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The sitting position itself is already awkward. We are sitting on each sides of this rectangular marble table inside dad’s office. Dad reminds his secretary that no one could interrupt our meeting today. With a firm nod, his secretary leaves after placing our drinks on the table that I know for damn sure, won’t be drunk.
Our eyes instantly met as I looked over Ayle who is sitting across me, as if she has been watching me since earlier.
‘Let’s get this done.’
I’m not sure if she will get it right, but I hope the telepathy reached her as I gave her a slight nod.
Dad cleared her throat and face mom with a small smile, “it’s been awhile, Maia. How are you doing?”
“Enough with the crap, Andrew.” Mom snapped, almost immediately after dad finished his question. “Care to explain what is this?”
Mom’s eye bags scream tiredness. But her eyes do scream
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“You sure you don’t need a ride?”Ayle doesn’t even spare me any glance as she is busy typing on her phone, “my friend will pick me up.”“Who?”She looked at me weirdly. We are currently in a café near dad’s office. The meeting went worse than we imagined. Maybe a cup of coffee will help.I raised my right brow, waiting for her answer. As if she knows what I meant, she scoffed. “If you were meant to ask if it’s John, no, it isn’t. I don’t have anything to do with him, since the day you literally threaten me, okay?”“You know I can tell if you are lying.”This girl clicked her tongue. “Have a little faith in me, will you?” She then rolled her eyes and turned her focus back on her phone.“Okay, I’ll choose to trust you this time.”Ayle let out a fake forced smile, “wow, thank you. How generous
BR(ok)EN FORTY TWO
Our lunch date ended up here at the hospital. I got a call from Ayle saying Bryan and her got into an accident. They bumped onto an old woman and her kid. They said it was just a minor accident. But by the way Ayle frantically asks me to come to the hospital, how the fuck could I believe it?As the elevator’s door dinged and the metal doors slid open, I can easily spot both of them sitting in front of a room numbered 301.“Are you drunk driving or what?” I said curtly as we approached them.“They appeared out of nowhere and we-”I glared at Ayle to shut her up. And she did. I turned to Bryan who exhale a quite deep sigh before answering me. “It’s my fault, I didn’t see them coming.”I was about to let out another reply, but Rosie slightly pulls my wrist. She nudged her head towards the doctor who just came out of the room.“It’s just a minor injury. Their wounds have been trea
BR(ok)EN FORTY THREE
“Alex, listen. I know you love your mom dearly, but you gotta live your own life. Make mistakes and break the rules. That is the way to learn new things and meet the unexpected.”Dad’s voice keeps on ringing inside my head as he slowly disappeared into thin air.I blinked and suddenly I’m being teleported into an empty white room. I heard some muffled voices and can’t help but to walk towards the source. Squinting my eyes, I saw there are two people arguing. A man and woman. I can’t see their face but I could clearly hear their arguments. “You could kill your child!”“That fucking human being was born because we were drunk and horny! It was a mistake!”The man started to ruffle his hair out of frustration. “You aren’t being serious right now, right?”The woman turned to her left. That is where I got my jaw
BR(ok)EN FORTY FOUR
“I’m gonna ask you one last time, are you two sure with this?”Dad’s eyes are focusing on Ayle and I who is sitting infront of him. On our left side, mom sits there with a straight face and both arms folded while looking at us.I turned to Ayle whose eyes are already set on me. Her eyes are tired, much worse compared to last night. We spent hours discussing about it. And finally, I guess it was around postmidnight hours, we came into a conclusion that hopefully is the best for everyone.I turn my head to face dad and give him a little nod, “yes, we are.”Neither dad nor mom looks pleasant with our decision. But fuck it. We have come into an agreement and we will bear with whatever happens in the future.“Alright.” Dad takes a deep breath and shows us two red maps which might be a contract.Dad points at the first page of the contract, “Ayle chooses to be under my wing, meaning I will be t
BR(ok)EN FORTY FIVE
“You are taking the offer?” I sigh as my back rest on the fluffy couch. With eyes closed, I hummed, agreeing to whatever being said. The amount of work I have done today is quite crazy. I wouldn’t realize it was almost six if it wasn’t for Rosie’s call. And here we are now, chilling in Rosie’s house after dinner. I felt Rosie’s fingers came in contact with my cheekbones. She gently pressed her fingertips and rub both sides of the temples. I let out a relief sigh as her fingers keeps on repeating the same circular motion around that spot. Rosie would sometimes move her hands up along my hairline until they meet in the middle of my forehead and massage it. “You are overworking yourself, you know that?” I smiled, still with my eyes closed, “am I?” “You can prove your worth, but not by forcing yourself. It won’t bring you any good.” Rosie’s hand tapped on my cheek softly, making my eyes flutter open. She motioned me to turn around with my back facing her. I d
BR(ok)EN FORTY SIX
Rosie’s eyes are busy wandering around as soon as our car enters the parking lot. There are around six to seven cars, meaning it’s not crowded inside considering today is weekend. I kill the engine off and Rosie hop out of the car without waiting for me. I guess all these green trees and blooming flowers got her mesmerized. Rosie even stumbled a little on the grass and gave me a sheepish smile as she turned back and found me witnessing the little incident. We walked to the wooden booth which provides us the necessity before going inside. An old woman, maybe around her late fifties, gives us a warm welcoming-smile. “Hi lovebirds. What can I help you with?” I smiled, “can I have the menu please?” “Sure.” She bowed a little and then come back with a book menu. “I’ll give you some privacy to choose.” Both Rosie and I nodded and thank her before going to the side to scan at the menu. After some time, I looked over Rosie who is knitting her
BR(ok)EN FORTY SEVEN
“Bonnie said he will crash at his friend’s house because according to the forecast, it says the rain won’t stop, at least, until tomorrow morning.”I nodded as I closed the golden curtain. It was Friday night and we just got back from Rosie’s working place. We were planning to have some ice cream at the newly opened café near her house. But the weather doesn’t seem to corporate. It was raining quite heavily. We even have a hard time going back to Rosie’s house.The ding sound from my phone caught our attention. Rosie picked it up from the coffee table and knitted my brow looking at it.“Since when did you have Bonnie’s number?”I shrugged, “not sure. What I remember is his first message was threatening me not to lay any fingers on you.”From: Bonnie‘No funny business while I’m not around!’I p
BR(ok)EN FORTY EIGHT
I’m sitting at Rosie’s bed while she is trying to find me some clothes to wear for the night.“This is my biggest hoodie. If this doesn’t fit you, then I guess you should sleep with that suit of yours.” She handed me a navy hoodie. That looks pretty big for her, but it might turn into a crop top for me.“I’ll just go get some spare clothes at my car.”“You have spare clothes?”I nodded proudly, I know I’m a brilliant for keeping some clothes at my car. I often need it when I crash at Bryan’s house or having an impromptu work out of town.“Why do you need spare clothes?”“For emergency like this?”Rosie folded both arms then raised an eyebrow. She doesn’t say anything, but I feel like she is judging me internally.“Woah, hold on. Why are you glaring at me?”“You better explain what you mean for ‘em
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