" Love Untitled " ~ The Road Home ~ BOOK SIX

BOOK 6 > Ch. 15 ~THE FAMILY~

'Ikaw ba ang nagbago. O ako. O tayo. Baka tayo.'

Psyche's Chronicles. Confidential (Deleted Files)

Devirginized by a foe. Avery handsome, dimpled foe.

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" This is seriously the part where I need you here, bud. I need your expert opinion on this. "

As always, Richard Armani made it sure that he often pays visitation to his deceased best friend's grave every Saturday morning of every week. It has been a routine since he lost him when they were seventeen and were involving themselves with underground fistfights against street gangsters. Some of them came from distinguished and dominant families like them and these were the times when he had been getting more nemesis than he could imagine at a young age.

One day, right after they've been drinking their ass out with some of their college friends, Richard Armani and Benedict were on their way back to their dormitories, when a van of armed young men stopped their tracks, firing bullets right on their direction. He was faster to get himself covered and Benedict wasn't as fortunate. His best friend was already dead when they rushed him to the nearest hospital, while he got himself injured badly. Richard Armani's father was enraged that he swore he'll raise hell. And he did just that. Raphael Armandi got those men behind bars in no time while his son recuperate.

But Richard Armani knew better. The seventeen-year-old him and his brother, Rafa Armand, knew that their father won't let any of their misdoings pass without proper sanctions. Damn, yes. Right after he was disposed from the hospital, Richard Armani suffered a great deal of penalty for acting like a fool. His father stopped paying for his college tuition fees, no expensive cars, credit cards, no special privileges of sorts and he was required to work for his food, moreover, a place where he'd live since he can no longer afford pricey dormitories. It was almost like he was banned from being a Castro's son. He can perfectly remember the exact words of his father, while he was helplessly imprisoned in a hospital bed, the middle section of his body was wrapped around in a bloody bandage.

" Young man, you will clean your own mess from this day on and moving forward! Gather your shits and for once, be a responsible adult because I will no longer pay for any of your financial needs and that includes the roof on top of your hard skull! You heard me, Richard Armani! I warned you once and you chose to go the other way! You think you can survive on your own now by acting like a scoundrel?! Then be a good-for-nothing, law-offender and I'll see you rot in prison bars for all I damn care! Come back home when you already have your college diploma and until then, I refuse to see you around the mansion! I've trusted you too much, Richard Armani! You should have known better! "