Chapter 37

Thirty-Three: Danger
Tita Savienna and Tito Ignatius are already at home, and Ate Mary is also home to manage the city. It's been three days and there's still no news about Soren, and Jizan and Riguel have been absent for three days. As well as Jax and Ryl. I don"t know why they were absent, but maybe it was because of what happened.
And without Jizan and Riguel, the issues I hear about me become more frequent. It spread faster in the school and even among the juniors.
I know who is the initiator of all this. Kylie is the only one who is insecure with me here at school, I don't get her, why doesn't she just confront me instead of spreading false rumors?
"Do you think that? It's possible that SIA received flirtatious people." I heard one of Kylie's henchmen say.
I'm here now in the quadrangle spending time because I just finished lunch. And Kylie and her friends are here, walking infront of me, slowly.
"Oh yeah? She got connections, I heard Tito is the owner." The other girl said.
"Tito? Or maybe sugar daddy?" Kylie said and they all laughed. Tf? Kadiri naman? If I hadn't just stepped-cousin Kylie, I might have shaved this woman a long time ago.
"So Kylie, why is your 'boyfriend' absent?" Said a woman, while emphasizing the word boyfriend.
"Uhm, he's busy with their business e." Kylie said artfully.
"Is it really ..."
I could no longer hear their voices because they had moved away from me. But even so, I still feel the distance of the students to me. Especially women, they can hardly look at me and they don"t seem to want to be friends with me. I really don't have a pake because I'm also not interested in cheap ones like them.
I"d better focus my attention on waiting for the news about Soren and Mom and Dad. I don"t get upset when I don"t see them.
I got up from the quadrangle bench, I looked at the soccer field and I saw there were tennis players playing.
While walking in the field I heard various shouts.
"MISS STAY AWAY !!!" One of the men shouted and I turned around and a tennis ball hit my head right on the head.
I looked up and I felt dizzy and my vision doubled, I held my head and I felt a watery substance on my forehead.
And I was already unconscious.
My eyes remained closed but I felt like I was lying on a soft bed. I could also hear the sound of the aircon somewhere. The whole place was quiet and I could only hear my breathing.
I opened my eyes gently and the bright light shone on me. I rested deeply and looked around, I saw Avie quietly sleeping on the couch.
And Jizan? With someone talking on his phone.
"Yes, I want everything to be handled immediately." He said softly.
"I don't want everything to failed, Harold." I felt a headache so I immediately grabbed it. Fuck ...
What the hell happened to me ..
"Save that Santillana or you'll face the consequences." He said and dropped the call.
Save that Santillana", does that mean he knows what"s going on?
Jizan looked at me and he was surprised to see that I was awake, he immediately sat beside the hospital bed and immediately attended to me.
"Are you feeling okay? Are you still in pain? Do you still feel dizzy?" Jizan asked me next. I slowly lifted myself up so I could sit on the hospital bed and look at him.
"What happened?" I asked him.
"Why are you suddenly here?" I asked him. He was out of school for three days and then he suddenly showed me that this is really my condition.
"You've been asleep for 6 days, Evie. So I'll definitely be back here." What ?! Me? Asleep for 6 days ?!
"What? Why? What happened?" I can't believe I asked him. He caressed my forehead as he always does.
I calmed a bit.
"You were hit by a tennis ball remember?" He asked. Ah, that's right ... but I didn't expect that sleep would take me that long.
"Why did I take so long to wake up?" I asked him.
"The ball was hit to you really hard, and that sent a shock to your nervous system that's why you were unconscious for almost a week." I was grabbed by my forehead and I felt it had a bandage on it.
I immediately clenched my fist because of what I heard from Jizan. Tangina lang ha, among the many students there, I was really the one who chose to play tennis ball ?!
"Who lived at the tennis ball?" I asked him.
"I already know who it was, and I already handled him. Don't worry, you should rest first princess .." Damn, that endearment again!
"Who first? I would like to know who fucking hit me—"
I stopped speaking when Jizan suddenly covered my mouth. I looked at him badly because of what he did.
"I told you, princess. No cursing right? Or do you really want me to rip that mouth of yours?" I was immediately dumbfounded because of what Jizan said. Putangina! What is this man doing to me ?!
"Fine!" I said angrily and removed the cover of his palm from my mouth. I kept holding his hand and looked at him again.
"So who is it? Who made the net? I can do a lot in the six days I'm asleep, and then he really did it?" I can't believe what I said.
"It's impossible the accident happened because I'm not really on the side of the players walking!" I said.
Jizan held my hand tighter so I fell silent. He just looked at me and sighed.
"I already handled it okay? You don't need to worry princess, and rest first." He says.
"But who is it? I'm just lucky and you're here, what if you don't have anyone to find the hitter? So tell me so I know .." When I insist on him.
"You're not lucky, that I'm here. Because I will always be with you no matter what." He said and gently stroked my hand.
"I will tell you about that hitter when you recover, so better recover fast okay?" I immediately nodded at what Jizan said.
When I find out who it is, get ready for me. I will fucking rip his head-off, away from his body.

Thirty-Four: Learning To Accept Helps From Others
I opened my eyes and I was surprised when I saw Mommy and Daddy sitting on the couch and talking. Avie is also there but ... Soren isn't. I also saw Jizan and Riguel talking as well, only Avie was the only one they didn"t talk to and it was just staring into space.
"Mom ... Dad .." I called them. They all turned to me and Mom, Dad and Avie immediately approached.
"Are you okay now? Are you feeling well already?" Mom asked me sweetly. I smiled at her.
"Yup. No worries, why are you here? Where's Soren?" I immediately asked them. I saw Riguel and Jizan also look at me because of my question.
"We are still on search of Soren, we still don't know where to find him." What? But Jizan already knew where Soren is!
"What is happening Dad? Why is Soren missing?" I asked Dad, who was just silently staring at me.
"He got kidnapped by the Sudalga's. That's what I know for now." I'm sad to hear, are they hiding something? I was not convinced by what I heard from Dad.
"But ... I heard .." I stopped speaking when I saw Jizan staring at me. He's staring at me hard.
I gulped.
"What have you heard, Evie?" Mom asked.
"Oh..never mind Mom. I'm not sure yet, I'll tell you about it when I'm sure." I told Mom.
"Avie told us everything." Dad said, what does he mean?
"The rumors that is spreading around your school, I already know about it." Dad added.
I was nervous when I heard from Dad, I already knew Dad. I know what she can do when something bad happens to her children.
"Avie! I told you not—"
"What rumors?" My eyes widened when I heard Jizan suddenly speak. Mom and Dad looked at Jizan and Riguel who were also walking closer.
I was immediately nervous and looked at Avie, she nodded at me like signaling me to tell them the truth.
I rested deeply. "Well ... there's this rumor about—"
"Oh, the patient is already awake." We all looked at the doctor who entered the room, I immediately relaxed when I saw the doctor.
Ah, saved by the doctor? I guess.
After running a few tests, Riguel and Jizan also went home because they had something to take care of. While Mom and Dad didn't leave and waited for Aunt Savienna to come to watch over me.
I was supposed to be discharged tomorrow so that my whole body could fully rest, so I was left here in my private room with Avie.
"You should badly tell them the truth." He immediately told Mom and Dad to go out to guide Tita Savienna to my assigned room.
"But how?" I asked Avie a confused question.
"You know sis ... you're smart. But you can't simply say how you feel? Voice it out, Evie. Voice it out."
"But ..." I whispered softly.
"I can't, a lot has happened. Soren is lost, there are rumors at school, and ..."
"And?" Avie traced.
"I think, Jizan is connected to Harold Sudalga, I heard him talking to Harold at the time Dad also called me." I said.
I looked at Avie and saw how her eyes widened and she couldn"t seem to believe it. She blinked and blinked again.
"W-what? You mean, Jizan is a-a t-traitor? Pero ... Pero .. Hindi, he is Tito Manzo's son..he can't be a traitor!" Stuttering Avie said.
"I know, even I can't believe it. But I can't just forget this information, Soren is lost Avie. Soren is lost. Our brother is lost."
"And I'll do everything that I can, just to save him. I don't know who will be involved, I don't care if I get hurt. All I want is to save our brother."
"I don't want to lose Soren, I can't afford to lose Soren without me doing anything."
I said to Avie.
"But how will you do that? I mean, how can you get into an OS that Mom and Dad don't know about?" Avie asked confused.
He stared at the emptiness and it was as if a light bulb had blazed in his brain because of what he had thought to do.
"I only know one thing, and for sure this will work." I said.
"What? What are you going to do?" Avie asked me as if she couldn't wait for me to say something.
"Date Jizan."
"WHAT ?!" She couldn't believe what I said.
"That's the only way for me to know what's really going on with Soren, and I know Jizan knows that because he's connected to Harold Sudalga." I explained.
Avie rested deeply because of what I said.
"Okay ...."
"Okay?" I'm confused question.
"I'll help." He said promptly.
What?
"What ?! No! You must stay intact, don't do something that will ruin the two of us."
"We do this together, Evie." He said firmly, I was immediately shaken by him.
"No! Soren is already lost, I can't allow you to be lost either! I can do this alone." I said.
"No! I'll help." Avie's stubbornness.
"I'm the older one! So I'll do it!" I said. I saw how Avie's fist clenched because of what I said.
"I don't know! The important thing here is, saving our brother! He's my brother too! You're not the only one worried!" She shouted.
Fortunately, Mom and Dad came out.
"No, Avie! I am the stronger one here. So you better not get involved in the trouble and—"
"What are you trying to imply? That I'm weak? That I can't defend our brother?" Oh fuck this!
"No! All I'm saying is that you might not be able to handle the things that will meet you when you participate in what I let you in."
"You think I can't? You think I'll just be a burden when I join? Why are you taking on everything ?!" Avie's voice got louder so I rested deeply, I need to be the calmer one here. We can't be angry.
"No ... all I can do is do this. You don't have to help. I can link myself to Jizan, and know the information and save Soren. You don't have to be damned anymore." I said gently to her.
"I want to help you! Our brother is missing! I'm a brother too! You're not alone!"
"I have the skills to protect myself! You, don't!"
I understood what I said so I looked at Avie again. I saw the shock in his eyes.
"My speculations are right, you think I'm weak ... I am just trying to help because ..." She paused.
"I don't want you dying, Evie. I don't want you pushing yourself to your limits. Learn to accept helps from others, it's not like you're strong, you can do everything." She said and left my hospital room.
Damn, what the fuck did I just do?