CHAPTER 5
ALICIA's P.O.V
"Where the hell is this Korean brat??" I asked angrily as I paced up and down the room. It's been three hours since I called her to inform her of her mother's condition and since she's no where to be found.
Gilda, Korean brat's mom, fell while climbing the stairs and started bleeding, Dad had already left for work so I was stuck home alone with her. I called a doctor over to check up her and I also called Korean brat.
Gilda is doing fine now but Korean brat is still not here yet and I needed to go out, I couldn't leave Gilda all by herself...for goodness sake, I had a date to go to...aaargh..
"Eomma" I heard Ji ah calling downstairs followed by the sound of the door closing... she was finally here..
"Eomma where are you?" Her voice came closer until she climbed up the stairs into the room.. I swear, I felt like taking life away from her..
"Where the hell were you?" I asked her angrily, careful not to shout so as not to wake up Gilda who was sleeping.
" I'm so sorry, something terrible happened" she said.
"Save your damn excuses....I'm outta here" I walked to my room to re do my make up and then called Troy, my supposed date. He picked up after the third ring "Alicia where the hell are you?... I've been here for over two hours" he sounded really annoyed.
"I'm so sorry...I'll be with you shortly " I pleaded and hung up, then raced downstairs, opened the door to go out and crashed into someone.. we both fell down...I was the dominant one...could today get any worse? After cursing, I came to the realization that I had just bumped into one of the 'M' brother.. what the hell was he doing here.
" I'm sorry" I apologized and tried to get up but instead, my palm slipped on the floor and I fell back, with my face directly on his face.. and my lips on his..freaking lord.. I just kissed an 'M' brother..
MIGUEL's P.O.V
I had just kissed the girl on me, I pushed her away from me.. that was so unexpected.
"I'm sorry" she apologized shyly. She must be Ji ah's sister, she attends our school but I really didn't know her that well.
"Fuck off" I yelled angrily and she indeed scurried away...phewww.. she was nothing like Ji ah.
Speaking of Ji ah, I had left her at the hospital to go home when I realized she had left her bike and phone at my place, I placed a call to Manuel with the hospital's land line to check if Ji ah was still there, but was informed she had left, fortunately she had filled in her home address in one of the forms she was given at the hospital and that was how I located her home.
I brought out her bike and a painting of her I had found in the garden courtesy of Manuel., her phone was in my pocket. I stood by the door and pressed the doorbell.
Some seconds later, the door opened revealing Ji ah.
"Miguel?" She called looking surprised " what are you doing here?" She asked me.
" I'm here to give you these" I brought out her phone, showed her the painting and pointed at her bike.
"Oh... thank you so much" she took the painting and the phone. I turned to leave when her voice called me back.. "why not come in for a bit? You've had an exhausting day"
I turned swiftly... of course I would love to come into her home and spend the rest of the day with her. She ushered me in and led me to sit on the sofa in the sitting room, while she poured me juice.
"How's Manuel?" she asked me gosh, is she normal or what? It had barely been up to an hour She saw Manuel, and yet she was still asking after him.
"He's dying" I answered subconsciously.
KIM JI AH's P.O.V
"How's Manuel?" I asked Miguel while pouring a glass of juice. Well, nothing came across my mind to ask him, and the question just slipped out of my mouth.
"He's dying" I swore I heard Miguel say and I stopped what I was doing. What does he mean by he's dying?
"What?" I exclaimed, and that seemed to Jerk him to full consciousness.
"I'm sorry" he apologized and stretched his hand for the glass of juice I was pouring for him... I wasn't okay, I couldn't be. He wouldn't have made such a statement if Manuel was okay.
"Miguel?" I called softly, "what's wrong with Manuel?"
"Uhh nothing" he said, I could tell he was lying.
So I didn't relent "Miguel?" I called again "what's wrong with Manuel?"
The next few seconds were spent in silence as he kept on staring at me, probably debating whether to tell me or not I guess he finally decided to tell me because he said "Manuel has cancer and only got a few months to live"
OK that was certainly not what I was expecting. How could? How did? Wait close my eyes and never open them again. His bucket list.. the chunk of hair that came off with his cap, his bleeding nose, gosh Manuel is really going to die.
I tried to fight back the tears gathering in my eyes, but I certainly failed cause they ended up rolling down... And to think I was crushing on a cancer patient..
"Tell me it's not true" I said choking with tears although I already knew they were true I just wanted him to probably lie and tell me it wasn't true.
" it's true Ji ah" Miguel Muttered
Oh no Manuel !! I quickly grabbed my phone and dashed out of the house paying no heed to Miguel who asked me where I was going I ran into the streets blinded by tears and then a screech, a halt and a hit. I fell down, I had just been hit by a car.
" Manuel" I called slowly and closed my eyes in pain.
"Oh my God are you okay?" A voice asked and I felt a warm hand lifting me, I opened my eyes to a pair of sapphire eyes.. so bluey and dreamy.
"Ji ah?" Miguel said ....tsk... he wasn't the one with dreamy sapphire eyes..
I quickly but painfully got up rejecting the assistance of dreamy eyes boy and Miguel. I needed to get to Manuel. Thank goodness I sustained no injury from the hit since it was minor I only passed out due to the shock.
"Are you alright?" The dreamy eyes boy asked again and I nodded in reply.. I needed to get to Manuel.. I was about to run off again when Miguel pulled me by my arm.
"Just get in my car, I'll drive you wherever you want". I paused, stared at him and then numbly followed him back to his car.
AUNDRE's P.O.V
I nearly killed someone again... in the past eight months, I had killed twice not intentionally, but at least I still killed them. The first person was my mom.
Flashback
"Dre get down from there" my mom yelled at me...I really hate it when she does that...she makes me look like a kid, I was freaking twenty two years old.
"Mom just go" I told her as I balanced myself on the open window in my room which was really high, one would think I was contemplating on suicide, which wasn't the case though I just needed to clear my head. I had just found out that the man I had loved and called father, was simply a step father and he had another son, my mom didn't even birth him, so he wasn't related to me at all. Anyway my so called father, had willed everything to his son leaving me with nothing but a car.
I wasn't pained because he left nothing to me, but because of the secret my mom had kept from me all these years.
"Aundre stop being childish, just get down from there" mom said and slowly walked towards me.
"Stay where you are mom."I warned but she didn't listen, she climbed up to window and tried reaching out to me.
"Mom stay away" I said and with the intention of withdrawing myself away from her, I unintentionally pushed her and.....
Well she died... the cops came, did some investigations and blamed it on misfortune... I didn't...I couldn't tell them I was the cause of her death.
Three months later, I was drunk and driving, my vision played tricks on me and I didn't know when I hit a kid on his bicycle.. the kid was unconscious for days while I was imprisoned for driving in my drunken state. My step dad used his connections to get me out of prison and two days, I heard about the child's death...I was really bummed out.
End of flashback.
And now, I had nearly ran a girl over again.
I got into my car and drove off. I had just returned from Mumbai where I had spent the last five months and I couldn't wait to get home.
My phone rang, it was Sung mi, my Korean girlfriend I had met in Mumbai five months ago when she came for a vacation. We cliched, exchanged contacts and went on a few dates before she returned to Korea.
"Annyeong" I said in my fake Korean accent after accepting the call, I could hear her laughter over the phone.
"Guess what hon.."she said excitement clearly written on her voice , I pursed my lips, I wasn't good at guessing and I had told her that.
"I'm In AMERICA" she announced.
