The Girl Who Came From Above

CHAPTER 32: Jealousy Is A Threat

"I already called your family driver. He will be here in a minute" Jastine said as he slide his phone on his pocket. I observed that his restless so I hold his and he reacted as if he's shocked because I held his hand. "Jastine, you know you already changed a lot" I said to him and that leave him questioning about what I said.

"What do you mean Lloren?" He asked me and still he's restless. "You always give me the best treatment but now it's seems that you are bothered by something else.... or maybe by someone else" I said and he looked at me. That look of his. It's different now.

"Maybe because we've been away for a while and what I feel right now is just because of the lapses in time...." He didn't even responded to any of my statements. I heard a car beeping nearby and I saw our family car. "You should go home and take a rest" he said in a very plain tone. I smiled at him and hugged him goodbye but it just hurts me when I know that his not giving me the hug back. He just slightly smiled and waved his hand to me. "I'll go now" I said and the driver opened the car door for me.

When I comfortably sat down inside the car I saw Jastine ran back to the clinic. "He just left without even saying goodbye" I said to myself and let out a sigh. The driver started the car. "Sa bahay po ba ang punta natin ma'am?" tanong ng driver and I just nodded at him. The car swiftly ran and after some minutes I already arrived at home. When I opened the door, my mom saw me and ran towards me, "Are you okay? What happened?" I dropped myself on the couch. "Nothing serious mom" I said while my mom is busy checking if I got hurt badly.

I heard footsteps from the staircase. Mom and I hurriedly face towards the direction of the noise. "Do you know what's more serious that what happened today?" Napatayo ako when I heard his voice. "What do you mean honey?" My mom asked my dad and he suddenly throw a paper on the couch. My mom hurriedly picked up the paper and saw me and Jastine seating together. A shivering feeling ran towards my back and I saw my mom's expression changed.

"Is that ..." Even without finishing her words she slapped me hard. "GRETA!" She shouted and then my dad's secretary ran towards our direction. "Yes ma'am" the secretary said in a very low voice. "You said you checked the list of the students before even sending Lloren to this school" my mom asked the secretary in a strict and stern voice. "Yes m..ma-am.." the secretary replied in a stuttering voice. "THEN WHAT IS THIS?" she said while she throw the paper on the secretary's face. "I'm sorry ma'am but I didn't expect that he will enrolled late" she explained. "You check the list but you didn't DOUBLE CHECK it right?" angrily she turned her gazed at me.

"You..you didn't even learned from what we've been through woman?" She push me harshly as I dropped my body again at the couch. "Mom, it...it already happened in the past... and..and I like him" She slapped me again and this time it's a little bit harder. "Shut your mouth young lady" she said. "You... clean this mess" she point the secretary and the secretary just nod at her like a puppy following the commands of her boss. "If we need to drop her out from the school, we should drop her" she added as she exited the living room.

I composed myself, trying to deny the throbbing pain that I felt on my cheeks after receiving two slaps in a row. My dad slowly walk towards me. He stood in front of me and gently cherished my cheeks as if he's tracing the area of where I received the slaps. "We should understand your mom, Lloren" he gently speak. I slowly nodded because I am scared. I'm scared knowing that I am well aware of how capable my dad is. He will do anything that he wants to do in order to satisfy him. He smiled at me and composed himself. "I need to go to the meeting" he said and walk away as if nothing happened.

That's how my family is. I stood up and composed myself. I climbed the staircase and walk directly to my room. I drop my things on the floor and hurriedly changed my clothes to a sleepwear. I walk towards my vanity space, pulled the chair and sit on it. I look at my face, full of red shapes dancing on my cheeks. It's not new to me.

Everytime my mom will be triggered by her anxious thoughts she became physically abusive. I grab some tissue in the drawer and removed my make up. I heard a knock on the door and I saw one of our maids entering the room. "Sana makatulong po ito" she said as she left a tray of ice on my desk. She left the room without any other words. I'm alone again. I grab an ice and gently placed it on my face. It doesn't hurt anymore.

I look for my phone and smiled at the lock screen that I created myself. It's a picture of me and Jastine. I unlocked my phone and send a message to Jastine. After several minutes of waiting, he didn't even replied to any of my messages. What will I do?

My mom and dad already found out that me and Jastine are going to the same school and they're pretty anxious about that idea. I'm sure that sooner or later I will bid goodbye to that school because they will force me to move. Mahigpit kong hinawakan ang phone ko and I am looking seriously at my own reflection in the mirror. They take me away from Jastine before and now, I won't allow them to do that to me.

My phone beeps and I saw Jastine's message on the screen. It's a short one but I smiled upon looking at it. At least, he give me his attention now. I opened one of the vanity drawers and look at Angel's pictures that are piled inside it. I grab one of those pictures and seriously look at it.

"And you, I'll soon find out who you really are..."