BRYAN KENDRICK'S POV

Pinagmamasdan ko lang si ate, forget the "call me noona" thing, mas sanay akong tawagin siyang ate. For almost 9 years or more, ate na ang tawag ko sa kanya.

"Why are you staring at me? May problema ba sa mukha ko?" tanong niya tsaka hinawakan ang mukha niya.

"None, I just wondered how did you regain your memories." sabi ko at nagpatuloy sa pagkain ko.

"Hmm. Busog na ako. Sige una na ako sa room ko." sabi niya sabay tayo at naglakad palabas ng dinig room. So she didn't want me to know how did she regain her memories.

Napailing na lang ako. Nawalan na rin ako ng ganang kumain. Tumayo na ako at kinausap ang isang maid na nakatayo sa gilid.

"Can you clean the table for me? Thanks." sabi ko dito at tsaka lumabas na ng dinig room. Hindi ako bastos para basta na lang umalis doon at hindi pakiusapan ang katulong na nandoon para imisin ang mga pinagkainan namin.

Paakyat na sana ako ng hagdan ng makarinig ako ng isang pamilyar na musika. The music brings some memories from the past. Memories of my mom playing the violin beautifully and gracefully.

Hinanap ko kung saan nanggagaling ang musika at nakarating ako sa garden ng bahay. And from where I am standing, I can see my sister playing the violin. So she is the one behind the music I am hearing right now. And she didn't went to her room but here instead.

Lalapit na sana ako sa kanya pero naisipan kong panuorin na lang siya mula sa malayo. I don't want to disturb her. Sobrang lalim ata ng mga iniisip niya kaya niya naisipang tumugtog.

I can't help but put a sad smile on my face. Ate really reminds me of mom. They have some similarities with each other. Pareho silang magaling tumugtog, kumanta at magcompose. They were both caring and loving to their love ones. At pareho silang gagawin ang lahat maprotektahan lang ang mga taong importante sa kanila.

MR. SCOTT CROSS' POV

I was in my deep thoughts when I heard a familiar song. That song, the song we used to play together. I went to the balcony to see the one who is playing that song. I saw Althea, my princess, gracefully playing the song. Maybe she miss her mom so much. She didn't have any chance to see her mother fo the last time because she was kidnapped by Divine and Charles.

I know both of them, they were Remilia's friends. I can't believe they have the guts to betray their own friend. To kill her in her own territory. To kill her in front of her children. And then kidnapping both of them.

And from afar I saw my son, smiling sadly while watching Althea play her violin. Maybe we have the same thoughts right now. I better make a move before its to late. The other group is already moving so I should better move also or else there will be another death that will happen.

I went out of the library and go to the garden. I just tap my son's shoulder when I passed by him and smiled. I clapped my hands to catch the attention of my daughter.

She stop playing and look at me. Or should I say stare blankly at me. Since when did she learned to be like that? My princess always gives warm smiles even though she is encountering problems but right now my princess is like a beautiful dummy in front of me.

"Can I talk to you for a while?" I asked her. She just nodded and put her violin back on its casing.

"So, what do you want to talk with me?" she ask while she sit beside me uder the tree. I am sitting in the grass while resting my back on the tree.

"I just want to ask you a question." I said straightly in front of her.

"What question?"

"Do you want to be trained to become a mafia princess?" I ask her while looking into her eyes. I saw a hint of shock in her face but she immediately remove it and wear an expressionless face.

"What if I said no?"

"You will still be train to be one." I said and look up in the sky.

"I have no choice then." she said

"Maybe. You still have a before your training starts. You can do everything you want to do during that time. But when your training starts, you will be restrained to do some things." I explain to her

"Its just like you put a collar on my neck." she suddenly said making me look into her. She has the same thinking as Remilia. She's a complete replica of her mother.

"No, my princess. Its not like that. You will just be restrain from doing some things that will be a hindrance in your training." I said and smiled.

"Okay. As what have you said earlier. I can do everything I want the whole week before the training starts, right?"

I just nodded my head in response.

"Can I tag along my brother everytime I went out of this house?" she asked again.

"How about your guardians, you don't like them to accompany you?"

"They didn't know that I am here. I just run away from their house." she said and then sighed heavily.

"Are you not going to tell them?" I ask her. I want to know what is she planning to do.

"No. Not now, I have to fix some things for now." she said and then smiled to me. The first time I saw her smile by the time I get her in the graden.

I also smiled at her.

"Appa, can I ask you a favor?"

"What is it?"

"Hmm. Can we go to a skating rink?" she asked me like a little child does.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Can you accompany us? Please, just an hour would do. I just want to have some bonding with you and brother." she answered and smiled.

I act like I am thinking but the truth is that I already have an answer. I looked at her and nodded. I saw her face lighten up and she smiled widely. She suddenly hug me, and I have no choice but to hug her back. And then I suddenly saw my son staring at us.

"Come her, son." I said while smiling. Althea twitch her head towards the direction of where her brother is. She signalled him to come near us and he obeyed.

"Kanina ka pa ba dun?" I heard Althea asked Bryan. He just shake his head in response.

"Sasama daw sa atin si Appa papuntang skating rink." she happily said to her brother. I saw Bryan looked at me with a confuse look. I just smiled at him, a genuine smile.

"When will we go there?" Bryan ask Althea.

"Can we go tonight, appa?" she turned to me and asked.

"Okay." I simply answered.

"I better go now, I need to do something." I excuse myself and then stand up. I leave the both of them talking about some stuffs I don't even understand. Maybe that is something both of them have an interest with.

BRYAN KENDRICK'S POV

"Paano mo napapayag si appa?" tanong ko kay ate.

"Syempre tinanong ko siya. Ano pa bang ibang paraan? Halikan ang paa niya at magmakaawa na sumama sa atin?" nagtatakang tanong niya.

"And where did you get that?"

"Ang alin?" she asked innocently. Ang galing talaga niyang magtago ng nararamdaman niya.

"Your reason." I said.

"Yun yung palagi kong napapanood sa koreanovelas. Yung sa Boys Over Flowers ba yun? O baka naman sa iba ko yun napanood?" she blabbered nonsense things. I just looked at her while one of my brows arched upward.

"Yan, Yan ka na naman. Bakla ka ba? Umamin ka na, di ko ipagsasabi." pabulong niyang sabi sa akin.

"Hindi nga sabi. Nagiging makulit ka na ngayon." I said while glaring at her.

"Hindi kaya. At hindi mo ako matatakot sa tingin-tingin mong yan." sabi niya sa akin at tsaka tumayo.

"Akyat na ako sa taas. Kita na lang tayo mamayang gabi. Wag kakalimutang aalis tayo mamaya." masiglang sabi niya sa akin habang kumakaway pa. Papasok lang ng bahay parang pupunta na siya ng malayong lugar.

Napapailing na lang ako sa ikinikilos niya. Tatayo na sana ako ng biglang nag-ring ang phone ko.

"What do you need?" I asked.

"I want to inform you, remind you rather, that you have a meeting with the investors at exactly 7 o'clock in the evening."

"Who are the investors?" Mamayang gabi ay aalis kami, but I cannot easily cancel meetings like this. Dad's reputation is at stake.

"Mr. Colfer and Mr. Philips." they were the gun dealers. I silently cuss because I don't know what to do.

"Cancel it." I heard someone said beside me. I saw dad standing beside me. Akala ko umalis na siya.

"Cancel the meeting." sabi ko sa taong nasa kabilang linya.

"Yes wangja." and the line was cut.

"Is it really okay to cancel the meeting?" I ask dad

"Yes, they would understand the reason. Or should I say, they should understand the reason." he said while wearing his trademark smile, and that is a scary smile.

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