The Periwinkle Affair

TPA 18: Make It Right

"Molly." It was almost a whisper but they heard it. They all turn around to see who's at the door.

"Utoy?!" Molly cheerfully greeted the newcomer. She got up so quick, almost tripping and falling over and gave the newcomer a hug and he did the same.

"Good evening, Nay Alita." Utoy greeted her Mom.

"Good evening to you, too." She countered. "Pull up a chair, Utoy. Molly, get a plate." Utoy pulled out a folding metal chair. Molly went straight to the counter to get a plate.

"Molz, I already ate, just bring some saucers here. I brought a coffee crunch cake." Utoy said.

"Wow Nay, your favorite." Sonia said grinning. "Guapo points yan, Bro." She added. Utoy just smiled.

"When did you get back?" Aling Alita asked. Utoy smiled.

"Not long ago. After dinner, I asked my mom if I can come here." He smiled and turned to Molly. Alden smiled as he saw Molly's cheek turned red.

"Utoy, this is Alden, his Vinny's big brother." Utoy's demeanor change from happy to worried and Alden saw it.

"Utoy, how are u?" His simple greetings. It gave Utoy a kick in the chest.

"H-hello." Utoy was moved to tears by the fact that the man sitting with them was the older brother of his best friend. "I'm sorry, Kuya." He doesn't know why but he felt like he needed to say it.

"I was told a different version of what took place then." Alden went straight to the point. "Will you tell me exactly what you saw?" Alden tried to sound as tender as he could but he knows he is far from tender.

Utoy started to narrate the whole incident, how it started and where they got the idea to take the motorcycle, the chase, as how the lady tried to persuade Vinny to get down the ledge carefully. How Vinny decided to get off with lady's help. He saw how hard she worked on Vinny after he fell, and how devastated the lady because of it.

Alden asked what kind of bike it is for his brother to get so interested to the point of accepting Liit's dare. Utoy pulled his phone and showed Alden what kind of bike it is.

"Here. I have been saving this as a reminder to me to be good and be the best I need to be, because that's what Vinny wants us to do. Vinny always wished that for the four of us; him, me, Liit and Egay. He dreamt of putting up a home for neglected kids like us someday." Alden took the phone and checked out the bike including the people in the photo. He was surprised to see who was standing next to it.

"Do you know this girl?" He asked, sitting up straight, it picked his interest. Utoy shook his head.

"No, not personally. I wish though. She's a five times champion for Michelin (MXGP) MotoCross Grand Prix. That's the only picture I could find without the helmet." Utoy said. Molly pulled the phone from Alden.

"She's a girl? No wonder she has a good taste when it comes to motorcycles." Molly was so impressed at the girl.

"The motorcycle she was driving at the time is the same brand, make and model as that in the picture. And that's the reason why we were so taken by it." Alden took the phone back and stared at it. He couldn't be mistaken. He knows this girl. His jaw tightened.

"That's impossible." Everyone looked at him with confusion. He couldn't believe his eyes. "There is no way that this is her." He added.

He knew for a while now who killed... well, who he thought killed his brother. That's why as soon as he was given the chance to get close to his subject, he grabbed it. He made sure he sabotaged everything around it.