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"What? Did I surprise you that much?" I asked. "I can't help it." He grinned. "As you wish." His arm was still around my shoulder so I hastily wrapped my arms around his torso and looked up gently to meet his eyes. "Thank you for listening," I said. His thumb caressed my cheeks and his lips curved into a gentle smile. "Good night," he said. The warmth of his arm around my shoulders diminished as he put his arm down. I sighed and entered my room. I closed the door while staring into Anthony who was still standing in front of the door, scrutinizing me under his gaze. Only when the door closed that I exhaled a sharp breathe. I did not notice how I held my breathe while staring into his soft gaze. The air had changed around the corner of the school. More gazes fell on me as I walked in the school ground. My brows knotted in annoyance and curiosity. Why were they staring at me like I was a strange prey? "Have you heard the news?" a girl whispered to her companion sitting on the bench
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I bit my lower lip. "And you said I dragged you in this mess. Should I ask Rogie to protect you too?" She waved her hand. "No need. Lisa can't touch me." My brow raised. "Why?" "Because honey..." Isa grinned from ear to ear. "I am a princess." I laughed at her joke. But even though she's grinning like a madman, I saw the seriousness in her eyes. Princess or not, I did not want her to be bullied because she accompanied me in the hallway. "You should be careful too when you walk outside," I said. She nodded and we both turned our heads to the front when a teacher enter the classroom. My heart was beating hard against my chest when I walked towards him. He was staring at me, scrutinizing me under his gaze. I, too, was staring at him. I did not know if I should stalk to him or to walk outside the classroom. But I found myself holding his gaze like how he was holding mine. My feet stopped in front of him. He was still sitting on his chair like a king, legs spread apart and arms cros
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I squinted my eyes on his face. I was right. There was a streak of tears on his cheeks and I was dumbfounded. It was my first time to see a man crying because of me. I looked away. "Stop blabbering. It's not your obligation to free my father from prison nor to provide for my tuition. But don't worry. I'll see it as a loan and I'll pay you in the future with the interest --" "I'm not charging you." He combed his hair using his hand and scoffed. "Your father was not a criminal. Lisa's father, the duke, wanted to put him to prison because your father was an upright man. They charged him fraud and planted fake evidences. Lisa was betrothed to me since childhood and they wanted us to wed when time come. I took that chance to seal a deal with the duke and my parents." His gaze on me soften. "I want to stay here to protect you but I can't do it when I'm gone." "Why are you doing this?" "Because Sydnee," he whispered and caressed my cheek. "When I first saw you, I fell in love with you. An
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Tomorrow came and Rogie was gone. The principal had visited our class and personally announced Rogie's departure. I just did not expect her to denouce bullying at school. With all those years, I thought bullying was normal in the academy for even the administration did not bother to defend the bullied. "It was Rogie's plea. He wanted to stop the bullying system in the academy," the principal admitted when I asked why she denounce bullying. My brow raised. He stopped the system when he was gone. Great. I should not question it, right? He was the master bully. Of course, he must stop the system because he'll transfer and he'll build another bullying system in another place. I huffed. What a perfect story.While walking back to the classroom, I could not erase Rogie's face in my mind. Especially his crying face. I sighed and shook my head. I chose to be silent for that entire morning. Later that day, our adviser announced the annual PTA meeting next week. It was mandatory for the pare
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He failed to hug me the second time. "She's not someone who you should think about, Sydnee." But I turned around and looked at the horizon while my arms were crossed against my chest. I did not know why my heart pound with constant pain. I found it hard to breathe. Anthony hugged me from behind. My heart skipped a beat. And it pounded faster than usual. I gulped hard and whispered, "Tomorrow. I'll go back home tomorrow."HUMID air danced across me as I watched the little nipa hut at the distant. Anthony had dropped me here earlier. I just did not want my parents to think that I stayed with my teacher while I was away. That idea would freak them out. I breathe sharply and took a step ahead. Little by litle, my insides curled. I was not really ready to face them, but I wanted to get Anthony's approval. I knew that he wanted me to reconcile with my parents. There's a hard pound in my chest, and then it quicken and quicken until I was out of breathe. I stopped in my tracks to breathe
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I ran and ran away from that horrendous hut. I did not stop until I reached a clearing. That's where I realized that I was standing on a cliff overlooking the city. Sweats beaded my forehead and some even trailed down my cheeks. With labored breathe, I tried to stand upright and look at the blue expanse of the sky. Then, without thinking, I shouted in the top of my lungs. I did not just shout, I wailed. Tears brimmed in my eyes and after a while, they ran on my check like a flowing river. My body shook. Fervent. Like a rattling of roof during a heavy rain. My chest hurt. And I had a minute of doubt to what Anthony said that I hated my mother. If I hate her, then why I was here, wailing under the scorching heat of the afternoon sun? The wind blew cold against my damp skin. My body's shuddering diminish after awhile and I had to look around for some seat. And I saw bench not far from where I was standing. I took a deep breathe before I strode towards that white thing. I was alone o
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"Calm down," was all I could mutter as I stole a glance at the railing. Did I ever think of jumping on that odd cliff?Anthony was still in rage when we arrive at his house. I kept my mouth shut as I climbed my way to the stairs but I halted when he called my name. I was in the middle of the stairs. I turned ahead and looked down on Anthony who was squinting his eyes on me while his arms were folded against his chest. "Come here," he said. I could not figure out if he was still mad but the fine creased of his forehead told me that he was still upset. I gulped hard and descended down the stairs. I stopped in front of him and I did not bother to tip my head back to look at him. I heard him sigh. My body tensed when he reached for my shoulders and pulled me close to him. After a few seconds, I found myself hugging him back. His strong arms were around me and sometimes, his hands rubbed the small of my back and my nape to help ease the tension in my body. I relaxed in his hold. "Tell
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I nodded and did as what I was told. But before I hopped in, I looked around and no one was watching us. Then Anthony strode in front and entered the driver's door. He drove the car out of the academy and onto the highway. The afternoon breeze entered the car as I rolled down the glass of the passenger's window. I closed my eyes and savored the chilly wind caressing my exposed face. "Where do you want to eat?" Anthony asked in a sudden. I opened my eyes and look over my shoulder where I saw the side of his face. He was facing the road ahead. I brought my face back outside the window and shrugged my shoulders. "We will be eating outside?" I asked. "Yes." My eyes trailed on the stall of finger foods beside the dusty road. "What if someone from the academy see us eating together?" It took him a few seconds before he spoke again, "Another town then." And before I could protest, he speed up the car towards the outskirt of the town, driving farther from the business district where the
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