Playing With Destiny

Chapter Twenty-nine

[ Keliche Shizamme Sandoval's Point of View]

I left the hospital to meet Alana’s parents. I received a message from them that Alana’s missing and that she said that she’s going to do something with me and they are all worried sick so I agreed for the meet up because it’s Alana we’re talking about. It’s an important matter to me.

We are going to meet in a restaurant so I immediately hailed a taxi to go there, it’s a very busy day because it took me 3o minutes just to get a taxi.

“Lanchen Restaurant.” I told the driver, he nodded before he started driving. I just scroll my cellphone because I have nothing to do inside the taxi. And when we reached our destination, I already paid for my ride before going out of the taxi and walked towards the restaurant were Alana’s parents are waiting for me.

“Oh fuck.” I silently cursed when I saw that my father and mother’s inside and they are already eyeing on me since I entered the restaurant. I was about to go out again when two masculine men blocked my way. What the actual f**k? Is this some kind of set up?

“Stop blocking my way!” I shouted, I didn’t care about the people around us, I just want to go out badly. I don’t want to talk or even face them! It’s suffocating!

I quickly turn around and walked towards the place of my parents, my father’s glaring at me. Must be because of the scene I created a while ago but I don’t care.

“Allow me to go out, Ma’am. I’ll have some important thing to do today. Stop wasting my time.” I told my mom, with shock expression, I didn’t even saw my father’s hand, it landed on my face, my left cheek to be exact.

“I didn’t raise you to be like that, young miss.” He warned but I just smiled.

“You raised me very well, but now, I thought that I’m not your daughter anymore? Change of plans, sir? You threw me out remember? I’m now a chemist because of my own money, I’ll can do better off without your help. Stop saying things to me because you will never be the boss of me again.” I told him, he glared at me but I didn’t mind and when I looked at the two masculine men, I glared at them before I began punching them both. I need to get out of here immediately! And when I succeeded, I raised my middle finger in the air before running outside to hail a taxi. I immediately get in and told the driver the address of my apartment so he nodded.

When we’re nearing my apartment, I saw a huge fire and the people are blocking the way, I saw how the people helped each other to kill the fire and my eyes widen when I saw that it’s my damn apartment!

The tears started falling down from my eyes while I’m watching my apartment burned down into ashes. And my eyes water even more when I heard someone shouting,

“Someone’s inside! Someone’s inside! Someone’s inside!”

No one has a key except for me and Alana so I knew that it’s her! I want to do something but I can’t move on my spot. And then I saw Khyzrr running towards the door so I shouted at him.

“Walking dimple!”

And he turned around, I saw relieved in his eyes. He immediately run towards me and hugged me really tight that I think I almost died.

“Let’s just build another house, stop crying.” He told me but I can’t speak, no words escape onto my lips. I just kept on crying on his shoulders, I don’t know what to do anymore.

We pulled out from the hug and we just watch as they tried to kill the f*****g fire who burned everything. And minutes later, a couple of fireman got out holding a black bag and I already knew who’s inside. I immediately ran towards them and cried out loud.

“Alana! Please, no! Don’t leave me!” I shouted as I tried to open the bag and they just let me since they can’t stop me from what I’m doing. I opened it and I saw the face of Alana, the upper parts already burned, I already knew she’s dead since her lips are already purple.

I looked at her hand and she’s holding something so I opened it, without her force I saw a picture. It’s a picture of the both of us, it’s a picture when we finished college together with different universities but we’re happy even though I’m not smiling.

“I’m sorry…” I whispered, hoping that she would hear it from heaven.

I took the picture and I gasped when I saw a message on the back part of it. My tears started flowing again,

I’m really sorry for leaving you, my family really needs me. I just want you to know that you’ve been a great friend to me, I’m lucky to have an intelligent friend like you. Though, I have a dirty little secret and I knew that by now that you’re reading this, I’m already gone. I love Khyzrr but he loves you so much so I stepped aside. I just want to make you happy since that’s all I’m praying for. If your happiness is each other, then I have no choice but to step aside and let you find happiness with each other. I just regret that I’d die early and I didn’t see you smile, well, at least when I’m up here, I can see you smile if you want to. I love you, Kels and you’ll be forever my best friend. You’re all that I have and please, take care of Khyzrr just like how I took care of you when I’m still alive. Again, I love you and I will always be here for you, to guide and guard you.

- Als

She died, she died just like that. I didn’t know that she likes Khyzrr, I didn’t felt it. I thought that she’s just really close to him. I’ll be happy if Khyzrr would have date Alana instead of me, it’s too late now. All she wanted to do is to make me smile, and I regret everything. She didn’t even saw me smile a bit, she made everything to make me laugh but I just rolled my eyes on her, always. I’m an awful friend, that’s all that she wants and I didn’t give it to her.

“Ma’am, we’ll take her to the morgue.” The fireman told me so I stood up and nodded while holding the picture, Khyzrr’s standing on my side too. I looked at him, he’s like Alana but Alana’s closer to me. Just give me some time and I promise that you’ll see this smile, not now but soon.

“Let’s go to my house, stay there for a while.” He said while showing his hand to me, I just nodded before following him when my phone lit up and an unknown number popped out.

[ Go home now. You have no place already, just give it up. Your sister’s waiting and we don’t have much time.]

I gripped my phone hard, so, this is all their fault. My best friend died because of them, just because they want me to go home? Where’s the logic in that? They killed my best friend! And they can’t do something to bring her back to life!

“f**k! f**k! f**k!” I shouted while stomping my feet, this is all my fault, my entire fault!

“Ice! Calm down, please!” Khyzrr shouted while he’s trying to hug me, he’s trying to make me feel safe again like the last time. But I can’t be okay, I’ll never be okay again! I will never forgive them! All I have is Alana and they took her away from me just like that!

A message arrived again so I looked at it while Khyzrr’s hugging me, it’s from an unknown number again and this time, I almost faint.

[Leave Khzyrr alone.]

What’s happening? f**k.