CHAPTER 55— Quality TimeRain's Point of ViewVON NEVER stayed at our house for long. He said goodbye right away that there will be more to do regarding his school papers, so my mommy agreed. I was looking for Ali because he didn't come back to the garden earlier. I found him inside the library with my daddy talking about something. I knocked there first to get their attention."Yes, Rain?" asked my daddy sitting on the swivel chair. Ali was sitting on a chair in front of the table.I slowly entered and exchanged glances with the two. "Ahm, I was going to say goodbye to you, daddy.""Are you leaving?" Ali asked me. His forehead is no longer wrinkled and his eyebrows no longer meet while looking at me. He still held my hand.“No. I can't walk now.""What would you say then, Rain?" my father asked.I turned to Ali who was also obviously interested in what I had to say. I removed the blockage from my throat. "Ahm, I just wanted to borrow Ali from you, daddy, but if you have something imp
CHAPTER 56—JealousyRain's Point of ViewI wasn't even surprised when Ali chatted with me.Ali: Why are you still awake?Rain: I can't sleep, that's why I just uploaded our pictures.Ali: I saw it. Our pictures are beautiful.I smiled but that's how surprised I was when I saw that his profile picture had changed. When I visited Ali's account, I automatically smiled and bit my lower lip because of the overwhelming joy I felt. It was a picture of the two of us while we were on top of the Wheel of Fate. I smile beautifully while Ali stares at me.It seems like little butterflies want to escape from my stomach. I adjusted my seat and it had a heart reaction.Ali: Is my profile picture okay?Rain: Sure. That's sweet, huh!I thought that our profile pictures should also be changed to be a couple, so I bought a nice picture. I chose the Flying Fiesta picture with Ali on my shoulder. In less than a minute, Ali's heart immediately reacted to that. After that was his chat that almost made me me
CHAPTER 57—Can't Help but to Feel itRain's Point of ViewWHEN WE arrived at the university, the driver only dropped me at the gate. "I'll just be here, Manny. Thank you." I entered the school because it was only a few minutes before eight o'clock."Rain is here," said Sol who called me earlier. Our other companions approached. I gave them my paper and Sol arranged it. "Sit here first. I will bring it to Ma'am Celis' faculty."That's what our classmates did. I'm not familiar with all my classmates because I'm not a friendly person. I was just in a corner with all my attention on my cell phone and looking at my social media. I almost fainted when suddenly someone grabbed my cell phone and when I saw that it was Von, I almost chased after it with a slap of my hand."Hey, just kidding!" he said, panting. We were both holding our breath so we both just laughed."You're crazy, Von. I thought who was going to take my phone," I said as I calmed myself down."Why? Is there a scandal on your p
CHAPTER 58— AmbushRain's Point of ViewThe annoyance I felt for Ali still didn't go away until we got home. We rode in his car while Von rode in Manny's car. We didn't miss a beat while we were on the road.My attention was outside the window and I really did my best not to look back at Ali. My arms are crossed and even though my neck is hanging, I still don't take my eyes off the outside.I feel Ali's glance at me."Are you hungry?" he asked but I still didn't look at him. I didn't answer anything either. "Rain, what's wrong?"I still stayed in that position and just let him. I just turned to the front when I noticed that he had turned the car to the side and turned off the engine. I just looked at him and I have to admit, my neck hurt but I didn't let him know the pain."Why did you stop?""Let's talk."I frowned and gave him a sharp look. "Come on. I want to go home.""Rain, I said, let's talk.""What are we talking about? Do we have a problem? No and nothing?" I couldn't hold bac
CHAPTER 59—HostageRain's Point of ViewMy head and whole body hurt when I woke up. It was dark all around and the smell of the place where I was now was not familiar. I tried to look around the room but I couldn't really see anything. It took a while before my eyes got used to the darkness that enveloped the room. My mouth is still gagged.I just winced when I felt the pain on my wrist and only now did I realize that my hands were tied and when I felt my foot, it was also tied tightly. The floor where I sit is cold. It's also cold, that's why I'm crying because of what happened to me today.Tears welled up in my eyes as I remembered what happened before I passed out earlier.I could clearly see how Ali was about to run away from me but a loud gunshot made me bend down. When I raised my head, I only saw Ali lying on the road with his body bleeding. I didn't do anything until the bad guys in the bonnet dragged me into a black car and put a hood over my head. There was also something in
CHAPTER 60—Money in exchange for RainAzariah's Point of View"WHAT'S THE NEWS with Rain?" I asked Migs and Kean who had just arrived. It's been three days since Rain was kidnapped by men whose plot we don't know. When Uncle Elmer called my mommy about what happened to my cousin, we immediately went to their house with Aliona and her father, Uncle Eliseo.Kean took a deep breath. "Still the same. We still have no idea but we have asked for help from other police officers."Aliona was sitting next to me with her head down and was in tears again. She stood up later and said goodbye to us, "I'm going to go to Auntie Cathy's room first."I nodded. I know that Rain's mommy can't be alone because since she found out what happened to her daughter, she has been crying non-stop. Until she lost consciousness because she didn't sleep, she didn't eat either. Rain's daddy left earlier to visit Ali at the hospital.We are very thankful that Ali was not praised. That's all, he had to rest in the hos
CHAPTER 61— Fear in Her Heart IntensifiedRain's Point of ViewI HEARD the footsteps of the man left behind and fear returned to my eyes when I saw him staring at me. It looks like something. I seem to have a desire to read there.I shook my head. I don't want to think about anything right now because it doesn't help.The man sat in front of me. "You know, you're beautiful. Do you have a boyfriend?" asked the man.My heart beat loudly. I shook my head. "W-why?"He laughed. "Nothing," he said, then raised one hand and was about to touch my cheek.I immediately avoided it, causing the man to laugh even more. "Just calm down. I won't do anything bad to you." He stood up and walked to the door. Before it came out, it looked at me.I just bowed. I want to leave this place but how? I don't know where I am. I don't even know how. All I can do now is cry because I really don't know how to save myself.'Ali, help me...' I just said and cried silently in that dark room.AZARIAH'S POVI JUST sto
CHAPTER 62—A Little HopeRain's Point of ViewI BREATHED a little when the man removed the cloth from my head. The whole place where we were was dark. It is almost the same as the place where we came from but its space is bigger compared to the one that was removed.My hair is a mess and my hands are dirty as well as the clothes I am wearing. I watched the man take an old chair and pull it into a corner. I just watched his every move until he came to me and held me by the arm.He guided me to the chair and sat there.The next thing I noticed was the approach of the man who left earlier. It already had a string and handed it to the companion. "Oh, here's the rope. Tie it!""I'm really the one to tie the knot?" asked a man who seemed to have lost his composure.I heard the newcomer laugh then took back the rope from the other person and started tying me to the chair. It looked at me from time to time. It wears a face mask and only its eyes are visible. I think these two seem to be my ag