Chapter Four

CHAPTER FOUR

“HELLO, Ms. Sotelo. This is Tymoteusz Primordial speaking,” he greeted as soon as the call was picked up.

“Oh, hello there Mr. Primordial. Hussain's asleep, I'm very sorry. I'll just tell her that you called.” ani ng kung sino muna sa kabilang linya.

Maybe this is her boyfriend. Sa isip-isip niya. “I'm sorry for calling this late hour, and it's fine… Mr.?” he asked politely.

The man on the other line heaved a sigh. “I'm sorry again. This is Lucas speaking, by the way.”

“Thank you, Mr. Lucas. I'll just call again if it's okay with you.” aniya.

The man chuckled at his remark. “You can call her all you want, it's nothing.” sabi nito.

“You're her boyfriend, right?” nagtatakang tanong niya.

And that's when Lucas laughed at him making him frown. “You're very funny, Mr. Primordial. I didn't expect that. Mag best friend lang kami ni Hain, bukod doon wala na.” paliwanag nito habang tumatawa pa rin.

He should feel offended because a total stranger is laughing at him but he didn't, instead, he felt relieved by what he heard.

“I'm sorry, Mr. Lucas. I thought you guys were together, and I don't want to cause any trouble that's why.” aniya.

“Just call me Lucas, Tymoteusz.”

“Alright, Lucas. Thank you. I'll just call her again tomorrow.”

“Call her around ten in the morning, she's free by that time, you're welcome.” Lucas said before he hung up.

A smile crept into his face as he put his phone down. He sighed feeling relieved.

What a good night indeed.

Morning came, Tymoteusz is smiling widely as soon as he woke up. He's in a good mood, he slept well last night which is very rare because of his nightmares.

“Good morning!” he beamed at everyone in the table.

His siblings looked in shock. He doesn't like eating breakfast, he doesn't greet them good morning, and he definitely doesn't smile in the morning.

His older sister, Thamira cleared her throat before greeting him back. “Good morning, Tymo. Did you get some good news?” she asked carefully.

He just shrugged his shoulders then he turned his gaze at Tyson and nodded at him which the latter understood.

“So, how do you find your new organization, Tymo?” Thanner, his eldest brother asked.

“Fine, I like it there.” he answered nonchalantly.

“Are you happy because they approved your writing?” singit ni Thallaine, ang pangalawang ate niya.

He hummed in response.

Thanner scoffed. “Anong bang mapapala mo sa pagsusulat? Mapapakain ka ba ng pagsusulat mo ng mga walang kwentang nobela?”

And just like that, his morning is ruined again. This is the main reason why he hated breakfast. Thanner has this bad blood for him that he didn't know what caused. They used to be so close, all of them, but suddenly, Tyson was the only who cares for him. It started when they moved out from their mother's place, maybe that was it. He asked them, but they kept mum about it until he just slipped away from them. Until he didn't like to be around them as if they make him sick by their mere presence.

He irritably dropped his utensils and stormed out of the dining room. He needs to calm down. Unconsciously, he opened his phone and looked at his wallpaper.

It may sound creepy, but he set Hussain's photo as his phone wallpaper and unknowingly, as he stared at her picture, he calmed down.

IT'S SIX in the morning, Hussain is being woken up by Lucas who kept shaking her.

She pulled the comforter to her head and kicked Lucas out of her bed. “Let me sleep for one more hour, Jammy!”

She heard him walk away and sighed. He opened the door, “Tymoteusz called when you fell asleep, I'll wake you up later, then.” anito bago niya narinig na sumara ang pinto.

Napabalikwas naman siya ng upo sa kama dahil sa narinig. Agad niyang inabot ang cellphone niyang nasa ibabaw ng bed side table niya.

She checked her call logs and saw his call history. He called her at such late hour, eleven in the evening.

She sighed, she's been waiting for his call because she wanted to see her improvement when it comes to her acting. And Tymoteusz is the only one who can judge her in that matter, she trusts Keirra's choice.

Her plan of sleeping for one more hour is now gone, so she decided to prepare herself.

“Good morning!” Salubong niya sa mga kapatid na nakaupo na sa hapag.

“Good morning, ate.” Sunod-sunod na bati sakanya ng mga nakababatang kapatid.

She smiled at them before kissing their foreheads. “The kuyas cooked our breakfast ba?”

“Yes, ate. They cooked and kuya Lucas helped them.” sagot ni Apollo sakanya.

Their morning routine went well as usual. It always feels light whenever they are complete. Yes, the six of them is already complete for her. It's just been a year since they decided to live on their own. Her Kuya Liam and Kuya Logan are already in their early twenties, and they are signed up as their legal guardian in their legal papers kaya walang problema kahit minor pa lang sila.

It was the court's decision actually, their parents didn't win the custody, their uncle tried too but failed. But when her brothers tried, they won.

Now, they live beside their uncle's house and a social worker is regularly visiting and checking on them every week.

All is well for them, her brothers are now taking care of the business that their grandmother left behind for them.

A shipping company and a mall, as her kuya Liam graduated as a business management student, he is now taking care of the mall that is now expanded to a lot of countries.

While her kuya Logan takes care of the shipping company because he graduated as a seaman. Her brothers worked so hard for them. Napalago ng mga ito ang maliit na business na naiwan sakanila. She's also somehow started working in their shipping company as a trainee.

Her kuya is now training her how to run the business. He's teaching her the ways to negotiate and how to expand.

She enjoys her life now and couldn't ask for more. She got an amazing brothers, an amazing best friend, and she got great grades. So, what's more to ask? She's alive and well.