THE AVENGED OF LALISA MANOBAN

17 - SAYING GOODBYE?

Lisa's POV

It's been two days, and I'm currently in my apartment, lying down. I was about to sleep when I received a call, so I answered it immediately.

It was Irene.

"Why, Irene?" I asked.

"L-Lisa, about your brother's case," Irene said excitedly.

"What happened?" I asked.

"Check the news. Taehyung is in jail now," Irene said and even laughed, making me jump.

"Yes!"

"Thank you, Irene. And tell your dad thank you too. If it weren't for you guys, he might not be in jail yet. And if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to do all this," I told her on the other line.

"Yes, I'll tell Dad. And you're welcome, Lisa," she said happily.

This was the first time I heard her voice so happy because she's always angry when it comes to me, or maybe she's always angry?

"Okay,Bye Lisa, I have a date," she said.

"Okay, bye," I said and hung up the call.

"Yes!"

I looked at my brother's picture and immediately grabbed it, stroking his face.

"We got the justice you deserve, brother," I said, unable to stop myself from crying.

I'm happy.

So happy.

I let go of the picture of my brother and wiped my phone with my tears.

I'm going to watch the video.

While watching, I see the police escorting Taehyung, and many people are taking pictures and videos on the side. Some are asking him questions, asking if it's true that he killed someone. But I stopped when I saw something on the side, some women looking worried, and one of them crying.

It's Jisoo, Rose, and Jennie.

Jisoo looks worried, and Rose looks like she's about to cry, but the other one is already crying.

I just watch the video of her crying.

I don't know, but it hurts.

It hurts when I see her cry.

It hurts because she's crying, not because of me, but because of him.

I immediately turned off my phone.

I don't want to see her cry. It will just hurt me.

 

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Tom's

"Thank you, really," I said to Irene.

"Again?" she said grumpily.

"Here comes her grumpy side again."

As we walk into the school, all I hear is Taehyung.

Who dared to get him arrested?

How brave was the one who got him locked up?

So brave.

Our class ended, but I didn't see Jennie.

Why didn't she come to school?

Is she sick?

Should I visit her at home?

But what if she's not there? What if she went out?

Maybe later, I'll go there tonight.

 

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I'm in the office now, taking care of my return to my old school.

Finally, I'm going back there.

I miss the people there.

I miss the breeze there.

And most of all, I miss my dad there.

"Ms. Manoban, you can go back to your school next week, and we'll take care of everything you need there," the principal said, so I nodded and smiled.

"Thank you, Ms. Principal. I'm leaving now," I said and left.

As I went out, I saw Irene waiting for me.

"Done? Let's go, I'm hungry," she said, so I laughed and nodded.

I looked at my phone to see what day it is tomorrow, and it's Friday.

So I looked at Irene.

"Let's go out tomorrow? I'm leaving Sunday morning," I said, so she looked at me.

"You're leaving so soon? Can you please not leave?" she said while we were walking.

"I can't. I miss them there," I said.

"I'll miss you too," she said, making me laugh.

"Just visit me there, hehe. Maybe we'll even be classmates with Seulji. I miss her too. She doesn't go in my apartment anymore. She always goes to you," I said.

"Fine," she said.

 
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I'm in the garden now, just hanging out.

Hayss, I'll miss this too.

After class, I usually hang out here. If not, I hang out in the stockroom, but I prefer it here because the view is beautiful.

I looked at the sky.

"Successful, brother. My job here is done. We got the justice you needed," I said and smiled while looking at the sky.

 
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