Chapter 8
1014 Words
Catherine
It’d been two days since the last time I saw Ricardo.
Since that night, Ricardo was busy with his dad. I think because he was sparing his time with me and now he had to concentrate on his jobs.
Even he had to work on Sunday. Oh, well. Sorry, Richie.
Today Linda and I were waiting for the result of our tests and after that…
We were free!
Free and we could hang out together. I was sure Linda would be glad because she finally could kidnap me from Ricardo. I also wanted to spend my time with Linda before she took off to the Netherlands. I wanted to give her a lot of memorable memories.
“Thump. Thump. Thump,” Linda continued to mimic the heartbeat.
“Come on, Linda. I’m sure you will pass,” I calmed her down.
“I know that. I’m just…nervous.” I knew she was. I felt the same way too. I knew I would pass but I don’t know. What would I say to Ricardo if I failed?
We both headed to the notice board. Damn, every step just made me even more nervous. Please, God. I didn’t want to face his wrath if I failed. Even though I knew Ricardo wouldn’t be mad at me.
When we reached the board, most of the students already gathered there. Most of them were happy though but there was also a sad face. Some even didn’t even care.
“Ready, babe?” I asked Linda while holding her cold hand. Oh, my God. She was so nervous. Something that Linda rarely showed.
“Yeah,” she said after she gulped hard.
We finally walked toward the board closer and I immediately searched for my name.
Please. Please. Please.
And…
Catherine Ross.
Linda Greene.
I blinked a few times. Wanted to make sure of what I just saw. That my name was indeed there. And Linda too. We passed!
“Oh, my God! We did it!” Linda screamed while hugging me.
“We did!” I exclaimed back. We did it! We passed! Oh, my God, I wanted to tell this to Ricardo! “You can sleep at ease tonight, Lin.”
“Totally. Hey, you should tell Ricardo about this. I’m sure he will be happy to hear it,” Linda suggested.
“I can tell him later.”
“Why not now?”
“I want to surprise him when I came to his house.” Because the last time I wanted to surprise him was ruined. I hope it would not this time. Watching him kissing someone else. He kissed me once. Unknowingly, he gave me hope. I only prayed what he already did to me would be equal to what I wanted.
“Well, go on then. We don’t have any class anymore,” she added. Linda was right. I wanted to see Ricardo now. I wanted to tell him. He had to know first.
“You’re right. Thanks, Lin!” I kissed her cheek and ran out of the building, heading to Ricardo’s house.
***
I reached Ricardo’s house. The distance was not very far because Ricardo’s house was not so far away from mine. And I knew Ricardo was not at home now. Maybe at the office with his father. And I could wait for him in his room. I wanted to see his reaction when I was waiting there.
I entered the property. It’d been eleven years since I knew Ricardo and his family and they never failed to impress me with how luxurious their house was. Yet, even though they were a billionaire – Ricardo and his parents never acted so arrogant to anyone. In fact, they were so generous and always helped the poor.
I knocked on the door and as usual, their house taker-Robert would come out. “Oh, Cathy,” he addressed warmly. I remembered I asked Ricardo before why they hired him and he said most of them were not in the house almost every day and his mother needed someone to take care of the house. And they hired Robert to do that. He’d been working with the Williams for almost twenty years now.
“Hi, Robert.”
“Please, come in. Are you here to see Ricardo?”
“Yes, Rob.”
“He’s in his room with his friends.” What?
“He’s not working today?”
“He’s attending a party tonight with his parents so he didn’t go to work today. Do you want me to call him?”
“Oh, that’s okay, Rob. I want to surprise him.”
“Very well.” He let me in as I headed to Ricardo’s room.
It’d been a few years since the last time I entered his room. I avoided it because I didn’t want to disturb his precious time with those women and I didn’t want to get hurt seeing him with them.
I walked slowly to his bedroom. I could hear the voices from his room. Looks like he was with his university friends. I stood in front, breathing in, and exhaling it slowly. Should I knock? His friends were there. “Okay.”
“Dude? How are things with your lovely Catherine?” someone asked as I was about to knock on the door.
“What do you mean?” Ricardo asked.
“Come on, you can’t fool me. We all know how close you two are. Are you two a thing now?”
“Yeah, man! You two are always sticking to each other like a f*****g stamp. When are you going to tell her?” his other friend asked. Tell me what?
I knew I shouldn’t be eavesdropping on them. But because my name was involved in their topics, I couldn’t move my feet. I wanted to know what Ricardo thought about me.
Until…
“Give me a break, man! I don’t see her like that.” c***k. Oh, no. Please. No. “Catherine is still a child and I will never touch a child.”
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