Lashing Waves in a Gentleman's Arms (Delborja Series #2)

Chapter 6

I pushed the yatch far from the one meter wide board walk s***h port with a fishing net and my two dogs with me.

I am about to fish for my dinner. I pulled the string of the machine before the machine roared to life and started the yatch to drive away from the land.

When I could only see is the deep blue water and no shadows of corals underneath, it only means that it is as deep as I will never expect.

I can see from a far are the people swimming by the beach infront of the resort. Francy really did a great job turning this beach into a tourist spot. People are having fun and enjoying the development Francy designed.

I stood up from my seat to wear my gloves. I positioned my self to where I am most comfortable. I gathered the big fishing net to my hand and thrown it with all of my strength as far as I can. I did it effortlessly now after many failed attempts.

The first time I tried it, I was thrown with the net. Yes, I fell off the boat, face landed the water first. I didn't brought Cal and Der with me that time. I got tangled by the net but I don't know If I should thank God but, yeah, I survived.

The second time I tried it, I cut my hand. As the net slipped out of my hand, the nylon material of the fishing net cut my hand. I have to endure the pain as I drove myself back to the port, push myself up to the board walk, and walk myself back to the wooden house with my hand bleeding.

No one will help me survive. No one saved me. I saved myself. I survived all the three months just me and my dogs.

I put the ends of the fishing net on a part of the yatch as I drive around the sea, feeling the strong wind and smelling the salty and fishy smell of the sea. When minutes passed, I pulled the net with different fishes were captured with it.

I chose and put in the cooler the ones that I would like to eat, and thrown back to the sea the baby ones and the ones I don't enjoy eating.

I drive my self to the trap I made for the crabs, prawns, and lobsters. I pulled the string and saw three crabs and one lobster inside it. Of course, I have to fight the crabs and lobster first before putting them to a separate cooler. I put back in place the trap with a new and fresh meat in the sea before driving back to the port.

I have to live in a trial error. I live with a silver spoon until I live with Bern, Leecy, and Magie giving whatever I want. I have the fame, money, love, beauty, and brain that everbody wish to have.

"But it all came down to one, living a life like an almost survivor of the Philippines segment of one of my favorite channel on TV when I was young." I shook my head, "Richard did not even gave me a slightest hint that I will be putting into life his reality show the time we had several photoshoots together! Hmp!"

I was murmoring things to myself when I had the urge to look behind my back and saw my two dogs looking at me, weirded.

Cal blinked multiple times and Der tilted his head on the left side.

"No, no! Nothing! I mean, I'm not yet crazy!"

Yet? I see my dog did not move.

"I'm not crazy! I'm just talking to myself! You see, I'm healthy!" I opened my arms wide making them look at how I gained weight a bit.

Der slightly and slowly walked away. Cal walk to me and licked my foot before turning his back on me following wherever Der is going.

F*cking crazy b***h! I even have to explain to my dogs why I'm talking to myself! I scratched my head frustratingly.

I sighed. I turned to my kitchen table to continue what I'm cutting. Yes, baby! I'm cooking! Its bland and sometime taste so freaking bad but what can I do? I'm starving, I'm eating it!

I don't know what's making it taste bad or making it taste bitter. My inner self must be cooking food for me to make it taste bitter. I can only laugh on my own joke. Yuck.

I remember I don't have cabbage on my fridge so I walk to the backyard to get a cabbage and some spices.

I walk near my small farm ville and found some spices to put to my soup. I also pulled a cabbage out of its roots. I walk near my ladies.

"Hey, ladies. How many eggs do you have for me?" I take a look at the cage of the hen and saw four eggs. I throw a leaf and some corn to their cage before walking back to the house holding my basket.

I was putting my basket on the counter top to wash the vegetables and eggs when I heard keys clinging outside from the front door.

I immediately fixed my hair and my clothes before holding a swiss knife behind my back.

Its weird that CalDer are not barking. Back when I was still in my condo, whenever a stalker or paparazzi are outside of my unit and are ringing the doorbell, CalDer are barking loudly at the door. Now, they are sitting behavely infront of the door until the door swung open.

CalDer immediately jump to the person who entered the house. Now that I say person, I got it wrong, its people.

Standing at the door step are Kristen, JC, Viene, Francy, Cara, Bern and Magie.

"Oh my God, Crissa!" Kristen shouted and hugged me.

I couldn't move that when Kristen screamed in horror and pushed me far from her, I don't know what to do.

Kristen run back to our friends and pulled them out of the house. Our friends and my team are puzzled and are following her without knowing what's happening.

"W-what's happening?!" Bern screamed as he run fast.

"Sh-she gone crazy! Crissa is crazy! She's holding a knife, she'll kill us! Run!" She screamed on the top of her lungs.

The dumbfounded friends run outside with Kristen. Viene was left rooted on the door step with eyes wide open looking straight at me. That's when I realized what Kristen was talking about.

I pulled out the swiss knife behind my back to look at it. s**t. I looked back at Viene and she's now looking at the knife on my hand. Her mouth opened ready to shout but nothing came.

I stepped near her. She panted for air still rooted on the wooden floor.

"I—" I was about to explain when she, Viene collapsed.

"One hell of a reunion, I guess?" Margie awkwardly said as we wait for Viene to wake up.

I get rid of the knife as soon as she collapsed.

"You got her scared." JC muttered a curse to me.

"You got her scared." I fired to Kristen. She raised her hands up.

"Not my fault. You were holding a knife when I hugged you." she reasoned out.

"Why were you holding a knife though?" Francy asked.

"Nobody visits me here. I never stay on the frontyard so I have no friends from the neighborhood. So when I heard noises outside at this late night, I took a knife." I explained myself.

They sighed. I scartched my nape.

I was about to speak more when JC hugged me, "We missed you! I thoughf you went missing!"

"The news spread like a wild fire and the video message was like a bomb thrown to a blazing fire! Were it all true? I hope it's all a lie." Cara worriedly talked to me.

"Francy and my team hid me here. I'm safe and healthy." I answered only few questions.

"You gained weight," Bern said strictly, I almost got scared, "Thank God you are eating well. I'm having nightmares of you starving to death the day we left you here."

I laughed a bit. "I can now clean the house, cook food, plant crops, fish, and many more! I'm living peacefully now, you know." I smiled happily as if all of it were a happy memories.

My angel held my hand, flipped it and took the other one to do the same. Examined my arm, shoulders, feet, legs, knees, thighs, hips— and that's where she stopped. When she saw a big scar on the left side of my hip.

She gasped and shed tears, "You have lots of scars all over your body, Miss Cate!"

"It's okay. And you won't see it from a far!" I look at my hip, "I got this from learning how to drive the yatch. I was thrown out of the yatch because of the strong wind."

"You worked hard." Bern said happily but with a sad smile.

That's when Viviene woke up. We had a lot of catching up while Magie, my Angel, take over my kitchen.

They filled me the lost three months without them and far away from Manila. The city lights and the latest gossips. I had lots of stories about my survival days here not knowing anything to do.

"I figured that this house have a small farm on the backyard so I kinda use it for my everyday food. I planted seeds too." I smiled at Francy, "I saw a book about planting and taking care of ducks and chickens so..."

"You did well. My mom actually adviced me to put small farm in every land we have and this house did na pass her advice," she answered, "It's convenient, right? You don't have to go out to buy supplies."

"You said you still don't have friends here, is that true?" Bern asked.

"Yeah. I somehow don't want to be seen yet. I don't think the townpeople know me but I don't want to risk it. Some only wants news to spread but with no good intentions." I answered, "and there are no house near here so, I have no one to talk to."

"There were big houses few blocks from here." Viviene.

"Those were just vacation houses, I guess. Most of it are taken care by caretakers." JC answered.

"The food is ready!" Magie shouted from the dining table. We all helped to fix the plates on the table to eat.

Even on the table, we had a lot to talk about. They brought beers, junk foods, instant noodles, canned goods, and toiletries with them.

We had a lot of time talking, laughing and drinking until they decided to sleep. The other bedroom was occupied by Viene, Cara, and JC. The bedroom were I am staying is bigger so me, Francy, Kristen, and Margie shared one room. While Bern insisted on sleeping on the big sofa on the living room than sleeping with them.

I was aligning the toiletries on the bathroom when Francy went inside to put some more under the lavatory. There is a cabinet under it to stock the toiletries.

"I hope you're not having a hard time here. Living alone is a big adjustment already. But without the life with parties, mojitos, city lights, and gadgets, I know it will be tough for you. You endure it this far." She started talking.

"Well as if I was given choices. Going outside the country, my step-mother have connections on different airlines. And it's not safe to catch another attention from the people or the media teams.This is the only choice left. Leave everything behind." I smiled.

"You can always go back to the agency, you know. You have their loyalty and sympathy because of what you talked about on the video message." She trailed off, "Especially the ones that involves Calder."

I turn around to see Francy squatting. I looked at her weirdly.

"I never talk about my dogs in my video message." I said, still staring at her.

She raised an eyebrow. "Calder? Calder Delborja. Azim Calder Delborja. Don't tell me you don't know his name?"

I blinked. I do remember I said Azi's full name on my video message but they wrote it on a paper so I can read it. My eye widened when my photographic memory picture the very moment when Angel raised the paper with Azi's name.

"Now that I realized something, I don't think everything you said were true." She grimmaced.

I stared at her for a moment before looking away and do my thing. "It's honestly none of your business. You can stay out of it, Francy. Anyways, thank you for the big help."

"And you actually know that Calder is my boyfriend's brother, right? You are aware," she said.

I sighed. If I were'nt Francy's friend and I wronged her boyfriend's brother, she will definitely gang up on me and she'll take the revenge. I shook my head in disbelief.

"Cal's finding you. Damon's fishing for information about you for his brother but even on my boyfriend, I have to lie for you." she sighed, "Calder received all the hatred for calling off the, I think, non existence engagement."

I bit my lip. I tensed. I fidget my finger as she talk about Azi.

I know it's my fault. I did it. I told everyone the lie to save myself after we had s*x. After he told me to date him and he'll take care of me.

That is the most wrong move I've ever done my entire life. If I had a better choice, I won't choose lying about Azi.

My mom's on the go at that very moment. Mom shouted at my managers for letting me go out and date someone, and for not telling her that I'm seeing someone. She said that she have to deal with the old man and he will sue her if she can't fix the mess I made.

But we saw her coming. We know anytime soon she will take Azi on her own advantage. She will definitely try to get Azi. But since I said that we broke up and he is the one who called it off, she won't even try for sure.

I swear to God. I've been praying for this.

I licked my lower lip before blinking couple times.

"H-how... how is he?" I asked.

Francy have to stop whatever she's doing to look up at me.

"Why do you ask?"

"Is he m-mad at me?" I fidget on my finger.

Francy's eyes observed me. Her eyes scanned me from head to toe. Eyes slowly stopped at my fidgeting hand, she then raised her eyes back to my eyes.

"I don't know, I'm not sure with that. I just know that he's trying to find you," she sighed, "But I guess, he is. Who wouldn't. You lied about him."

"Did he cleared his name to the media?"

"I think, you know him so well to do him so bad. You know he will never face the media to contradict your statement."

I bite my lip again. Hard. I hope this will subside the pain I'm feeling. Or subside the I inflicted to him.

"It's more convenient to hurt a pure heart than to take all the blame, right? You know he will never fight back."

Francy is poisoning my mind to make a better judgement of this but I can't. I made the video and it's for my self! My team's hardwork will be put into garbage if I turn back now.

"Can I talk to him?"

"If I call him now, he will track our location for sure. He will know where you're staying, do you want that?"

I immediately shook my head. I can't face him!

"Anyways, if he doesn't care for you, maybe he will do something about it from the past three months. But until now, all he's doing is finding you." she chuckled, "Integrity and loyalty really run down from the blood of all Delborjas."

"He can always deny everything."

"But he didn't. Why do you think so? Do you have an idea?"

I don't know what to answer so I go back to putting shampoo to the shower area.

He did told me he wants to date me and he wanted to take care of me. Does that mean he likes me? Of course, he's my stalker! But that's just it. Nothing more.

My heart beats fast as I think of Azi's feelings. Azi's way of making me feel special, his soft caress, his soft kisses, and his calming words. He did all of it and lie is what I caused him.

"You didn't use the napkins and tampons yet. Do you use menstrual cup?" Francy with a suspiscious tone.

I look at her and nodded. "I've been using menstrual cup ever since."

She nodded slowly as if waiting for more information but nothing came.