Twenty-five

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