What Chris said made Dave steam up. Instead of getting inside his car, he walked to where Chris is.
His eyes are exploding in a piercing stare. "I just want to tell her something. But since you're here, you better say--"
“You don’t need to say it." Chris cut Dave in.
Exchanging glare with Dave, he continued. "I think I know what you want to tell her. Or should I say, you've been wanting to tell her?"
Dave gulped in sudden uneasiness, he's waiting for him to speak again.
"Don't play hide and seek with me. I'm good at hunting my prey." Chris gave Dave an insulting smirk. "That's what you want to tell her. Am I right?"
"So, she's already here?" Jeremy responded. With what they just heard, Chris and Ken's faces brightened up. Chris quickly rose up from sitting, rushing to Yenny. "Really?? Serin's here?? She's back??" Because of his surging excitement, unknowingly, he held Yenny's shoulders and faced her, not just close but intimately close, making him unintentionally pin her against the kitchen counter Yenny can't step back, being pressed intimately. That sudden and awkward intimacy Chris is giving her flustered Yenny, she flinched. Looking at Chris' hands that are holding her s
The man looked at Glenn. "Are you wondering who drew that?" Glenn gave him a confused look. "Mr. Jeremy Sean." The man answered and then he stepped back. Hearing what the man said, Glenn gets more puzzled. How Jeremy knew that scenario in the drawing began to cloud his mind. "By the way, I am a regular guest here." The man said and then turned his back to leave. Glenn remains unresponsive because he has been absorbed in puzzling oddness surrounding the drawing. It is unthinkable that Serin's desc
"Are you sure that Serin did not tell you where she's staying?" Ken asked Yenny again. They are having an afternoon tea in the small garden outside Yenny's house. They are sitting on the wooden bench under the shade of big trees. White clouds in the clear blue sky are gently moving around. The scattered bright rays are smiling through the dancing leaves. The chirping birds are excitedly flying around the tree branches. The cheerful butterflies are happily playing with the gentle breeze. The consoling beauty of nature in this peaceful neighborhood is definitely therapeutic. "I should have recorded the call." There was a hint of annoyance in Yenny's response.
"I can't go home with you." Jeremy said. Yenny looked confused. "Where are you going?" "To the basketball gym. I will try out for the varsity team." He was really excited. "Good luck!" Yenny's face instantly lit up. "Thanks! See you at the house." Jeremy said and then he hustled outside the room. Yenny was really happy for Jeremy because she knew how much he loved playing basketball. It had only been a week since they entered junior high school, but Jeremy already decided to try out for the varsity team.
Dave looked at Yenny. "Should I tell them?" Yenny avoided Dave's eyes and looked at Jeremy instead. "I owed him that smoothie, that's why." The guys were just teasing Yenny when they started complaining about their cold drinks. Like Dave, they would usually annoy her to see her cute reaction. But Dave's Yenny was puzzling them at the moment. "Why? What did he do?" All of a sudden, Ken became nosy. "Do you really have to know everything?" Yenny's response made the three guys crack up, especially that it was Ken who got attacked.
Yenny's question did not put Chris to awkwardness anymore because fortunately, he was prepared for it. He already expected that Yenny would ask him the same question he had just asked her. "Aren't you too straightforward to ask me that question?" The guy responded. Yenny laughed mutedly. His witty response to her is the same exact answer she gave him a while ago. Chris sighed, discreetly. In the back of his mind, he keeps wishing that Yenny would no longer ask him about his first love. "You dated a lot of girls when we were in high school, I suddenly got curious who among them was your first love." &nbs
Butterflies in his stomach. Trembling heart. Blushing face. "I'm asking you. What did you say?" "You heard me or not?" Chris buried his shaky voice in seriousness. Yenny faced him closer. "If I heard you, I wouldn't have asked you." A deep sigh from Chris. But then suddenly, Yenny held his hand again. "If you're wondering why we have to catch him, I will explain to you later. Okay?" "O..Okay." Yenny dragged him again while holding his hand,
"I was just joking." Chris burst into laughter. After whispering in her ear, he took his arm off her shoulders.. Without a warning, a sharp slap landed on Chris' face. That was such a painful slap. Yenny's infuriated eyes were digging holes in him, giving him a stare filled with annoyance. "What's wrong with you? Can't I joke??" He was holding the left side of his red face. "That's not a funny joke!!" Yenny's annoyance blasted, feeling upset. How Yenny looked irritated did not alarm Chris. It was even a cute sight. Without him realizing it, a sweet smile cr
“Serin spoke in her sleep twice and during those moments, I vanished in the palace and appeared here in this present time. She must be wandering in her dreams, that’s what I am thinking right now.”Whirling emotions, Jeremy was having the same thoughts. Events that involved Serin’s dreams suddenly reappeared in his clear memory.On the night of his 18th birthday, he found Serin on Desf Road. He heard her call him Heron and when he was about to carry him, she longingly touched his face and painfully uttered, “Heron, you’re alive. I’m glad you’re alive.” Those were the same exact words that came out from her in her sleep before Sodon vanished in the past and was brought here in this present time.Jeremy could also remember the day he and Serin had a heated confrontation just because she went out of his condo unit without telling him. When they clashed for the first time, while her
When Jeremy began to notice that Dave had been treating him completely different from how he used to, he already knew why. Slowly getting closer to Serin, Dave had been falling for Serin. And with the fact that Jeremy was the one who found her on Desf Road and rescued her on that rainy night, Dave’s jealousy started to consume him. That was what Jeremy thought, but the painful truth was, Dave had silently hated him even before Serin came to his life.As his condition got horribly worse, Dave buried himself in a deeper state of misery. Since he fell terribly ill the day after his mom passed away, he had become miserably hopeless. He had been tortured and haunted by his own demons in his agitated mind. His own misery completely darkened his life. And the only one who could help him see even a spot of light was his younger brother.In his teenage years, Jeremy had to carry the heaviest weight on his shoulders. If it’s not for Dave, he could h
Criminal, that torturing word.The moment Dave uttered that word, his heart agonizingly broke. His confession, in an instant, took him to that gruesome and haunting night when he was nothing but a horrible monster.Year 2009, the night of his younger brother’s 14th birthday when he thought that his mom was busy in the kitchen preparing for the surprise birthday dinner for Jeremy. While he was in his room, suddenly the door opened.Dave’s body froze when he got caught using illegal drugs. With his mom’s widened eyes, both of them got completely shocked. His extreme nervousness made him throw the drugs in a rush, hands were quivering.Total gloom darkened Leona Sean’s face. Her steps towards her son got heavier. Her beautiful world fell apart.“W..Will you.. turn me in.. to the p..police.. this time?” Dave fearfully asked with his trembling voice and bloody red eyes.Leona
That phone call, in an instant, darkened his bright day. He was sure who was on the other line. That voice, he knew it.That was him, the old man whom he ran into Campbell Park across Tiffany Blue the night when odd occurrences terribly knocked him with shocking terror and absurd affliction. That was nine years ago but Jeremy could still remember him as clear as day. But that was not the first and last time their paths crossed.Five years ago, that old man suddenly showed up on Desf Road and gave him the black silk thread bracelet. And even until now, how that old man quickly disppeared before his sight on that endless and empty road still bothered him.When that old man called him Heron from the other line, for the first time in so many years, that name began to haunt him again. Like flashes of lightning that suddenly disturbed the tranquil dark sky, strikes of overwhelming fear started to frighten him.Jeremy sped up.
Serin suddenly woke up. That scenario in her dream was filled with strange familiarity.That mountain. That sword. That guy. Those men on horses. That old man.She could not help but feel like she had already seen them before, not in her dreams but in real life.In haste, she left the bed and walked straight to the closet. As soon as she opened it, she got her black dress.Looking at the embroidered name on the back collar, she felt sudden pain.She did have a name but her identity had remained mysterious. Her memory was still completely empty.Eyes locked on her black
'I'm glad that you're finally here.. right next to me.' It was like a sweet tune to her heart. Serin flashed a warm smile. The pouring rain became a beautiful shower in her teary eyes.No more hesitation, Jeremy fearlessly faced her. The girl, who was standing before him, had given him unfeigned strength during his silent battles. He had yearned for her which felt like forever. Every day and every night, he had waited for this moment. If it's just a dream, he did not want to wake up. But Jeremy was not dreaming, it's real. He was looking into Serin's beautiful eyes."Welcome back. It's nice to see you again." He was floating in a surge of profound happiness. Words alone could not describe what he was feeling at the moment.Serin exchanged tearful smiles with him. Her heart was also exclaiming in unexplainable delight. All those shared moments with him flashed back. From the first time their longing eyes met to the saddest day they p
When Jeremy began to notice that Dave had been treating him completely different from how he used to, he already knew why. Slowly getting closer to Serin, Dave had been falling for Serin. And with the fact that Jeremy was the one who found her on Desf Road and rescued her on that rainy night, Dave’s jealousy started to consume him. That was what Jeremy thought, but the painful truth was, Dave had silently hated him even before Serin came to his life.As his condition got horribly worse, Dave buried himself in a deeper state of misery. Since he fell terribly ill the day after his mom passed away, he had become miserably hopeless. He had been tortured and haunted by his own demons in his agitated mind. His own misery completely darkened his life. And the only one who could help him see even a spot of light was his younger brother.In his teenage years, Jeremy had to carry the heaviest weight on his shoulders. If it’s not for Dave, he could h
Five years ago."I will send you the exact address, sir." A male voice said on the other line."You have done such a great job. I will call you if I need something. Thank you." Dave ended the phone call. Nervousness began to tremble him while hurrying downstairs.Carl, the private detective that he had hired, managed to find Yenny in just four weeks.As soon as he walked past the living room, someone, who was comfortably sitting on the luxuriously-looking sofa, caught his eyes. He stopped walking. 'What is she doing here?'"Hi, Dave!" Gail greeted him. She rose up from sitting and walked to where he was standing. She was displaying her beautiful smile. "Where are you going? You must be in a rush.""What brings you here?" He asked coldly."You still have the courage to show up this house after you caused a scene here a month ago?" Jeremy showed up. He was talking about the nig
Gail simpered. "You think you can fool me??" Gail thought that Dave was just fooling around to tease her since he already knew that she had feelings for Jeremy."What if she really likes my brother, will you do something?""I won't do anything because that's not true and that will never happen." There was certainty in her voice. "Since when did you become fond of playing jokes on someone?She let out a heavy sigh. "Driving for almost three hours now must bore you. If boredom is killing you, play some music. Stop spitting non-sense.""What will I get if I play a joke on you?" He sounded so serious while his eyes were focused on driving.Gail looked at him. How his face plastered seriousness could tell that he was no longer teasing her. That's what Gail felt but the truth was, Dave was only acting. He had to fake seriousness in his voice and expression to persuade her that he was telling the truth.