The World Traveler

Chapter 008

"Oh... its crumbling," sabi ko while staring at the stock price of the Belarmino Group of Companies "hahaha! They are starting."

<<They are going to be investigated by the Belarmino though, I mean, they just got attacked yesternight,>> sabi ni Al.

"But they are all based on the other countries, how can they know that the Belarmino were attacked? It will all just be a coincidence," sabi ko.

<<You have to be extremely lucky... wait, our luck stat is already in the 500, in terms of luck, that will be very lucky,>> sabi ni Al as I stood up, took a bath and left to attend my classes.

After attending my boring class, a classmate of mine invited us to attend her birthday party this coming weekend, and because she was well known as the rich kid, everyone is expecting something in their minds.

"Ah, Xander, are you coming?" tanong niya sakin, and even a dense person can notice she was sending me signals, and as a gentleman, the only thing I can do is...

"Sorry, this coming Saturday is also my girlfriend's birthday, we will celebrate it together," sagot ko, wanting her to give up, because with the current me as of now, having a relationship will be detrimental just for the two of us, since I don't plan on trusting anyone just yet.

"Oh..." sabi niya medyo disappointed.

"I will send you a well wishes and a gift on Saturday if you give me the time and place though," sabi ko.

"But I would prefer if you are in there in person though," narinig kong bulong niya while looking at me with a sad expression, as if she's a puppy being abandoned.

"It's fine, you can just give my gift on Monday," sabi niya "the party will be held in our house after all, also a lot of rich people will attend, everyone will expect something expensive if you have your gift delivered, I am tired of expensive gifts already so anything that came from you with well intentions is good enough."

"Rich people?" tanong ng isang classmate "pati Belarmino family?" tanong niya.

"Yes," sagot ng rich kid classmate na nagpapanting sa tenga ko.

<<Wait, I'll give the timely assist,>> sabi ni Al and a message notif rang from my phone.

"Oh, something came out, the plans with my girl were postponed to Sunday, so I can attend now," sabi ko and showed her the message, and her expression quickly brightened up, making the people smile if they ever see the sudden shift of expression, making me imagine her as a puppy with wagging tail.

Nang makauwi na ako, I chance upon Sam who blushed when I greeted her, and stuttering when she said...

"This Saturday is my birthday, and we are going to hang out, me and my friends, do you want to come with us?" pag-aya niya, nauutal man, I still agreed.

<<What about the Belarmino family?>> tanong ni Al sakin.

'You can handle that,' sabi ko sa isipan.

When Saturday came, I went to party with Sam, leaving Al to deal with the Belarmino family.

Samantha's birthday party is simple lunch, hang out in the mall, playing games in the arcade, eating out for dinner, and going to the karaoke to sing, simple it may be but its enjoyable, everyone is having fun, while on the other hand, my classmate's birthday party all thanks to Al, sharing his senses to me, doesn't seem like a party at all, more like a social gathering to make connections.

"Hey, order tayo ng alak?" aya ng isang classmate ni Sam.

"Huh? Sure," sabi ni Sam so everyone ordered alcoholic drinks, and some of them are heavy weights but some are light weight, Sam is one of those light weights, a bottle is enough to make her drunk.

And just like Eunice, she's a clingy drunk, and she clung to me, pouting, hugging me.

"You're mine, mine and mine alone, stop talking to girls, even if they are my friends," sabi niya habang nakayakap sakin, making me look at her friends and smiled at them helplessly, while they just smiled at us with a knowing expression.

"Go send her home," sabi ng isa sa mga kaibigan niya.

"Bahay nila ah! Hindi sa bahay niyo," kantyaw naman ng isa pa making me chuckle.

And with the urging of her classmates, I brought Sam home. Habang nasa taxi kami, Sam were sleeping on my lap when her phone rang and the caller is Eunice so I answered it, and before I could even greet...

"Hello, Sam, pauwi ka na? aalis kami ng Dad mo, ikaw na bahala kay Ella," sabi ni Eunice and then ended the call without waiting for a reply.

"... Eunice, same as ever," sabi ko "baka maging ate na si Ella," dugtong ko and pat Sam's head.

Nang makarating na kami sa bahay nina Sam, wala na doon sina Jeff at Eunice, and Ella, the youngest child, age is eight, were still watching TV.

"Ella, matulog ka na, its already 9PM," sabi ko.

"Ayaw, linggo naman bukas eh," sabi niya.

"Kumain ka na?" tanong ko.

"Opo," sagot niya.

"Good, saan ang kwarto ng ate mo?" tanong ko para maihiga ko na si Sam sa kama niya.

And under Ella's guiding, nadala ko na sa kwarto niya si Sam, and after guiding me, Ella quickly ran off, down the stairs.

"Sweet dreams, Sam," sabi ko and gave her a pat on her head and was about to leave but she grabbed my sleeves and opened her eyes, looking at me with longing, and from what I can see, she is still intoxicated from alcohol, I can end it now, cure her intoxication, but I didn't, instead, I kissed her in her mouth, making her kiss me back, and what followed after doesn't need to be mentioned, but I left her room at midnight, still raring to go, but Sam's body wouldn't be able to take it so I held back and left the room, going down the stairs and saw Ella who fell asleep on the couch.

Turning the TV off, I then sent her to her room before lying on the couch myself, before shutting my eye and willing to control the shadow clone that has just left the party.

<<Perfect,>> sabi ni Al <<the belarmino family just left, we can chase them and shoot at them, give them a scare.>>

'Okay,' sabi ko and switched clothings, a normal set of clothings this time, before stealing a motorcycle and helmet to chase after the Belarmino family's vehicle and shoot them with a freshly bought g18 machine pistol.