For The Stars Have Sinned (Complete)

Chapter 7

Meet Them

He raised his eyebrows at what I said. After a while, the corner of his lips twitched and he laughed. “We’ll see, Rishel… We’ll see,” he said before walking away.

I clenched my fists and glared at the bird flying over the waves. The bird turned to me and broke its wing. The bird cried before it dived under the waves. And I was supposedly sympathetic to that little thing but I couldn’t. I still thought of Lyndon’s words about the prior murder case in Argao because I was there.

I AM CURRENTLY reading CareLikeGoldFish’s work. The book is a mystery-thriller and even without romance, I couldn’t stop reading it whole because the scenes are so familiar, it’s like I’ve seen them before.

Just like the scene where the main character shot his friend. It’s the same as what I saw there in Boljoon two months ago.

WiFi suddenly died. I blinked and came out of the room with a dark expression. I was about to go straight to the kitchen because I knew Mama was the one with the plan, but suddenly I heard laughter and someone calling my name in the living room. I turned my head to the sofa and I saw Mama with someone, the Vine band members.

I froze in place. What is Tiden doing here?

Mama folded her arms. “Come here, Joy. They told me you know them.”

“O-Okay…”

I held my breath when Tiden and I stared at each other. I swallowed the lump in my throat. My chest heaved with excitement, but I was nervous because I knew Mama was against me being a fan girl. What if she’ll know that my idols are in front of her? What will she do?

“Hi. W-what are you doing here?” I asked with a smile.

Mama’s eyes narrowed. “You better talk to them and eat afterward so you can study upstairs.”

I nodded. She excused herself to Vine and went upstairs first. I waited for Mama’s figure to disappear before looking at Tiden. “What are you doing here?” I asked again, glancing at Levi. He was looking down at the phone he was holding, not even giving me a slight glance. “And you know where El Grande is, Tiden?”

The last time I checked, he didn’t know where the El Grande location was.

He smiled then stood up and walked towards me. “June brought us here. I didn’t know El Grande was in the Arbor.”

“I see,” I said and glanced at Levi from time to time. He didn’t even look up at me, as if I wasn’t in front of him. Sighing, I give up. Maybe he’ll only look up when Nicole’s around. “You should have told me you were going to visit. I should have dressed in better clothes.”

“There’s no need. You’re beautiful no matter what you wear,” Tiden said and winked.

My cheeks heated up at his words and I looked away. Hearing him praise me in front of Levi was embarrassing. “What do you mean by this?” I asked.

He smiled. “Vine wants to meet you. Also, I can’t reach your number.” And his wide smile disappeared from his lips when he remembered something. Tiden coughed a bit and scratched his nape. “I’ll buy you a new one,” he promised.

I remembered that afternoon at the dock where he and Lyndon had a little argument. I sighed and shrugged my shoulders. “Someone bought a new phone.”

“Who bought it? Is it the guy?” Tiden asked.

I knew he was talking about Lyndon so I shook my head. “My other… friend.”