Start the War
Chapter 017
"I heard you took your sister outside?"
Nawala ang tingin ni Joshua sa kaniyang ginagawa ng madinig ang boses ng kaniyang ina sa likuran.
Of course, he's at their company again. Umaga pa lang ngunit marami na kaagad siyang pinipirmahan.
"Yea..." he answered nonchalantly and resumed.
"Why you didn't tell me?"
"You were busy."
"You should have at least left a message. You know I don't allow your sister to go in any place aside from her school or unless with me."
"I was with her, mom," pagpapaalala niya. "That is not a problem before."
Hindi umimik doon si Arnie ngunit nanatili ang tingin niya sa likuran ng anak. Hindi pa rin tumitigila ang kaniyang kamay sa pagpirma ng maraming papel. Halatang sanay na.
"I hope this will be the last time you do this to me, Joshua," she said strictly. "I don't like someone moving against me especially behind my back."
Joshua's hand stopped and sighed deeply. He finally turned to her. "Mom, I am not moving against you. I just simply took her out. I don't mean to do something more than that."
Ngunit hindi pa rin siya nilubayan ng tinginan ni Arnie. "You know why I am doing this. I know what you know."
His jaw clenched and looked away.
"See?" umalis si Arnie sa pagkakasandal sa pader at tumayo ng maayos, arms are still crossed.
"Pero wala akong ibang intensyon kaya ko siya dinala sa labas. I just simply want to be with my sister, eat with her outside. It's been so long since that last time we did," he said convincingly. "I don't intend to bring her back to where she belongs. She's our ace to that family. I cannot do something that could make us lose in this war."
"That's a relief to hear from you," tumango tango ito, convinced. "I trust you, Joshua. You're my son. Unlike your sister, I trust you the most."
Hindi umimik doon si Joshua hanggang sa talikuran na ulit siya ng kaniyang ina. Napapikit siya ng mariin ng tuluyan na itong makalayo sa kaniya.
He cursed inside his mind. He told that driver not to tell anything to anyone. But it seems like...his undeniable loyalty isn't to him but to his mom.
What was he expecting anyway? He's just a kid.
Before going to the university, nagpahatid na muna si Cheska sa isang café. She suddenly craved a vanilla shake. Hindi niya na mapigilan kaya kahit maaga pa lang, nagpadaan na muna siya roon.
"Antayin niyo na lang po ako. This will be fast..."
When she got inside, warm temperature welcomed her—as usual since it is a café. It shouldn't be hot nor cold.
Most of the customers are students from Lee University. It's not a surprise though. The start of their class is too early that the students tend to look for something that could make them wake up.
But she's not there because of that. She simply wants a vanilla shake.
She fell in line and waited for her turn patiently. She's still calm since there's still a lot of time until their first period starts.
Besides, the students won't be there if that is the case.
When it's finally her turn, she gave her order. While waiting for her order to come, someone from behind her spoke.
BINABASA MO ANG
BOOK 1 | Start the War
AksiHumans have differences. There are powerful and powerless, wealthy and poor, smart and naive, brave and coward, strong and weak. Due to these differences, they have to separate themselves from each other to avoid chaos. For less than a century, peac...
