Tangled Love

Chapter Twenty-Three: Girlfriend

A/N: Sorry for the long wait! Exams week so I just scribble whenever possible. Hope you'd like it!

--Kiara--

"So... How's vacation?" I sighed when I saw Piwie wiggled her eyebrows on the laptop monitor. We are on Skype the moment my so-called-vacation is over. It's been three weeks since the day of Liam's revelation but I'm still in so much incredulity.

"Fine... I guess..." I moved the laptop from my lap to the bed sheet for Piwie not to see my eyes rolling. But my best friend knew me so well. She laughed heartily while shaking her head sideways.

"Oh.. Kiara dear. You really are a bad liar.. So tell me... What happened?" Her amused look is still plastered on her face while I on the other hand can't contain the heavy burden. Piwie has all the right to know about what we discovered about Nathan but I know she'd freak out and knowing her weird way of thinking, she might even take the soonest flight back here and question Nathan herself. And besides, she doesn't know anything about what's happening. It's not that I don't trust her but I just don't want her to be worried too much. She managed to persuade her parents to let her study in London and my conscience won't take it if she threw that away just because my life sucked.

I sat up cross-legged in front of the laptop monitor and looked at Piwie who's eyes are twinkling. I bet she had the best vacation ever! That's good news. At least one of us is having a great time.

"Well... Nathan was too busy with... Some matters that I was just able to spend few days with him..." I trailed off, giving so little information as possible. Being careful not slipping excess info from my mouth. I sighed again. Yeah. Nathan was like a ghost all through out our vacation. Though he'd spend time with me for a span of 4 days and a half on the second week of our stay at Casa Nueva, doing picnics and afternoon walks and attended a charity event, most of the time he would excuse himself saying that he needed to attend urgent matters. I never dare questioned him because I knew what that 'urgent' matter is all along. I was just so surprised that it didn't affect me much anymore. Maybe I became numb hearing the same excuse from him everyday.

My mind trailed off to something...Err... Someone... 'Charity Event... Andrew...' I heaved a sigh on the thought.

"How about Andrew? He's with you there too, right?" I jerked up on a sudden mention of Andrew's name. I felt a lump formed in my throat. It was a bizarre vacation for the two of us. For me.

"Hey... Did something happened between you and Drew?" I blinked several times as my mind processed what she said and I unconsciously shake my head sharply. Several times.

"Hmmmm..." Piwie arched a brow at me while her lips twitched. She eyed me like an eagle watching over her prey.

"W-what's that 'hmmm' for? Anyways, you better tell me how you're coping up there." My heart is pounding wildly on my chest. I'm not ready to voice out anything yet! Piwie groaned while rolling her eyes at me when I tried to change the topic.

"Nice try, Kiara. Nice try... But your attempt to change the subject is totally declined. Now... I'll ask you again... What happened?" She tapped her fingers on her cheek while waiting for my response. I sighed and looked away, collecting my own thoughts, reminiscing every moment we shared.

Flashback (Casa Nueva Vacation)

"I can't believe what we discovered today!" I threw my bag on one of the couch when we got back from the meeting with Liam. I threw myself at one of the love-seats and closed my eyes. I replayed everything that transcribed earlier and I really find it insanely unbelievable. Nathan having a sister, who's terminally ill... Died and then the accusations of Nathan to our family about her death. I can't believe all these information was kept from us for years!