Third Person's POV:
Right after Noah left without anyone noticing him, one strange car stopped i front of Jury's house.
The man who's driving the car stared at the house beside him, he sighed heavily before stepping out of the car. Pinagpagan niya ang suot niyang business suit bago humakbang papasok sa gate.
He couldn't hear any sounds but as he walk nearer the front door, he started to hear some chatters.
He slowly entered the house quietly, but it seems like everyone inside the house heard his footstep because all of them turned their heads at the front door where they could see a fine strange man wearing a suit. Tumahimik bigla ang looban ng bahay.
Chet looked around confusingly, asking mentally what's happening and who's the man who suddenly barged in.
"Kuya Wayne?" Nathan broke the silence.
The man raised his hand slowly before saying a word with a tight awkward and nervous smile, "... Hi."
"Hi?" Gab asked with a thick sarcasm.
Everyone looked at Gab with confusion but the younger ones turn their heads to Perry when she spoke too.
"Y-You -"
"YOU!"
Nanlaki ang mga mata nila nang biglang tumakbo papunta si Samuel kay Wayne, some of them gasps when Samuel flee his knuckle towards his face and Wayne not expecting it, he didn't had a chance to dodge the punch.
"You dare come back here all of a sudden?!" Hindi na na-kontrol ni Samuel ang katawan niya na tuloy-tuloy na bigyan ng mga suntok si Wayne.
"G-Gab, stop them!" Natatarantang utos ni Perry pero maski si Gab ay hindi na rin alam kung anong gagawin.
"Samuel -"
"After not appearing for more than a year?! You're here for what, huh?!"
Hindi lumaban si Wayne, he just kept accepting the punches that Samuel is giving. His suit started to get dirty and his neat hair is already messy, nagdudugo na rin ang gilid ng labi niya pero hindi pa rin siya lumaban pabalik.
Gab grabbed Samuel's arms from his back and pulled him away from Wayne who's already on the floor.
"Samuel, stop it!" Gab yelled.
"Ano pa bang babalikan mo rito?! Are you here to apologize for not being present when Jacob died?!" Dinuro-duro ni Samuel si Wayne, "The time you left, we erased you in our mind -"
"Samuel!"
"When he went missing, you weren't there! When we were mourning -"
"Samuel, please!" Gab plead, nagsimula na ring umiyak si Perry sa gilid habang nakatakip ang dalawang palad niya sa bibig niya.
"Y-You weren't there! Anong klase kang kaibigan?!"
"You don't understand..." Wayne said lowly.
Samuel scoffed, "I-I don't understand?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND?! ARE YOU EVEN HEARING YOURSELF?!"
When Perry couldn't take it anymore, she walk towards Samuel while he's still being kept around Gab's arms from behind. She didn't hesitated to slap him across his face, hard.
Natigilan si Samuel sa ginawa niya.
"Stop it! Just fucking stop it!!" Umiiyak sa sabi ni Perry, "It's all done now! So just stop!!"
Hinihingal na tumahimik si Samuel habang nakatingin kay Perry.
Perry looked at Wayne, "I'm not siding with anyone here, both of you are wrong so just stop this... We're not here for this, we're here for Jury."
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