Chapter 3 - Runaway Bride 2
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"Hello Alex, we're leaving;where are you?", Carlo asked.
"Still at home; let's meet at the newly opened restaurant near the pier", Jade replied, then hung up.
"Whose phone is ringing?", Jay asks.
"Mine", Carlo answered.
"Hello, Captain Zamora"
"General, General Akihiro De Leon's wedding is today. Are you really not going?", Captain Zamora asks.
"Captain, I'm on leave and you know that his my mortal enemy. Bye." he says angrily "It'll just ruin my day", he adds.
"Who's getting married, bro?", CJ asked.
"Akihiro De Leon", Carlo replied.
"Oh! Really? Good thing there's a woman who wants to marry that jerk", Brix says laughing.
"Haha, maybe it's because of his wealth. He'll get a lot of benefits then." Jay jokingly replied.
Carlo's phone rang again.
"What the heck! I told you I'm not going. So annoying..."
"It's me. Why are you mad?", Clarence answered, cutting him off.
"Clarence?... sorry bro,I didn't look at who was calling," Carlo explains.
"So how's the bidding? Did you win?", Carlo asks.
"We lost, bro. I'm on my way home. Where are you? can I go to your place?", Clarence replied.
"We're heading to the pier with my friends,we're going on a vacation to the ocean for a month. You can come along if you want; so that you can meet them?.. Give time to relax, man." Carlo said authoritatively.
"Okay bro,send me the address. See you later", Clarence replied.
"Okay bye".
"Who was that? Is he coming with us?", Jiro asks.
"It's Clarence, my brother", Carlo replied.
"We've been friends for a long time but you haven't introduced us to your siblings", Jiro said.
"Oh, is that so? Sorry guys", Carlo said smiling.
"Tell us about them, bro", Brix said.
"I have three sibs, we're quadruplets..."
"Quadruplets!?...wow", Jay said surprisingly.
" I was born first, then Claire.
Claire is an excellent teacher...
Then Clarence, he's an engineer..."
And the youngest,..", he stopped talking and everyone looked at him. Sadness was on his face.
"I don't know where she is," he said sadly.
"What happened to your youngest, bro?", Jay asked.
"When we were born, Chloe was very weak. Mom and Dad didn't have money. A wealthy couple offered to help them with her medication; But the condition is they will adopt Chloe," Carlo said sadly.
" They agree to their condition..." a tear rolled down as Carlo continued.
"According to Mom, the last news about her...We were only one year-old then. Her illness got , so they took her to America." Carlo added.
"So you don't know where she is?", Brix asks.
"No. But I'll do everything to find her", Carlo said determinedly.
"Oh man, it's a big thing why you didn't tell us earlier?..But it's okay, don't worry, we'll help you find her", Jiro said seriously.
Meanwhile, Mira's ride was already far away.
" Anak nakalayo na tayo. Paglagpas natin sa daan na 'to nasa pier na tayo" the driver said.
"Please drop me off near the pier", Mira said.
"Andito na tayo anak." the driver said as Mira went down.
"Anak, bayad mo?", the driver said softly.
"What?, sorry I don't have any money", Mira replied softly with a tear.
"Pero kailangan ko ng pera. My only child is sick and I'm saving up for his operation." Mang Kanor said shyly.
"Okay, it's fine. The important thing is I helped you."
"I'm really sorry sir!...sorry, just take these jewels. They're pure gold, sell them.Take this card and show it to the hospital where your son will be operated on, so you can get a discount." Mira said as she left.
"Thank you, Anak", the driver said, crying.
"Lord, protect and guide her." he added.
Mira was near the pier when she saw her father's bodyguards.
"Why are they here? God help me." she said in fear.
"We have to find Señorita. You go over there and I'll stay here." Islaw said.
"Señorita?", Islaw said in surprise when he saw Mira.
"Islaw, please. Don't take me back there", Mira said, crying.
"Señorita Mira, look at me. I can't bear to see you cry. We don't have time!"
"Take this envelope, pinabibigay ni Señora." Islaw said.
"You must leave this place asap. The other guards might come back in a minute; Dont worry, ako na bahala kay Señora." Islaw added.
"Thank you Islaw"Mira said smiling.
"They're here. You must go! There's a drum on that yacht. Go there first and I'll distract them." Islaw said hurriedly as he left.
Meanwhile, Carlo and his friends arrived at the pier just as Clarence called.
"Hello bro, where are you?" Carlo asks.
"I'm almost there bro" Clarence
replied.
"Oppps!.. Runaway Bride!?...." Clarence , said surprisingly as Carlo hears a bang.
" Clarence,anong nangyari?" Carlo ask worriedly.
" Muntik na makasagasa 'tong sinakyan kong taxi bro," Clarence reply.
" A runaway bride hurriedly cross the road; but we're okey," Clarence explain.
A while later, many policemen arrived at the pier with Mira's father. They searched the entire pier, but Mira already hide.
Because of her exhaustion, Mira fell asleep.
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Will Mira finally escape from the hands of the man she considered as her father?
Will Carlo be able to find his missing sister?
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