Maven and Adrianna were like the sun and the moon. Their paths were meant to cross but not to sync eternally.
Both from prominent wealthy families separated by hatred and vendetta, they should've left it at that. But fate has a funny way to let them...
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"How long have you been standing there?"
My heart raced and sweat trickled down my back. My kuya's presence usually gave out relief and comfort but right at that moment, I was utterly terrified of him.
I think the sweat dripping from my neck down to my spine doubled when Kuya Elliot said nothing at first as I looked him up and down, coming to one inescapable conclusion that he might have been fresh out from his office, still wearing his Armani but the tie was nowhere to be seen.
"Not long enough to catch everything you said", He said
I acknowledged this with a nod even less convinced of what he said. Then, I watched how he shrugged as he brush passed me towards Abuelito's tombstone and laid the flowers atop of it.
He paused for a second before he turned to me. "What were you mumbling about anyway?" Kuya Elliot threw me a pointed look as he added, "You looked serious"
I shrugged, looking at anywhere but him as I felt guilty and defensive as hell. I held my tongue, playing it cool and hoping I appeared to be one, "You know, the usual, how I grind my day in law school, wishing he could see me now"
"You were Abuelito's pet after all"
I smiled innocently when Kuya Elliot threw me a look. "As I recall, you were Abuelita's" And when I saw how he shrugged, I added, "I don't know you come here often"
"I don't." He pursed his lips, "It just so happened that I came from a long day and I just wanted some time alone " "At a cemetery?" I said as I shot him a fond look, not buying that for one second. He gave me a very unfriendly stance for contradicting him. And then with a resigned sigh, he said, "That's how I roll. No hate please, little sister"
We fell on a comfortable silence, just standing by each other's side while we stared down at Abuelito's tombstone until Kuya Elliot said ..
"Sometimes, when I stand in front of the board as they wait for the time I will make a mistake, I wondered how Abuelito would do it if he was in my place. Back when we were younger, the board room was only our own playroom but now, in adulthood, it's nerve-wracking different for me." I heard him heave a sigh as I looked up the sky, as if there might be the answer to what ever nagging questions he had in the moment, "I wonder what he would say now"
"I'm sure he would say, you're doing great. I mean, you spear-headed that expansion in Bali and you will go further from there--- Myanmar, Thailand, Japan and the rest of the world."
He cocked his head as he held my gaze, the corners of his lips turned up in a smile, "Thanks, Dri! Such faith" "Team Sobreviñas, remember?" I said with a nudge on his shoulder.
His phone chose that moment to interrupt us. He pulled his phone out of the front pocket of his pants and I noticed how his expression turned dark, murderous even, before he decided to turn it off.
