I didn’t expect that it would be a quick friendship test, now I’m leading the two as we go to my work. “Isn’t best to talk to Arnold tomorrow? When he arrives at school?” I suggest when we rode on the train, because they said the bus would be too crowded and they covered my expensive fare on the train so I just shut my mouth. “What? Harriet, the quicker we responded on this, the better,” Danisha hissed, balling her fist and sitting on the available seat on the train, just like they said, most of the people prefer bus because maybe it’s more cheaper? I could count the people riding with us on the train and they’re all either on their phone, sleeping, or reading a book, no one talk in high volume like they own the place. This was super convenient. We arrived in no time in the next town and Danisha hailed a cab next, at this point, I’m thinking that Danisha was so kind, she has a pure heart despite all of the gossips about her being a spoiled brat or bitch, she remained grounded,
“I fathom it is more convenient to talk to me in the dining, not in my room, Harriet.” Tyler sat down on his favorite chair with ago in his favorite tea in his room after dinner. I pursed my lips and clasped my hands together, sitting on the long sofa in front of him. I don’t know where to start. I just thought about my life being wrecked and if I broke Andrea down, it would be a wrecker. If I have the silent-treatment type when I’m mad at someone, she, on the other hand, the pissing off until the end-type of act. I remember back when I’m ten and she was seven, she asked me to give an excuse letter to her elementary teacher because she has a stomachache, I forgot to give it but told her I gave it, so the next day when she went to class she found out and she went to my classroom and pushed all of my buttons that day where my classmates where watching, and my teacher too, they can’t do anything. I hate myself for forgetting to give that letter.So, if I had to choose whom to save fir
C62 – What Arnold Did - “There are two necklaces, one was supposed to be given to you, and the other one was mine, why didn’t you know that?” I was beyond horrified when Andrea said those words clearly, my chest was heaving and it got harder to breathe. We slept side by side in my room but I couldn’t fall asleep, so I opened my eyes and stood. I know my hair was like a bird’s nest right now and my eyes were bloodshot, I glance at the clock and it says it was two in the morning. I was supposed to get some water to appease my soul and just get, at this rate, an hour or two of sleep, I’m also craving some fired eggs, eggs with potatoes maybe? Or with onions. But my thoughts were cut off when I saw someone standing in the kitchen, particularly near the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing outside and sipping from a little cup. Ahh, the omelet was so good right now, my palate was yearning for it. My foot and a large vase I never know on the bottom of the stairs met and made a thud, pain
I don’t mind giving up the farmhouse, at least I know that whoever would live here would be responsible enough and could take care of the house and love it. I couldn’t protest Tyler if he thought the owner of this house fits Andrea more than I did, I myself saw how this house was from the beginning and gave up more than a few times, I wouldn’t be able to fix the water or lights without him asking for Neneuis and others’ help. So today, I’m going to the attic and finding out more about myself. I called it a secret door because it was hidden, I turned on the yellow light, and boxes with a cloth full of dust welcomed me. On the side was the box we opened, the one Azi and Lea were on the top and the other four were the first one I found full of baby clothes. Because I’m the only person here anyway, Andrea went to school, I surrendered my time to cleaning over the attic. This house was larger than I think. I touched the neck of the broken guitar and black spiders crawled away, I tried n
On the day of the prom, I feel drowsy as soon as I woke up.Maybe because I knew there was something in my life that I'll miss or maybe because I just knew what happened to Arnold and Ira and Danisha's problem. Earlier, I met with Ira at the back of the school, her tummy's noticeable and so she doesn't wear the school uniform anymore, just PE pants and a jacket. Danisha’s super angry, of course, and she got a super rich dad who backs her up. She wanted Ira to abort the child. Just like what Hayley told, but Ira ran away, so long story short they're searching the whole place to find her. And that bastard name Arnold was hiding under Danisha’s skirt like a good boy. Oh, how I wish he'll get the punishment he deserves. -"Are you ready?" Tiffany sprouts on the door like a mushroom. I rolled my eyes at her. "I'm not coming." It's almost night, and it's nearing the time of the party. I forgot where I put the invitation from school though, but I'm on my study table scribbling gibber
I have changed. I feel like I grew taller and my outlook in life changed, I've become garrulous and my body was more defined than it ever was. Before the night ended, I received a frantic call from Hayley; Tyler and Tiffany drove me to school and I never expected I would watch some burning again after I burned my stepfather's car. Hayley said it was an accident. Morning arrived and I walked on the street to the gates of my school and read the names of those who died at the gate. Abigail, Mikee, Charlotte, Jolina, Lizette, Jamie Ann... to name a few. All these unfamiliar faces passed my sight. They were burned alive and I could hear their cries of pain even after here. Would I die too if I came to the party? A small smile formed on my lips; a part of me sighed in relief but a part of me also regretted it. The former thought I still have a lot to do so I need to live while the latter sulked in the corner with her hands on her face. But hey, at least they die happy. "Hey, you're
Like the last time, I got accused again, and now I wary of how I look, do I really look like I could commit a crime? Do I paint my reputation of burning everything I see? I only did it once, and he deserved that. For hiding the truth and for dropping it at the wrong time, for not feeling any remorse and flirting with other girls while I watched my mom get lowered to the ground, for being a bastard and trying to strangle me. All of that. All of those wrongdoings and even if he tried to be nice and let it slide by not trying to kill me any further or not giving false gossip to the people. I still hate him. "Yes." I got back from reverie when Andrea responded, agreeing to me, but as much as I'd like for her to feel the same way, it's just not. I just got back home from the police station and have a conversation with Andrea, talking about the sudden burning of the school and how Hayley fainted when she heard Arnold also died. I put the empty glass of water on the table and filled it
There's nothing more hurtful than thinking no one sided with you and your friend whom you think wouldn't do something terrible would do something terrible. She may be in a hard time right now because no one's believing in her. I ran to the stairs to my room and locked the door.I fished my phone in my pocket and hit her with a text. It's almost midnight, and the sky's clear and dark and seemed too far away. I knew that there would always be a chance to save Hayley, and that chance was now because if I didn’t fight with her, what kind of friends are we? Sure thing we don't hang out as much as most friends do, but she's been thoughtful and cheerful and treated me as a friend in school. I tried to be as silent as possible on opening the balcony's window, I'm trying to sneak out but I don't want them to think I sneak out I want them to think that I've been up in my room crying because they hurt my feelings. Maybe I want them to feel remorse. When the wind rushed through me, I inhale
Ahhh…I should just choose to stay in the town where I was raised, in the house of my father, and watched Priti grow, I want to say to everyone that I’m honored to have her as a sister. I should just forget about the wolves and didn’t force to see the ending, who was my real parents, and why Artha steal me from my birth mother. I shouldn’t stay curious, I should just stay silent and uphold my peace. Then, I wouldn’t have to witness a fire, and blood spilled in the air, if only I didn’t get angry and pursued revenge on my father, I wouldn’t have had to meet the legendary wolf. Maybe that’s his reason all along. He wanted me to stay by his side until he found my birth mother. He had to lie about his love story and keep secrets from me, and on the paper, I saw his name signed aside from the blank that I needed to sign. It just meant that he now let me become his neighbor. That was ironic. The house burned down, and I almost lived in his mansion for how long, it’s a pity that it was b
Just like any other movie or story – it must end. The bad guy finally sprouted like a mushroom, I conversed with him, he plotted murder, and he was so ugly. Because of my coercion, he took me on his journey, with the help of others of course, Lea was pushing my wheelchair while Azi and Neneuis were on my side, and Blake and Tyler lead the way. “It’s not like I’m doing this for you. That idiot brother of Tyler killed someone close to me too.” Neneuis made clear while they were walking to enter the forest, I’m wheelchair-bound for the rest of my life, so Lea just wheeled me. “You’re pertaining to Lukas, right?” I replied, confident that she was talking about him because there’s only him, right?Neneuis smirked. “Not entirely, I’m doing this for myself also,” she said, then walked past us. Her outfit was back to the emo girl that I first met, she was wearing a black square-neck sleeveless blouse tucked in a brown wrap-around skirt and a black belt hugging her legs, because of her sh
They knew… I returned to the room acting so scared and so cold, I fear for my future all of a sudden. They need to have a valuable reason why they didn’t tell me about my mother or else… Or else I’ll be seriously mad. I came back to bed with so many thoughts in my head and a heavy heart. It’s not that I don’t know they’ve been hiding secrets, I know, it’s not like a person can live without hiding secrets from anyone, I believed we have three faces, and that also comes with secrets, we have private secrets, secrets we only knew, like for example in our body, I have three moles in my back, and I can be naughty at home, and be friendly and shy at school. There were secrets we could not tell everyone, that’s just part of life and I respect that. But I didn’t know the secrets they hold were deeper than a well on a hot spring. I didn’t know it held the truth in me. They know who my birth parents were. I’m anticipating to know, yet I also don’t want to know. My other problem, on Phi
I was blind. I knew there was something behind his force smile, and his gestures, and all. But who am I not to pull on security when I don’t know what to believe. Am I going to trust him or his brother? Who’s telling the truth? Of course, the rational sense to believe on someone was with Tyler, I should’ve believed in him and maybe the night won’t end so bland, I enjoyed the longest time with him, and I’m happy and at peace compared to his brother who I just met, he said he lurks in the shadows and have a creepy conversation with me at one moment, it sure gives me a warning sign and I almost believed in him. But who am I to believe Tyler was the one killing my friends? He clearly denied it and I wanted to believe him so bad but I couldn’t agree with him at that night, there’s a voice saying I should not, obviously part of that was the last words of Lukas. “Harriet, whatever his brother said to you, believe him.” What kind of sentence was that? Why does it have a double meaning
I tried to asked him what he meant but he closes his eyes and I froze, that’s it? I leaned down to his chest but I didn’t feel a heartbeat, I wiped the tears from the back of my hand, I’m not disappointed, I just realized that this was more painful than learning your mother had died. In this, I witnessed him catch his last breath, he told me his last word, I was with him just a moment ago, why did it have to happen like this? Then I remember, the headlights that focused on us, my tears-stricken face turned around, the smoke and mist lights up from the headlights, dusts and particles made me realize that it was cold and it was night, no one’s supposed to be roaming around, but me, and the one who killed Lukas. I narrowed my eyes and focused onto the man who was on the car, like me, he was also frozen on his seat, I stood up and step forward, trying to recognize who was he. The road ends up at the beginning of the alleyway, it was a dead end here, if he did not purposedly drive on
My unexpected visit to my stepfather ended. The sky was getting dark when we reached outside. Now for the problem… “We don’t have a place to stay.” I sighed, feeling the warmth the air has blown opposite us. “We can go our separate ways and find a place,” Lukas suggested. I stared at him long enough to think that I’m positive he wouldn’t get killed, because Tyler’s brother was wrong, Lukas lost his memories, and Tyler wouldn’t kill someone with the same breed as his. No one’s getting killed, why am I so convinced and calm at the fact that Tyler was killing my friends? No one’s getting killed, I repeated. Tyler’s brother was wrong. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. “Okay,” I agreed to what Lukas suggested, so he flew away while I watched his back disappear, I was about to walk on to the opposite direction too, but someone called my name again. My father has three footsteps now, but that made him more of a slow-walker—sign of aging. “Harriet, I forgot to give you this,” my stepfa
The man has a wooden crane with a gold head of an eagle that speaks of how he became rich after he banished all his children. Was this really what it’s like to be a grown-up? You’re just suddenly tired from all the drama because it seems that it only repeats; it’s a life cycle, after the happiness, comes sadness, then happiness again then sadness, over and over, until you’re worn out until you question everything if it’s worth it until you couldn’t care less if someone leaves or dies. Life’s becoming dreadful for me, but to the man in front of me, it was the opposite, I can say that he doesn’t miss his children one bit. I’m not jealous of Priti and Genevieve. As much as I don’t like it, he married her and has a baby. Priti deserves the thing that we, his children, didn’t taste. At least give Priti a father that won’t leave when the mother dies, give her all that you can, and never lie to her. “Hey, you looked pale.” Lukas nudged me,
My plan was after Lukas and I left the place of the wolves and came back to the town where I really belong was to hunt down for a place to stay. But I’m with someone who has lost his memory, and the gazes of people as they passed by us irks me. It was still fresh on them, that I lost my mom and rebel and came to the woods and I met the legendary wolf. I was fiddling with the online cash I had with my phone when Lukas tugged the hem of my sleeves. “Let’s eat something.” I stared at Lukas. It was on cue that his stomach grumbled, so I gave in. I fished my wallet and was about to head to a café, but then I remembered, they’re the type of wolves that eat fresh meat. “What? Why? Aren’t we eating?” “Yes,” I faced the direction of the supermarket instead, “let’s go buy some fresh meat,” I declared and started walking, but the guy with me didn’t even take a step. “I’m okay with just waffles, what you eat.” But the guilt in me resided, I turned to face him again and remembered that h
“Harriet, we’re sorry we’ve done something bad to you.” It was late in the afternoon, and we have just returned from the psychiatric hospital, I was about to swerve and go to Joshua’s place when I reached the house of Neneuis and others, his house was just behind them but Azi and Lea showed up in the front porch and approached me. I was with Joshua all day, so I turned to him with utmost confusion. He just shrugged and motioned Blake and Tyler to emerge from the door. “Harriet, are you okay?” Blake sounded so worried, he was in his guy form, I guess his feeling guilty because earlier, at dawn, when I met him with his second form – Tiffany, she was so elegant like she just went to a party with the elites, turned out it was true, I learned that because her tongue slipped when she saw me with Joshua at breakfast, she was with Tyler, and they attend a charity ball along with other businessmen, and she tagged along as his date. I’m not mad or jealous, in fact, I’m relieved that the gir