CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX, REVELATION 2

 "My name is not Julian Wylder, I am Juan Jose." Mr Julian revealed this to everyone.

"Just so you understand, I think I need to finally tell you all my story since everything is already over now. It's time for the revelation and the motive behind my revenge." Mr Julian continued, they all looked at each other as questions filled their minds.

He kept quiet for a while and then continued talking.

"My revenge, my anger, my rage all began several years ago. I will begin from the very beginning."

"A long time ago according to the story my mom told me before she died, there was a wealthy and affluent woman who had so many staff working for her and her husband, that woman was none other than Mrs Isabella Fernandez. One time, Mrs Isabella's husband Luis Fernandez raped one of his workers, a beautiful young woman whose name was María Erasmo who was my mother."

"When Mrs. Isabella found out about this, she decided to cover up her husband's dirty secret and protect his political career by sending María away with barely enough money to take care of her and her child. María left the Fernandez Mansion and went to a small town, where she met with a man whose name is Ariel Jose who promised to take care of her and her child after he heard her story."

"After being together for some years, he finally revealed to her his past and that he knew Mrs Isabella. Around the time Mrs Isabella chased María out of her home, she was having an affair with a poor man, someone she could control by lying that she loved him. He also revealed that the child with Mr. Luis is not his child, Camila Fernandez is the child that she had when she was having an affair with him and to keep her secret, she gave him some money and sent him away."

"María and Ariel started their life together, working to build a future for their son after he was born. Juan was his parent's pride and joy, they wanted to build him a future that he would never have to beg or work under someone who would treat him badly like they were treated."

"Years later, Juan was only sixteen years old. María and Ariel were both glad to see their son all grown up and strong. Suddenly one day, Mrs Isabella came to their home and when she found out who owned the properties she wanted to buy, she felt happy because she thought she could still order them around. She told María and Ariel her intention to buy their large farmland because of its fertility, María and Ariel refused to sell their farmland to her, she threatened them and they still refused."

"What did my mom do?" Mrs. Camila asked when she saw Mr. Julian's reddish eyes, he was sobbing quietly. Mr Julian swallowed hard and replied.

"They all sat down around the fireplace María made in the house, little Juan was so happy that his mom had finally agreed to fulfill his wish to make a fire in the house but he didn't know that this would be the last time he would spend with his parents. When María heard a sharp sound outside, she took her son's hand and took him to the underground secret room even he wasn't aware of until that day."

"Mom, where are you going? Why did you bring me here?" Little Juan asked worried because of his mother's reaction. Usually, his mom would tell him some shocking secret but today she looked really scared while bringing him there.

"Juan, promise me that you will stay in this room and not come out no matter what." 

"You are scaring me." Juan wispered.

"Promise me, Juan," María yelled at her son. He shivered a little because of how she shouted at him, she had never yelled at him before.

"I promise." He replied and tears dropped out of María's eyes, she pitied her little son who didn't deserve to lose his family at his age but she would rather lose her life than let her son die in the hands of Mrs Isabella. 

She left Juan and went out to accept her fate with tears falling heavily from her eyes. When she got into their living room, she found Ariel groaning on the floor with one of his legs cut off.

"Ariel," María yelled, she ran to her husband and knelt beside him while crying.

"I told you to give me that land and I would pay handsomely for it but you refused." Mrs Isabella said with a smile on her face as she came in with a knife that had blood on it.

"You... Y." María stammered pointing at Mrs Isabella.

"If you just did as I said, then you won't have to suffer like this."

"When I came here, I didn't see any child around, did you perhaps lose the child you were supposed to have for my husband?" Mrs Isabella asked looking around. María couldn't say anything, she kept sobbing bitterly while holding Ariel who was bleeding profusely.

"Oh, you can't answer that. You are still going to die soon." After saying this, she turned towards one of the hefty men she brought with her and said.

"Get rid of them quickly, then come back tomorrow to dump their bodies somewhere and clean this place up." 

"She left their house and the next minute, Juan saw with his own eyes how his mom's head was cut off and his dad was chopped to pieces from where he hid."

Mr Julian held onto his clothes as he cried his heart out, the memory he dreaded so much and didn't want to think about was brought back to him again.

Mrs Camila couldn't stop crying herself, she couldn't believe how terrible her mom was. Mylar felt sorry for Mr Julian. Elio, Vida, and Camilo couldn't stop crying too. Even imagining it was too painful not to talk of the person who witnessed it, it must have been traumatic for Mr Julian.

"As a little boy, I didn't know what to do after all our properties were taken away so I made my way to my real dad because my mom told me about him. I got to Mr Luis's party office one morning but they wouldn't let me in so I did the only thing I could do and created a scene before the office. People gathered around and insulted the security men, they also talked about the promises Mr Luis made to assist anyone that came to him for help. Words got to Mr Luis and so he asked them to let me in."

"Did you get to tell him?" Mylar asked remembering her mom.

"I did. All I wanted from him was just to help me bury my parents the right way, I didn't need his money or his love but he also treated me like garbage but what do you expect from someone who rapes any woman that does not willingly agree to his advances and kills them afterward to cover up his crimes."