The Invisible Mystery

Chapter 9: Suspicion

The moment that I went inside my dorm that day, I did not hesitate to call Dad, even though I did not know if he would still act the same as before - even though I did not know if he would still act that cold towards me.

I let out a sigh as I paces back and forth inside my dorm because I really did not know how I would call him, and how I would be able to make sure that he would really answer my call, unlike before that he was really giving a cold shoulder towards me, even though I really did not know why he had to do that.

As of this moment, I did not know if it was still because of what had happened that day or if it was something else, because really, I knew that it was really odd that Abigail had acted like that way earlier, as well as him, but then again, I did not know that it had to go this far.

I did not know that it would get to the point that even though I was the one who wanted to initiate a contact to the both of them, they were the one who would refuse to answer the call, or even assure me that nothing was really wrong.

It frustrates me, for real! If I had kept my cool earlier, this morning, I did not think that I still have it as of this moment. I do not think that I would still be able to take it if ever they would still refuse to answer my calls, for another time.

I let out a sigh as I tried to calm myself down so that I would be able to think straight, because the situation this time was not the same a before any longer. This was not the same as those calls that I had initiated before. This is really important because I wanted to inform him, and maybe, Abigail, about the announcement that Ms. Madison have for all of us earlier in the morning.

I badly wanted to come. I badly wanted to participate in that activity that was solely intended for our class. I wanted to experience that kind of activity, because based on what they were talking about earlier, it was really only for our Section and no one else had the privilege on doing that activity.

I am thrilled and excited at the same time. After all, I really wanted to experience this kind of thing with my new found friends - and yes, I am already considering them as my friend because they were really the ones who were always there for me whenever I needed someone to talk to, just like earlier.

Earlier today, when we were having our lunch inside our class, it seems like they had seen that I was upset over something so they did not hesitate to go near me at all.

At first, it was Winter and Willow, who was usually on my side so I thought that that was still the reason they went near me when I was still eating my lunch, but then again, it seems like they wanted to know why it seems like I was not on the mood even though almost everyone inside the class was so excited about the announcement that she had this morning.

It seems like it became a cue for the other students to go near me. It seems like they were only waiting for someone to ask me that, because the moment that Willow had asked me, “Did something happened?” the boys immediately went near the three of us like a moth as though they wanted to make sure that I was indeed alright.

Even Cloud, who always wanted to tease me for no end, had went near on where I was sitting as though he also wanted to know what was wrong, which made me feel grateful for I know that they were really concerned to me and was not faking it.

I even saw how worried they were for me, the moment that I fixed my stare to all of them. It seems like they had already saw that I was not joyful about the announcement, even though they knew that I should be excited about it because of their descriptions about it.

I looked down once again as I did not know if I should tell them or not, because I think that my problem as of this moment was not that big that I had to explain it to the whole class. It was not that serious for me to tell everyone about it.

I wanted to keep it only between me and Dad, as well as Abigail, because this was the first time that had happened. This was the only time that something like this event had happened between the three of us, and I thought that we would be able to fix it as soon as we could call each other.

Though, the moment that I remembered the scene just this morning as well as what had happened these past few days that I was already the one who was initiating a contact to them, I knew that we would never be able to solve this. I knew that they would just keep on refusing to answer my call, and would not do anything about it.

I let out a sigh once again as I bit my lips because it really frustrates me so much, when suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder, which made me look behind me and check that person who did that to catch my attention.

I was not shock any longer when I saw that it was Evo. After all, I knew that he was the only person that could do that to me, other than Willow and Winter, who were in front of me as of this moment.

I looked straight into his eyes, and I relaxed when I saw the warm and reassuring smile that he had on his face.

It was as if he knew what I had on my mind as of this moment. It was as though he knew that I was contemplating and wanted me to rearrange my thoughts so that I would be able to think of the best way to deliver my thoughts on them - so that I would be able to tell them without really crossing our invisible boundaries.

That was why I did not hesitate any longer as I told them what has been happening with my Dad and Sister as of this moment. I told them on how they unusually kept themselves away from me as though they wanted to keep something from me. I told them how they suddenly acted so cold and hesitant around me, even though I clearly did not know why they were doing that.

I think it had something to do with me going away from them because I had to go on Pristine University? Though I must say that I was so confused if that was really the case, because Dad as literally the one who insisted that I should go on this school, and it was all because he said that there were many opportunity that could be given to me if I did so - and I must say that it was really what has been happening right now and made me feel even more confused than before.

After all, if it was indeed their reason why they had to act like this way towards me, then why let me go on this university, in the first place? Why let me enroll on this school if they would just act like this way towards me?

Maybe, that was not really the case and there really something else about it. Maybe, they had a reason as to why they were acting like this way, though I must say that I really did not have any idea on what it was. I could never think of anything at all, and I guessed that Evo and oour classmates might have a suggestion for me so that I would be able to solve this problem og mine.

I hoped that they have some advice to me, because I really could not think of a why for me to reach out to them and I did not know how I would be able to remove this confusion that I have ever since that day.

I remembered what Evo had said to me earlier. I remembered the things that they had suggested to me so that I would be able to talk to my family once again, and as of this moment, I was considering on really doing that. I was considering on doing all of their advice just so I would be able to reach out to them, in a way that I would really be able to do so and I would never fail.

I let out a sigh once again as I looked at my phone, before I finally opened it and find my Dad’s contact number. I contemplated for a moment, but then again, I could tell that I really did not have any choice but to do this because I really wanted to have his consent. I really wanted to hear that it was just alright for me to go on that activity. I really wanted to hear from him that it was alright for me to go.

I looked down on my phone once again, before I had finally decided to just go for it because it was really the only thing that I could do as of this moment. It was the only choice that I have as of this moment, and I would like to thank those six because I have never really thought of doing this to Dad. I never really thought that I had to go this far just so I would be able to talk to him.

I contemplated for another minute once again, before I finally typed on my phone, ‘Dad, if you will not really call me nor answer my phone, then I could not promise that I will never get angry at you.’ I immediately hit send as soon as I typed those words as though I was too afraid that I would chicken out and never really send it.

It was the tactic that those six had suggested to me. At first, I was even a little bit hesitant and confused about, because I never really thought that I would hear those words from them, from Evo to be exact. I never thought that they would had to go that way just so I would be able to really talk to him, but then again, I thought that might be really the answer that I have been waiting for, because really, it seems like Dad would not really answer my calls even though I had already tried so many things to make him answer it.

I had already tried almost everything that I thought would make him answer my calls, but then again, it never really worked as he kept on ignoring it without even thinking that I was already worried about him, about them.

I let out a sigh once again as I tried to stop myself from expecting too much that he would call me now, because as time goes by that I was only staring at that text message that I had sent to him, I was already losing my hope that he would answer me.

I already thought that he would not call me once again, but then again, all of those disappointments was suddenly gone when I had seen that someone was calling me - and i note that someone was Dad.

My face lit up. The bad mood that I had until earlier was suddenly gone and was replaced by joy because I knew that he would never put down this call any longer. I knew that he would never do something that would make me feel disappointed once again.

I immediately answered his call, but before I could even open my mouth to speak, I have heard him say, “Please, do not be angry with me, my Daughter,” as though he was really terrified about the thought that I would really do that if he would not call me.

That made me let out a sigh as I tried to keep my voice firm so that I would be able to point out that I was really serious about this. I wanted him to know that this time, I would really get angry if ever he would once again act like this way.

“I would be really angry if you will continue on acting like this way, Dad.” There was so much seriousness on my voice, which made him let out a sigh on the other line as though he was really bothered about what I said to him. “That is why you had to stop yourself from avoiding me, alright?”

I could here that he became so silent right after I had said those words to him. It was as though he was contemplating about things that I really did not know. It was almost as though he was weighing down everything that he had on his mind as of this moment.

“I will not ask anymore as to why you suddenly acted like that way towards me,” I told him right after I let out a sigh as though I had already given up with the thought that he would speak t me about this matter. “But please, Dad. Promise me that you will never do this once again. Promise me that you will never ignore my calls anymore.”

He still kept his silence right after that as though he was still thinking about it, deeply. It was as though he was still deep in his thoughts, and that made me frown even more than before but I never pointed it out any longer as I just let him process everything as I wait for him to speak to me once again.

“Alright, I will never do it again,” he promised, which made me feel relieved as I knew that he would never break it. I knew that he would keep it until the end, and I just hoped that this would never really happened to us once again.

We talked about things right after that. It was just too random like how am I and how was my sister, though I must say that I was really happy that we were back to the way we were before. I was so glad that we were finally back on the time that this was all normal to us. It was almost as though nothing wrong had happened, and I could tell that he wanted me to forget about.

He wanted me to focus on his promises, and I really hoped that something like this would never happen any longer. I just hoped that we would never go back to that time that he was refusing to answer my calls as though he was scared on what I had to ask him.

“By the way, I knew that something must be up when I had received your text,” Dad suddenly pointed out, which made me snap out of my reverie as I focused on what we were talking about once again. “Did you need something?”

I suddenly remembered the main reason why I had decided to go out of my way to do everything that I could so that I would be able to call him. I suddenly remembered that I had to ask for his permission so that I would be able to participate in that activity.

“About that...” I started to tell him the announcement that Ms. Madison had given to us earlier in the school. I did not miss anything at all, as I even added the discussions that we all had when Ms. Madison had instructed Evo to take over the discussion so that we would be able to share our opinions about where we should go. “We had decided to the Lost Soul’s Forest.”

I frowned when I heard he once again got silent right after I had spoken to him. I even thought that he had accidentally hang up the call, but I saw that we were still connected and he was just not saying anything at all.

“Dad?” I called him because it seems like he was deep on his thoughts, and I knew that I did not imagine when I heard that he cleared his throat as though he had realized that he spaced out for a moment. “Are you alright?” I asked him, concerned that he had suddenly become so silent.

“Yeah, I am alright,” he said, though I could tell that he was lying but then, I did not say any longer as I just decided to let him go because I did not want this to be our reason to have a fight once again. “By the way, do you really want to go on that place?” I frowned when I thought I had heard that he was a bit hesitant about what I was about to do.

It was as though he wanted to say no to me, but he was stopping himself from doing so as though he was afraid that it might be my reason to get angry with him once again. It was as though he was hesitating, though I did not know why he had to feel like that way even though I was not doing anything at all.

“Yes, I think that it might be a great chance for me to get closer to my classmates,” I told him as I could not hide the excitement because of that thought.

He got silent once again right after that, but right after a minute or two, my smile widen as I heard him say, “If that is what you want, then I guessed that it is just alright for me.”