Times Three

Chapter 19

The night came and people started to fill up the chairs. Smiles from different faces appears like they cannot wait for the show to begin. A sudden jolt of anxiety made my hands shakes uncontrollably.

Good thing my injuries are healed and Sean is nowhere to be found. I supposedly don't care about him, however, he is still part of my life. 

My eyes fell down from that thought.

"I am living a glamorous life, while Sean has to endure a lot. He has the right to be that mad, right?"

But, how did I differ from him? I have the money and supposed to be a complete family, but is there a difference between Sean and I? Because it looks like we are on the same boat. 

I have a mother and father, biologically. However, I seldom see them inside my house nor any memories with them. They are all about work and making more money, that they forgot about me. Its like having anything and everything in a snap, the consequence is losing my parent's time.

I sigh and force myself to smile as I heard the something from the dark sky. A colorful fireworks display from the sky, I thought it will be lit after the concert. Seems like they change their agenda for the last minute.

I just stand there and watch the beautiful scene I am witnessing when Annika approach me, hugging me from behind. Accompanying me to witness this superb scene.

After a minute, Aspire is already in our back together with Fash and I can't help but ask him the question that keeps bothering me.

"Hey! I thought there would be fireworks at the end of the concert? Why change of plans?"

Aspire looks a little bit embarassed which made me smile at him as I find him cute. Then, I look at the audience who has their full attention to the fireworks. Many couples are enjoying the view as they think it is romantic, and I do think it is indeed romantic. Enjoying the breeze of the night, cuddling with your beloved as you watch the glowing lights in the sky.

There are also other people with different problems that they do not want to tell and show to people. 

Whatever that is, we look up the sky and whisper our wishes.

As the fireworks is about to finish, a rushing and worried looking KID appears from where we are. He looks, how will I describe this, constipated and agitated. What the hell is happening to this man?

"What's wrong with him?" Annika can't help but uttered this words. "KID!" 

She shouted loud enough to steal this man's undescribable looking face. Annika come closer to KID, due to his panicky he is out of breath. He use Annika's shoulder as a support as he catches his breath and wanted to utter some words but failed.

My brows furrowed from this sight because it is something new and weird for me. 

When KID recover from whatever it is that's bothering him, his eyes roamed until he fixes it to me. Without saying anything, he grab my wrist and the first thing he said.

"Your parents died from plane crash."

Right after the fireworks finishes.

My what? 

It seems like I didn't clean my ears so I look at him like he just say something so out of this world that I cannot believe, hearing from a man like him.

"Whose parents?" Annika asks out of disbelief.

KID look at him for a while but he didn't tell anything, then he looks at Aspire who is raising his eyebrows from him. Lastly, he look at me as if he is contemplating about something.

I cannot take it anymore, I pull him to face me and asks him for confirmation. My parents are what?

"Tell me what did you just say minutes ago."

Still my hands grip his wrist, I need a support. He closes his eyes and bite his lips as if preventing himself from saying any words. 

"Just tell me what did you say." I told him almost begging.

Then, he open his eyes and look at me with determination evident in his eyes.

"Your parents die due to a plane crash. They are about to land here but unexpected thing happen from the plane they are using. My parents called because few days from now, they will announce our engagement."

I don't know how to feel. Should I cry because my parents just die out there, or should I be happy knowing that he will become my fiancè for the next days?

I don't know and I feel like fainting anytime. But KID did not let it happen and pulls me to his car. I can hear Aspire shouting at him but both of us did not look back. 

My parents just die, how about me and Sean?

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I don't know what and when but I found myself in the crime scene. There are already bunch of police and they are trying to stop me from entering the scene. Detective are busy investigating the crime scene and didn't bother looking at the people around the scene.

I stand there quietly and I think, I'm the only one who isn't crying. Unlike people around me crying and mourning from there loved ones. Also, I can feel KID's trying to comfort me but he feels awkward about it. There is something wrong.

"KID, did my parents use a regular plane, piloted by someone?" I ask him without looking back at him.

"Hmm." He simply answered.

I close my eyes and this time, I look at him. My eyes are filled with sorrow, confusion and madness that my tears cannot hide it.

"My parents never uses a regular plane whenever there are business outside our country." I told him as my tears fell from my eyes. "I don't want to assume but, I don't think my parents are in this plane."

KID look horrified from my statement that his mouth hang open. Then he pulled me to his car and asks his driver out so we can talk.

A minutes of silence emerge from the car. No one dares to speak until a knock on a windor is heard. We look at KID's side and we saw a man who has a gloves that the doctor often uses in sugery. 

He rolled out his window and the man handed an envelope, then he ask the man to stay outside the car. 

"What is that?"

KID look at the enveloped for a while and gave it to me. I hesitantly recieve the envelop and open it and I was welcome by a photo of a man, who I suspect is our family laywer. He is indeed our lawyer!

"I know this guy! I met him once when my mother's company was sued."

KID didn't answer but he handed me another envelop. I didn't bother asking about its content and quickly open it.

It was my parents information and mine! Sean is also here and another picture of a girl.

Did he do a background check on me?

"What is this KID?" I ask him angrily and he replied with the same emotions.

"Learn how to read before acting up, Gomez!"

I look at him for a second before turning to this papers.

Damn! I don't know where to start!

By then, I pulled a paper containing information about our family lawyer. I don't even know that his name is Alan Yu, he has been our lawyer for five years. Basically he is half - Chinese and his credential is quite good. A top notcher during his school, that's why my parents hire him.

But why did KID gave me his information? 

I flip another page and some articles about his performance as a lawyer. He has a high winning rate so many politicians and higher ups wanted him to defend them, but these names are quite familiar.

"There are the names of corrupt officials." KID and I synchronously say.

As I flip another page, my heart beats as if I am lacking of oxygen so I didn't finish reading the papers. 

Too much information for these day, but I have these strong intuition that my parents didn't die in a plane crash, however, I know that at this moment they are already dead.

"Hey KID, did you know my mother always tells me that there are people who are just greedy about money and fame, that they will do anything?"

He didn't respond but he looks at me, as if symphatizing my situation. I refuse to look at him and glance on the window in my side to observe the people near the scene. However, someone suddenly fire at my direction that send my body into state of shock.

Good thing KID's window are bulletproof that's why we aren't harm. And for the record, I think this is the first time that I heard him curse but who cares! Someone is after me or him!

"s**t! They killed my favored bodyguard. Get to the passenger seat and I will give you to Aspire. I'm sure you will be in safe arms."

I look at the man outside and he's gone. Adrenaline hits me to obey him and hurriedly went to the passenger seat. KID is also in the driver's seat and hurriedly start the car's engine. 

Then another bullet hits the window making me jump from excessive fear. What the hell is happening?

My eyes wonder until it is stop from the papers scattered in the back seat. 

There will be answers in that papers, right?