Five O'clock Sky (Nueva Caceres#1)

CHAPTER 36

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CHAPTER 36: Lose To You

Punto de Vista: Ikatlong tauhan

"What was Sandro doing here, Adam?" Agad na tanong ni Lucy sa kapatid nang maipasok ng kasambahay si Thiago sa mansion. Naiwan silang dalawa sa front lawn. "Wala ng rason para pumunta pa siya dito. He sold his shares in The Alta years ago, had that jerk forgotten?"

"He now own a piece of our land, Lucy." Matabang na tugon ni Adam.

Napasinghap siya. "What?!" She blinked her eyes in disbelief. "H-How the hell did that happen?"

"It's not as big like what you're probably thinking. Isang kamalig at ang lupang kinatatayuan nito lang ang pagmamay-ari niya. He bought it for about 10 million."

Lucy's eyes widened. "10 freaking million for a nipa house and a piece of -more or less- 24 square meter land?!"

"Inalok iyon sa kanya ni Dad ng walang bayad, bilang tila naging pangalawang tahanan din iyon ng abuelo niyang si Alvaro nong nabubuhay pa ito. That nipa house served as Dad's memory from his late friend kaya hindi niya rin iyong maatim na ipagamit pa sa ibang magsasaka. But Sandro being an egoistic bastard that he is insist to pay for it. Kung ako lang ang masusunod, ni isang paso ng lupa ng hacienda ay ayokong pagmay-arian niya. After I knew what he's done to my sister? There should be no fucking way I'll let him step into this land again." Judging by the grudge in his brother's eyes, Lucy was afraid that his anger for Sandro could last forever. "I was the one who set the price for ten million thinking the unreasonable cost would discourage him. But the bastard agreed without further negotiation of the price. Ni walang tawaran na naganap."

All Lucy could do is to sigh all her disbeliefs. Kung ganitong may pagmamay-ari ang lalaki sa hacienda ay mas lalong lumalaki ang tyansang magtagpo ang mag-ama. Hindi naman pwedeng ikulong niya palagi ang anak sa loob ng mansion. Not when Thiago loves to spend most of the time outside with the horses— just like her when she was at his son's age.

"Ganon nalang ba kahalaga ang kubo na iyon sa kanya para bilhin iyon almost five times the normal price?" Namamangha niyang bulalas.

Nagkibit-balikat ang kapatid. "For sentimental reasons, maybe. Isa iyon sa ala-ala niya sa namayapang abeulo. They used to rest in that nipa house after the long tiring hours of working in plantation. Or perhaps, it's sentimental in a way that..." Binitin ni Adam ang sasabihin. He tilted his head and looked at her in scrunity. "Doon nyo ginawa si Thiago."

Lucy gasped. How would his brother arrived with that idea?! Kapagkuwa'y nag-init ang mukha at nag-iwas ng tingin sa kapatid.

"Doon nga." Nakanguso niyang pag-amin sa mahinang tinig subalit umabot sa pandinig ni Adam.