Chapter 01

"Auntie! I just said that I bought food for the beggars. You know I'm a helpful person, so yes, that's where all my pocket money goes—Ouch, Auntie, that hurts!"

I was holding my head when my Aunt's pulled my hair. It didn't hurt that much but I had to hold back because she's definitely wouldn't let me go.

I don't know why she suddenly rushed me into the kitchen and immediately asked about my pocket. It was only now that she was so intrigued that's why I was so surprised.

Couldn't Candy have said that? I simply shook my head. Even though she has a talkative mouth, she can't drop me like that. 

"Don't make me look like fool here, you child. I wasn't born yesterday just to believe on your lame excuses." She stared at me with wide eyes. "I know where your pockets go, Abigail. How old are you? You're only eighteen, and you want to get into a relationship?! You want to get pregnant in no time, aren't you?"

I snorted at my Auntie's words. "You're terrible, Aunt Anne. If I have a lame excuses, then you have a lame words to say that to me. Wanting a relationship is equivalent in getting pregnant right away? But Candy's on the other hand, she's not pregnant yet?" I still reason out.

I saw how my Aunt scratch her forehead. She gave me a bad look and sat in the seat opposite me. I immediately handed her a drink. Her high blood might attack her in no time because of me. I felt a little guilty but also quickly sniffled.

Well, it's going to be the fault of the one who reported it to my Auntie.

"You're still young, Abigail. It's just a sort of puppy love, don't waste your time for it and mostly don't waste your money." There she is again.

 I sat down. "Aunt Anne, whoever reported you, his news is wrong—"

"Really?" Auntie Anne grimaced. "Even the one that your money is allocated told me about what you're doing?"

I felt like a pillow covered my face when I heard it. My eyes widened and I didn't know what to say or ask to my Aunt. I was left speechless, when she looked at me more and more with a sharp look. 

"Aunt Anne, I'm on my legal age. What I feel right now... this is normal." I stated. 

"I know that's normal, Abigail. But spending most of your pocket money for that, is not normal anymore." She said, making her words mark inside of my head. 

I bit my lower lips. 

"As long as you didn't finish your year in senior high and still not taking or having a diploma of your college and don't have a job to save for yourself, you're still young to me, Abigail. Life is hard right now and I promise that I'll do my best not to let you down in life. Do you understand me?"

I don't know what else to reason out to my Aunt. She looked dead serious so I just bowed and nodded at her in response. 

"Your feelings is valid, Abigail. But I hope you'll work on your thinking, okay? You better use your brain in this situation." She stated, sarcastically.

I didn't move on that.

"That money your parents left is just for you. If it runs out because of your whims in that love, how about you? You know my salary is very low for both of us. So your parents' money is a big help, don't waste it anywhere." She's preaching.

I kept quiet at what my Aunt Anne said. I looked away from her and fiddled with my finger under the table.

I didn't have any parents apart from my Aunt who has been guiding me since Iearned about the world. My true part of my identity became a big puzzle for me. It was simple that my Aunt Anne shared with me.

My parents were happy when I came into the world. My parents' lives are said to be fine, but just a few months later, they got confused because of a third party. It is said that my mother felt so sad for my father that when she could no longer bear that they were under the same roof, my mother ran away with my father with me. Here she went to Aunt Anne who welcomed her, wholeheartedly. 

Aunt Anne said that my father tried to take us back but his cousin didn't want to because she immediately found someone new to be with. Later we also left their house and only one year later my mother returned to them and left me. They said there was nothing they could do because my mother had decided to leave me because I was the cause of her and her new husband's quarrel. At the same time, my parents left a lot of money in the bank for me to finance my studies since then.

I just smile every time I remember that reason.

If they can't fight for me, I hope they didn't let me live in this world. I even beat the abandoned animal in the vacant lot. Even though they left me in this family, a safe place for me, the protection of a parent is still hit differently.

"Study hard, Abigail. Only education will be the key for you to fulfill all your desires in life. Stop getting a flower when you're still under the money of your parents, that's only for you, and you can't share that." Aunt Anne said and chuckled. "Sneaking in for beggars, tch." She still added.

I scratched the back of my neck. I thought it would pass, but it didn't. Troy is really that heartless to me, he has the courage to report me to my Aunt so well damn good. He's what I'm working hard for, but he's so hard to get. I didn't think the complaint would actually come from him. What a jerk.

I left and went to my room. I immediately jumped on my bed with the phone and started typing my message for him.

It was only a few moments before he saw it. I can't complain about my two feet stomping in the void.

He hit me really hard. Even though he just seen zoned me, I feel like a fool. I waited for a while but as he always does, I was only able to get a seen zoned from him. I bit my lip and pressed the video call button. And as I expected, he answered.

"I better be call right away next time." I said to myself that I know he heard because he rolled his eyes on me on the screen.

I grinned and looked around him. His back was dark but his front was bright because the lamp was turned on. And on the table were full of his books.

"Oh, you're studying." I uttered.

He raised his eyebrows and sighed. 

"What do you need?" He ask so bored.

"It's nothing, I just want to see you before I go to sleep." I gave him a gentle answer that I accompanied with a wink.

He seems to hate what I just said, but as If I care. "You've seen me, I'll this now, okay? You're bothering me too much." 

"That's so rude of you! Give me even for five minutes—"

"Hephep. That's not going to happen. Come on, I'm still early tomorrow, I should block you from the start, you're always the one who disturbs my night."

"You're really that rude to me, Troy."

"I'm really rude, and I'll be more if you keep screwing me up, usually this night. Come on, Jack's still calling, babu!" He said, cutting off our call.

I was left transfixed by my screen. Seriously, he didn't even flirt with me before taking me down?

 You're really so good at leaving me behind Monreal, if I wasn't crazy about you, I might have tweaked you.

I turned off my phone and put it next to me. I sighed and patted my chest. Somehow the pain in my chest disappeared when I remembered my parents. Even though Troy is rude to me, he is still the one who can make my heavy feelings go away. But he's also always the reason why I want to cry everyday, what a double energy he had.

I closed my eyes and eventually just gave in to the sleepiness I was feeling.