THE BOSS

THIRTY

Noah's POV

The king and the queen arrived and they're really worried about Zaccheus. Queen Raeliana cried again like what she used to do back then everytime Zaccheus got abducted. You can feel the pain and misery on her cries. You can see sadness in their eyes.

Mas pinili na lang namin na hayaan muna sila na makasama ang anak nila. Ito kami ngayon at kaharap ang kaniya-kaniya naming mga ama.

My dad, Noel Augustín Canova, is now standing in front of me. He crossed his arms around his chest while giving me a continuous intent stare.

And it is uncomfortable!

"What's with the stare, dad? If you're mad then get mad already." Angil ko at lumabi.

"You didn't contact us since you left our home. Not even once! Of course I will be mad at you, Noah." Sinakal ako nito gamit ang braso kaya nahampas ko naman siya.

"Stop it, dad. Stop it already. I can't breath." Angil ko.

"Stop fooling me, son. I'm not even strangling you tight so of course you can breath normally and easily." Sabi nito kaya natawa naman ako at yumakap sa kaniya at agad din naman niya akong niyakap pabalik.

"I'm sorry if I forgot to contact you, dad. It's just that... a lot of things happened while we're here. We're so very busy." I reasoned.

Umamo ng tuluyan ang ekspresiyon niya at nag-aalala ako nitong tiningnan. "Really?"

"Yes, dad. You see, we're working for the Prince not just for the upperworld but also for the underworld. I'm working as one of his superiors and also his asset. See? I have two works." Sabi ko na para bang nagpapaawa.

"Aw. My poor Noah." Niyakap ako nito at hinagod-hagod pa ang likod ko.

Natawa naman ako at niyakap lalo si Dad. That reason and my acting is always working on my dad. He believe to my reasons instantly.

"What? Is it funny that your dad is very worried of you?" He asked and he even pouted after that.

Yeah, sa kaniya ako nagmana.

"No. No. Of course not. I really appreciate that you're worried of me, dad." Nakangiting sabi ko bago natawa ulit. "I'm just laughing because you're really believe everything I say."

"Because you're my son and I trust you." He said it with no hesitation. He's confident that I will not lie to him.

"I know. Anyway, the main reason that I haven't told you anything about what happened to the Prince is because I'm too occupied of thinking about Zaccheus. I'm so occupied of thinking about the Prince's health and condition this past few days. I'm busy waiting for him to open his eyes. I'm busy thinking of when will he open his eyes. It's been a week, dad. He's sleeping in that bed for seven days already. I'm really worried." I sighed loudly before sitting to the chair next to us.

"Tell me the truth, Noah. What did really happened to the Prince? Why he's in that state rightnow?" He asked while looking at me seriously.

"We're planning to tell this to the king and queen after Zaccheus wake
up. So please don't tell them anything yet, okay?" Pakiusap ko sa kaniya.

"I understand. I know you'll just worried about them." Sabi nito kaya napangiti naman ako. This is why I like my dad so much. Maintindihan ito sa halos lahat ng bagay. Marahil ito ang isa sa mga dahilan bakit tumagal ang relationship nila ni mommy.

Ipinaliwanag ko sa kaniya ang lahat ng nangyari. Everything that I know and everything that has happened. He was shocked when I told him that Jericho, that son of a bitch, is also involved. He was disappointed and mad when he heard the names of Duke Equérov and Duke Ramon. He was sad for the Prince after I explained his condition when I saw him.