ATHENA (Book 2: Siegfried & Athena) (On-Going)

Chapter 17: Caught

Author's Note: Humihinga pa kaya si Daniel? Hahahahaha Silipin natin siya guyth....hahaha

*Not proofread

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The deal for the ranch was successful. It was a smooth and a very easy transaction. The Faulkerson's wanted to buy the ranch and turn it as a vacation house—away from Manila.

After the lunch meeting at Concha's, his Aunt and Uncle went back to Baguio. Hindi na siya sumama kasi ang original plan is balikan lang siya. He can always buy ticket and fly back to Mindanao, via Cagayan de Oro, but, he was invited by Siegfried, Tito RJ and Tita Maine to stay over the weekend. They wanted also to invite him over lunch on Sunday before he will leave for home. He can't say no and he and Siegfried has a lot of catching up to do.

He was glad to see Tito Rj and Tita Maine. Hindi pa rin nagbago ang kabaitan ng mag asawa. It's always a great feeling to be surrounded by people who creates a warm and positive vibe. He was glad he was able to share his knowledge about how a ranch should be ran. Tito RJ, personally wanted to have a good breed of horses, so, he willingly volunteered himself to help them. Years of experience managing his parent's ranch, made him love horses and the ranch life in general.

While his older sister Jade Dianne, manages their chain of country vibe hotel and restaurant across Bukidnon. Her younger sister Jean Dominique is being trained to manage their travel agency soon, together with the help of their older sister.

Their family also is into construction equipments supplies. They mostly provide equipments to half of the LGU's in Bukidnon at a very reasonable price. He personally manages this as well. He's enjoying this kasi na apply naman niya ang natutunan niya sa Harvard. His great grandfather was a politician. His Dad tried one term as the Mayor of their town, he won but hindi na umulit. Maraming naghikayat sa kanya na tumakbo pero it's not in his blood. Pwede naman magserbisyo publiko na walang posisyong hinahawakan sa gobyerno. At saka ayaw niya ang gulo sa politika.

It was 3pm when Tita Maine and Tito RJ, decided to go home. Siegfried wanted him to accompany him in his office, may aasikasohin lang, but he refused, and asked him if he could just rest at his condo and he agreed. He need to catch up some sleep, galing pa siyang Davao Oriental kahapon may inasikasong kunting lupa na nabili niya, and driving long hours  is exhausting lalo pag wala kang ka relyibo. He needed to catch the early flight to Manila the next day for the paper & documents na iniwan sa kanya ng Aunt niya. Inihatid lang siya ni Siegfried sa condo nito bago umalis ulit.

When he's alone at the condo, it feels surreal, why? Because at each corner of the condo there's this one face that reminded him of that one time that he fell so hard—one Enchantress caught his attention and gave him that kind of spell that he never knew still there, until today—when the Enchantress's brother casually teases him—all the more he confirmed that the spell was quite strong—looking now at the portrait of the Enchantress—it feels like the very first time he met her...

Athena Faulkerson—the twin sister of Siegfried Faulkerson. He heard a lot about her from her brother. She was studying at Paris France, while Siegfried chose Harvard. It was their first year in College and the first time that Siegfried's parents will visit him at their dorm. He can sense and saw Siegfried's excitement that day waiting for his parents and sister.

It's in the afternoon that the dorm was in commotion because Siegfried's family arrived. He was at their room. It was shared by 4. Him, Siegfried, Toby, and Ryan, which Ryan unfortunately dropped out in the middle of the semester, so, it was the 3 of them in one room. Toby is also of Filipino descent. His Mom is a Filipina. While him and Siegfried were pure Filipino.

He was left in their room when Siegfried's parents arrived, and when he heard the commotion downstairs, he immediately went down. Siegfried was already introducing his parents and sister to their dorm mates—when he suddenly saw how Siegfried went to his sister, hugged her tight, and kept her on his side while pepping her with kisses on the head. That was sweet, he thought, but what made him froze was when he saw Siegfried's sister laughing with him when the former whispered something in her ear. He's holding his breath. She's...for the lack of a better word—he picked Enchantress—because she was at that moment caught under her spell. She's so pretty and damn goddess to his eyes.