Times Three

Chapter 17

The Police came and capture the man who are still struggling to escape from them. However, they handcuff him when he tried to pull out the knife hidden from his waist. His eyes screams anger and hatred when he looks at me but I remain calm, serious face and shows that I am not affected by him, when in fact I am just suppressing my hands from shivering so I hid it in front of me.

"You cannot do this! I have the Levefre and Robles in my back!"

I sarcastically nod my head and snatch the contract in his hand, examining the context for one last time and tear it into pieces, throwing it into the air.

His eyes went mad as he watched the pieces of paper falls down his face, babblering words that hurts my ear and honestly, I find him similar to Fash. I smile at the Police when they said that they have been locating him for a long time, and utter thanks for the fast respond.

I turn my back to them and walk like I am in the runaway. The two idiots are smilling at me as if a father watching their child won the biggest award. And the other one who bears a no expression at all. 

Fash claps like a seal from happiness when I pulled of the impromptu lesson they gave me, and for the first time I take his advice without questioning its credibility. However, my actions are faster than my mouth and with one strike of my palm to his arms, sends him carressing it due to the force that touches it.

We all laugh at him when he pulls of this expression like the cat in Shrek's movie. Aspire puts his arms around Fash shoulder and pulls him towards his side, jokingly say that they should be careful now that the tiger unleashes itself. They laugh like it is the end of the world, holding their stomach when Fash replied that the tiger inside me might be lost from the aftermath of what happen just a while ago.

My hands automatically responds from their teasing but their reaction time is much more quick than mine. Those two i***t runs like a cheetah and enters fast food without looking back at me and KID who is silently watching those two. Unconsciously, my hand reach for his arms when he turns his back on me, causing him to halt from walking to where the other two happily eating.

"KID, thank you for helping me resolve our family conflict." 

He faces me and remove my hand in his arms and look at Fash and Aspire. His hands are inside the pocket of his pants and leans to the car.

"I do not always have the time so I gave you the contract without reviewing its context last night. It was Aspire who stays up all night reading those papers leaving him without much sleep, the breakfast was also prepared by him. Remember that oatmeal?"

My eyebrows twitch when I listen to him narrating how Aspire comes up with the idea of teaching me the basic of reviewing contracts. He even work with KID who is the archenemy of their family's company. 

"You should be thanking him instead of me. He did all the work, Fash and I just execute the plan he made. You should go with them, I have to attend some matters in Saint Louis Academy." 

I wave at him before KID takes the backseat of the taxi he book and he responds with side smile in return. The wind from the rushing taxi causes some strands of my hair to cover my face. 

A tap from my right shoulder made me jump a little and look for the culprit and it is Fash, grinning widely while holding paperbag from the fast food that they have eaten. The same as KID, Fash has something to do in Sain Louis Acandemy as a responsible member of Supreme Council. He waves his hand on the window of the taxi, not minding if it is dangerous or not. I scratch my head from thinking about him and now, alone with Aspire.

I clasp my hands in front and plays with it, bitting my lips and looking on the ground because I do not know how will I speak to him right now. To my surprise, he pulls me to his side when a group of College students walks while having laughing so hard like they own the whole street. 

Aspire meets my gaze but I quickly shifted mine and play with my hair, like a teenager with imaginary red blush in my cheeks. After that, I felt his arm envelops in my shoulder and walks to the plaza. The fountains looks so majestic that I think it is inspired by a Spanish or European architecture.

We sit on one of the benches, none of us speaks and stares at the family hanging out, couples on their dates and students who releases their stress in their school. This day is supposed to be our rest day but emergency happens in our company, and three boys sacrifice their time to help me solve this matter. However, the biggest worry is Sean's comeback from Australia. 

His departure is like removing a thorn stuck in my throath. My life became peaceful unlike before that I was getting soaked in water, my desk were covered by doodles and many to mention. Once again, I needed to thank the guy who is beside me looking at his phone and tapping it like he is frustrated about something.

I roll my eyes on him and asks him couragiously about him helping me solve this issue, despite the silent feud between our companies.

"That thing, is a friendly deed from your bestfriend. So set aside the business feud, I have someone more important than petty people."

My gaze went blank and drops on the floor when I heard how he define our relationship. I laugh timidly and look at the sky who is white as a feather and sighs as I lower my head on its original state. I lean back while my arms supports my weight and play with my shoes like a five year old child.

"Let's go back and have a rest that we deserve after this long week. Also, for our performance tomorrow."

He stated while standing up from his seat and faces me, extending his right hand. I did not think twice and reach for it and helps me stand up. We walk across the fountain together when I notice a fortune teller undert the tree shade, away from many people.

I tug Aspire's shirt and pulls him to the fortune teller, she opens her eyes that shocks me and made the tiny hair of my body raises. That round dilated pupil stares straight to the people, is kind of creepy that even the great Aspire grips my arm.

She asks us to sit in the wooden chair opposit her, that fits two people at a time. The chair creeks and she asks for my hand to do palm reading, anxiously letting her touch mine as she starts caressing it. Then she let me choose three cards from the table.

Without cutting my stare at her, I randomly pick out the cards and she starts flipping it, revealing Four of Hearts. The next card shows King of Diamonds and lastly, the Ace of Hearts.

After revealing the cards, she looks at me and Aspire, then states that we should be careful of every decisions we made, because it may affect four people in our life. Nevertheless, someone from wealthy family who is, then she coughs that made us look at her.

"Despite of how people branded him as bad man, it won't be a hinder because that man is your true love." She explains while pointing at Ace of Hearts.

My face disoriented and having a hard time to believe it. This card does not even say anything about what will be my future five years from now, but explains my fortune these year in terms of love.

She must have seen my expression and asks Aspire to pick out three cards on the table randomly. 

The shows Two of Hearts, Jack of Hearts and Ace of Hearts.

"Aye, his card is almost the same of mine. Excluding the Two of Hearts and Jack of Hearts."

"Two young people in love when the right time comes." The fortune teller simply explains the three cards while looking at us.

My smile becomes mischievous when I look at him who is trouble by something. He scratch the sideburns of his hair and lay some money on the table and pulls me to leave the plaza. 

While waiting for the taxi that he booked, my smile cannot be hidden. If it can rip my face from smiling to wide, that would be horrible like the hollowgasts like in the movie.

"What are you smilling at?"

He asks me with a hint of anger in his voice. I face him and joke about the fact that he is in love and he did not bother telling it to me as his bestfriend.

A sudden pierce in heart made me realize something. I lightly shake my head and continue teasing him, poking his waist and giggling like a child in front of him.

Then he grabs my hand and look at me with seriousness in his eyes. "Did you really want to know her or you are just doing this to mask your jealousness?"

That made me stop for a moment and swallow hard. Am I?