First Glance

Chapter 25

"Ate Cleofeeel, help me!!!"

I boredly looked at Charlotte's direction as she lazily slumped her body on my couch. Wala ito sa mood at parang gusto ng manapak, mahahalata din sa mukha nito ang labis na pamumula— it's either she's blushing or she wanted to kill someone.

But this time, I can tell that she wanted to kill someone. Too bad, Charlotte's too good to harm anyone yet.

Unlike her sister, a complete opposite of her.

"Since you don't like violence, want me to kill her for you?" I suggested.

Alam naman ni Charlotte ang tungkol sa mga businesses namin ng kapatid niya, and that's also include about the killings. She disapproved at first, but what can she do? No one can stop Clementine.

"What? No!" she immediately stood up, crossing her arms over her chest. "Even if I don't like that girl, killing her is unreasonable." she responds.

May umaaligid kasing babae kay Delos Santos, if I remembered correctly– the name was Alexandra? From what I've heard that girl was a die hard fan of Delos Santos. The reason why Charlotte was here today in my office— bugging me, because she saw that girl again giving Delos Santos a bouquet of flowers and her favourite foods.

I sighed. "I don't know anymore, Charl. It's either killing her or bombing her house."

"My gosh, Beau! Is bombing and killing all you could think about?" and there goes my friend, Mallory who just got out from my bathroom here inside my office.

"It's like you never know me, Mall." I scoffed sarcastically, shaking my head.

Mallory just chuckled before sitting beside Charlotte on the couch. "There's an easy way to do it, Charl, ever heard the word 'expelled'?

"Wait..." Charlotte quickly looked at Mallory with a wide smile plastered on her lips before engulfing her into a tight hug. "I should've asked you first, ate Mall."

"Yeah, hindi yung dito ka sa opisina ko mag-iingay." untag ko habang nasa laptop ko na ang aking atensyon.

Ilang saglit pa ay tumayo na silang dalawa sa couch at kinuha ang mga gamit nila.

"It's almost my class hour, I'm excited to see my girl." Charlotte squealed. Siya kasi muna ang inatasan ni Clementine na magturo sa klase niya. Paano ba naman tinamad magturo dahil yung studyante niya ay binahay na niya.

I'm pretty sure wala na yung balak na pauwiin ang magkakapatid.

"Charlotte Yeen, don't be like your sister inside the classroom, treat all your students equally." paalala ni Mallory sa kanya.

"I'll do that, ate Mall, only if you also treat Ruelle like your other students." Charlotte responds, voice laced with sarcasm that made me chuckled.

Mallory rolled her eyes. "Hey! I treat all my students equa—"

I cut her off. "Really? Mamatay man si Ruelle?"

"Bakit di yung studyante mong si Rodriguez ang mamatay?"

"Fuck you, Mall." I spatted, throwing a pen on her.

Mallory laughed. "Hey, you started it." she stucked her tongue out on me. "And fine I admit, I don't, happy now?"

"Whatever."

Pagkatapos ng aming asaran ay umalis na rin sila dahil parehas silang may klase ng umaga ngayon, habang ako naman ay mamayang hapon pa.

Habang busy ako sa ginagawa kong report para sa bagong branch ng GGH ay muling bumukas ang pintuan ng aking opisina at pumasok mula doon si Rodriguez na may dalang paper bag.