“Morning!” Greeting the morning with a squint, Sunny groaned and shielded her eyes from the blinding sun, burying herself under the blanket. “Come on, let’s get up! We’re about to have a girls’ day out.”That caught Sunny’s attention."Out?" She asked her eyes followed Rosa as she walked to her closet, sunny had been dying to leave the four corners of this house, hell the entire island, but after the incident a week ago, she hadn't dared step out once again fearing Santo's wrath "Don't get too excited, there's a pool out the back, that’s where we're going," Rosa said, stepping out of the closet with two different swim wearsSunny, having her hope cut off once again, covered her head with her blanket "Get up sunny. If I were stuck in this room as much as you are, I would have gone crazy by now," Rosa said, dropping the swim shots on the bed. "now choose," she said "I... I don't wear swimsuits," sunny said shyly, sitting upright as she stared at Rosa’s stunned expression "So what do
*A WEEK AGO*“Couldn’t sleep?” In the dimly lit kitchen, Aldo spotted Rico on the bar stool. His hair was disheveled from tossing and turning on the bed. Instead of his usual suit and tie, he was wearing a simple black shirt and pants.“Tried,” was Rico’s response. Aldo nodded, walking further towards him. On the opposite side of the counter, Aldo reached under and took out a pot, “What are you doing?” Rico asked “Warm milk. It always helps with sleepless nights. Elena gives it to me all the time, and I end up sleeping like a baby,” he said, pouring the milk into the pot.“Who’s Elena to you?” Rico asked. Aldo took his eyes off the pot and turned to Rico “Grandma...” he replied, watching the shock appear on Rico’s face “No way,” Rico said, chuckling lowly “she’s strict as hell, how do you not strangle her?” Rico asked, emitting laughter from Aldo “Years of practice,” Aldo replied, taking a peep at the pot to make sure the milk wasn’t burning. "Besides, she is not that bad once you
The officer raised an eyebrow as he said, “Let me get this straight, she’s actually missing?” His eyes darted back and forth from the picture of Sunny to her best friend Judy.“Yes,” Judy said, her fingers intertwined together as she played with them. With her nerves taking control, she anxiously gnawed on her bottom lip, letting out a sigh and desperately wishing for a feasible solution.“We can’t call this a missing person’s case,” the officer said, watching as the nervous look on Judy’s face turned to a frown“Why not?” With a tilt of her head, Judy recalled the warnings she received from multiple people to hurry to the station before the missing case escalated to a murder case. However, he now insists that it cannot be classified as a missing person’s case.The officer pushed the picture back to Judy and explained, “Because she’s an adult, she has the freedom to stay away for as long as she desires.” She stared at him like he was speaking gibberish “You’re not grasping the gravit
“You won’t get anything from me!” Avac's singing voice seemed to be annoying Rico more than anything in the world right now, and the only thing he could wonder was why the hell Santo kept him in charge of looking after him.“Still singing, huh?” Rosa asked as she walked into the room, santo followed from behindHe turned to her “don’t even get me started,” Rico said before turning to avac again “he’s been at it for an hour and a half, why don’t we just kill him and get it over with” “Because if we do, we’ll never get anything vital for him,” Rosa answered, looking at the singing man as well“You really think he’s going to give us anything, we could kill him and look for answers ourselves,” Rico suggested again “I kinda like that idea, let’s do that,” Rosa said, turning to santo who simply shook his head and walked away from them and towards avac Santo sat on the chair provided for him by one of the guards in the room, his eyes came in contact with a smug looking avac.“The great, s
The house felt oddly quiet. Sunny couldn’t exactly pinpoint why. She walked down the hall, her eyes flicking every corner she could find. Rico was now where to be found. Neither was Santo.“Where are you gallivanting to?Rosa’s voice caught the attention with a sunny allure. Sunny turned to find Rosa coming out from Santos’ office “Where’s santo?” Sunny asked, walking closer to Rosa “Well, he went to see daddy dearest and Rico insisted he had to go too,” Rosa said, folding her arm across her chest.“Oh..” sunny said, bowing her head to stare at her toes “Looking for lover boy, are we?” Rosa teased softly, nudging sunny “What, no, what gave you that idea?” Sunny exclaimed, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ears “I don’t know, how about your little training section with him,” Rosa said just as they approached her room“What?” Sunny said, stepping into Rosa’s room“I was watching him teach you how to shoot. There was some chemistry I didn’t miss,” Rosa said, tying her hair up i
Judy stared at the home address on the piece of paper in her hand. She couldn’t resist the urge to knock with her itchy hands, but at the same time, her nerves were wrecked. Could he really help her?. With one deep breath, she knocked, her feet tapping nervously as the door remained closed longer than she was comfortable with.The door finally opened but to her surprise and little child answered instead, if judy wasn’t so emotionally stressed she would have found the little girl incredibly cute, but she wore a frown that struggled to turn into a smile on her face “Can I help you?” The little girl asked softly “Hi, is there a grown up I can speak to?Judy observed with amusement as the little girl crossed her arms, appearing offended.“And who do you think you’re talking to, lady?, a child?Judy was surprised by the girl’s strong and sassy comeback.Judy chuckled nervously, scratching the back of her head. She opened her mouth to respond, but someone beat her to it.“What did I say abo
Santo knew better than to walk into his father’s house unarmed and without assistance, and that’s why he had a total of twelve of his finest men with him along with Rico, the last time he was alone, it left them both with a scar. They all walked through the front door. None of his father’s men dared to stop. Him, they knew him well enough “Santo...” the familiar cheerful voice made santo halt from his walk to his father’s office, santo turned to the direction of the voice, a frown fell on his face “Elena?” Rico beat Santo to it. “What are you doing here?” “Keeping your father in place” the elderly woman spoke dusting off invisible lint from Rico’s suit “you boys are always so formal” she chuckled “now, not here for trouble are we?” she asked her eyes directed to santo “As long as Enzo doesn’t find any” Santo replied before walking past her, Rico followed behind, they both got to Enzo’s office the door shut in front of them, santo took a deep breath, his hands clenching and unclenc
“What’s going on?” Santo asked, frozen in place as he stared at sunny, at the beautiful dress she wore, at her perfect face nicely coated with makeup and her hair styled back perfectly. She looked beautiful “I was all Rosa’s idea,” sunny said. Santo looked behind him only to see Rosa closing the door and sly smile on her face “Enjoy..” Rosa whispered before shutting the door Sunny bit her lips and watched as santo shook his head before looking back at her. Her fingers danced around with each other. “You scared the hell out of me,” Santo said, taking slow steps towards her. Sunny stepped back on instinct, halting santo from moving closer than well. He tilted his head at her, his eyes narrowed as well. “Are you scared of me?” He asked, she Shaked her head but the look on her face said otherwise. “sunny..?” He called “Yes.. of course I’m scared of you, you haven’t given me a reason not to be,” she said, her eyes glancing to her feet “Sunn...” he tried to speak, but she cut him off