CHAPTER 5: TROLLS
SORCHA'S POV
Hindi na ako lumingon nang may marinig ako na tatlong mabibilis na katok na sinundan ng pagbukas ng pintuan ko. Iisa lang naman ang taong may lakas ng loob na pumunta ng ganitong kaaga sa bahay ko.
"Anong breakfast natin?"
"Corned beef hash and soda bread," simpleng sagot ko.
"Walang orange juice?"
Nakatutok pa rin ang atensyon sa niluluto na tinuro ko ang refrigerator. "It's in the fridge, you silver-spooned spoiled brat."
Tawa lang ang naging sagot ng kapatid ko na lumapit sa kinaroroonan ng ref para kunin ang juice.
Hindi na bago sa akin na pumupunta rito para lang makikain lalo na kapag breakfast. Marunong naman siyang magluto pero tamad lang talaga. Kaya siya ang lagi kong pinabibili ng grocery dahil madalas naman siyang makikain dito.
It's our setup even during college. We stayed in a two-bedroom condominium back then. Hindi kasi papayag ang mga magulang namin na lumayo ako sa bahay kung hindi kasama ang kapatid ko. My brother didn't mind looking for a university near the one I really want to go to, so he told our parents that he'd stay with me.
Noong makatapos ako ay kinuha ko sa mga magulang ko ang college fund na hindi ko nagamit dahil scholar ako at may budget din na ibinibigay ang university. I was also working as a student assistant in the university's laboratory, so I was granted more allowance.
I used the college fund to buy a house. Iyong natira ay pinang-down ko para sa bahay ng kapatid ko na nasa tabi lang ng sa akin dahil kahit nasa tamang edad na ako ay ayaw pa rin kaming paglayuin ng mga magulang namin. Pero at least ngayon ay magkaiba na kami ng bahay.
Kuya Nevan used his college fund for his education, so he couldn't use it to buy a house. It's not because he wasn't smart enough to get a scholarship. He had great grades. His heart just wasn't on the course he took, and it held him back a little. He liked the course, but he wasn't passionate about it. He couldn't shift courses because our father is as stubborn as him, not wanting to fight for what he wants.
I was already working at Dagger when he applied. I convinced him to try instead of him waiting to find what he really wanted to do. May mga bagay man sa mundo na kailangan mong hintayin pero may mga bagay din na kailangan mong aktibong hanapin. This is one of those things.
He fell in love with Dagger, and now he's a Blade Point. Nabayaran na rin niya ako sa downpayment na ibinigay ko sa kaniya para sa bahay at sa unang taon niya sa Dagger ay nabayaran na niya ng buo iyon. It was even before we received the trust fund our parents gave us that we could only take when we reached twenty-five.
"Akala ko ba hindi ka interesado?"
I glanced at him, and I saw him looking at the folder I forgot on the counter. "I haven't read it yet, but I was thinking about it."
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