chapter 67

***
"How can you envy me? I mean, I have always wished to be like you, or Sophia. She was really nice to me, and we grew up together and she sacrificed a lot for me on our journey to adolescence. I really miss her" Molly shook her head.
"You can't be sad here. Sorry that I started such a conversation, let us go fish, I had kept a fishing net and hook there that I use on each of my visits" he changed the subject.
"Yeah, right!" She pushed her thoughts aside and went on to enjoy the vast experience she is about to have.
"Can I dip my legs into the river? Is it safe?" She asked curiously as they stopped to have a closer look at the water.
"Yes, it is clean and free of dangerous insects," he chuckled softly.
She went sat down on the floor without minding her school uniform and thrust her legs into the water. "More refreshing than pool water" she murmured.
"Yes. You might catch a chill. Here��this will help" he removed his school jacket and covered her.
No one has ever treated her like that. Like caring about if she was going to get cold even in the snow, or been so nice and gentle. Her parents try their best to send her to school, so they barely spend time together after her father drops her off at school and she can't blame them.
She has not been into a relationship before. She usually declines because her parents made it sure to her that if she fails them, they will disown her and they told her no boyfriend until she graduates from high school and college if possible, but looking at Tyler now, she doesn't give a damn if she fails them.
"About what you were saying earlier�� Do you really mean that you are more like a puppet in your own family?" She asked curiously.
"I'm a puppet, not more like it. My grandparents say what happens in everyone's life so long as you are a member of my family. They don't even let my father be the head of his own family, because they say he was not too rich when he married their daughter," he replied.
"About what you said to me and in front of the other students�� how serious were you?" She waited for a reply anxiously.
"Molly, I don't know how to make you believe that I love you, I truly love you with all my heart. I was afraid from the very beginning because I knew everything about your background and my grandparents will interfer with my life as usual, so I didn't want to hurt you" he answered sincerely.
"Tyler, I love you too. I have always loved you from that day I ran into you at Sophia's 8th birthday party, but I was afraid too. I believed that rich people are meant for rich people and you wouldn't want anything that is beneath your status. I also thought you were into Sophia, so I stayed away until we met again in school" she confessed.
"Can you give me an answer to the question I asked back��"
"Remind me of the question again" she smiled up at him.
"Will you be my girl?" He asked.
"Yes, Tyler, I will. It is a dream come true" she replied happily. He helped her stand up and hugged her tightly.
"Thank you so much for this, you will never regret it" he said.
"I pray so. Kiss me already!" She laughed.
He did. They were lost in their new world when a voice interrupted.
"What nonsense! Two students making out in broad daylight even in school uniforms at a god-damned school hours!" The voice hushed and they split apart grasping.
"Enemy of progress!" Tyler muttered and Molly laughed.
"Oh! I'm an enemy of progress, huh? Humph�� this teens�� so you are progressing on someone's daughter? I see," the intruder exclaimed.
"Well, we are sorry for trespassing��"
"Why are you apologizing to him? He just ruined the best moment of my life! Let us go somewhere else, Molly," he took her hand, but she pulled away.
"I love it here. Mister, I hope you can just go and leave us alone, please?" She pleaded with a bow.
"Whatever! Just don't come near that building, enjoy yourselves and get going. I hate naughty school girls and arrogant school boys! Disgusting!!" The intruder said and hurried away.
"That still doesn't sound pleasing, I was thinking we would fish and all the fishing items are in that place he is restricting us from. What do we do now?" Tyler asked.
"Don't worry, let us just cuddle and feel our hearts beating as one. You and me together is all I would ever ask for, so stop with the gloomy face!" She tried a joke.
***
"You are not planning to climb up and go inside, are you?" Alex asked worried sick.
He showed Justin the place Sophia climbed that night at the back of the military base. They were not able to see even if possible her corpse, so they are saddened.
"Are you sure you don't have a clue of what really happened out here? I mean, I know she has many enemies especially among the girls" Justin asked for the third time.
Alex has told him that he doesn't have a clue what happened to her because he was busy executing his own mission and was stupid in failing to protect her.
"Well�� the only thing I know is that I saw Gena follow her and she doesn't seem to know. But I didn't mind her because I thought she do anything to jeopardize the mission and she denied doing anything to her to my face" Alex explained.
Justin rapidly climbed the wall up and looked inside the military zone. Alex did the same and they saw nothing suspicious inside that tells the military have someone with them.