was a painting of a group of soldiers going home together, was hailed by those children holding flags and flowers. Beside it was history books all about wars and some sort of novel books.

"This is the Philippines at the end of the war" I murmured as I was holding the paintings' frame.

"Amazing isn't it?" I flinch when I heard a voice from the back

The guy with tied up long hair, who just popped up from nowhere was now on the other side of the painting a meter away from me, holding a rolled paper in his hands

"The old man who painted this exact moment was watching his men going home without him"

"Why wouldn't he joined them ?" I asked in curiosity

He shrugged and put his hand on his pocket

"I don't know, maybe he just has gone crazy that time" he seriously answered that made me laughed a little

The guy looked at me with a wrinkled forehead

"What?"

"You know, if he's out of his mind that time, he wouldn't paint such a heart touching view" I complimented while simply looking at this guy with dark eyes that seems to be someone I saw before

I get back my eyes on the painting when I felt awkward on his gaze

"You know--" I didn't finish my question when the door opened

"Hey! Lauren, we've been looking for you

It was Katie and Broody catching their breath together

"Why? Is there a problem?" I asked them approached to them

"uh no, nothing, but I need to talk to you Lauren" Broody patted my shoulder with a serious face

"What's going on?"

He was about to answer me when he noticed the guy from the back

"Hey jackal, what are you doing here? " Broody seems to be a little bit surprised

'Come on he's standing there with me the whole time and yet he didn't even notice him a while ago' i ask on my mind

"What? Was I not allowed to enter rooms in my own house?" the guy sarcastically answered

Katie cleared her throat

"Baby we'll be waiting outside okay? C'mon sweetie " Katie pulled my elbow

"Hey wait up, I didn't even get her name " the guy grinned on us

"It was really good to see you again this time, Gray. But I warn you, stay away from Lauren " Katie smirk as she closes the door when we get out of the room

"Who was that?"

"That's Broody's brother. He rarely shows in this house and to everyone you know"

"He seems a little bit familiar to me"

Katie gasped

"Of course sweetie, I often send you pictures of me hanging out with my friends, didn't I? "

"So?"

"sweetie, Gray's been my friend before I met Broody. You must have seen him before from the pictures I sent you " Katie explained

"Oh I see, so what about Broody, he says he wanna talk to me?"

"Well about that, it happened that he knows the man you've been looking for in this town Lauren"

"He- what?"

"I suddenly mentioned the name you've told me this morning and then-"

The door forcefully opened and the guy named Gray went out straight from the room and left, next to him was Broody with his fingers on his forehead

"That jackal has always been a pain in the ass every time " Broody sighed

"Well I think he just needs some time to clear up his mind" Katie commented

Before I went out of the topic, Broody looked at me holding his waist

"Lauren, I think..." he paused and furrowed his forehead like there was something he was analyzing

"What? What are you gonna tell me?"

"I think I know how to help you in finding for Mr. Dewey" he smiled brightly