DROWNING DESTINY

Chapter 4

Naizen who left their home because of his annoying father now riding back his car on his way back into their home. Ellen was there sitting in the shotgun seat with him in his car.

"Ellen, you know that I hate surprises, right? You better tell me now the reason of this going into that old man's house!" He said while giving a tiny glance at his friend.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I don't know? Your mom called to ask me to bring you home and she sounded crying," Ellen answered and glaring at him.

He left at home in countless times and there was never a chance that his mom asked him or anyone to bring him home. He admitted that when Ellen told him to go back home, he was kind off nervous with the thought that his mom was calling-crying. And honestly, he was feeling nervous for an unknown reason.

"Why would she even asked you to bring me home? She could've called me on my phone — my own phone! " he retaliates just to divert his mind in anything for the nervousness he is feeling is getting heavy as they were getting closer at home. What the hell is going on.

He looked at Ellen when his friend's phone rings and his mom's name appeared in the caller ID.

"It's your mom again," Ellen mumbled before swiping it right to answer the call. "Hi tita, I have Naizen with me and we are on our way home."

("Thank you, hija. I just called to check up on you two. We need him here,") Ellen's eyes narrowed in confusion when she heard how Naizen's mom sobs in the other line.

Naizen noticed how Ellen's expression changes into something confused and worried.

"What happened, put her on the speaker, Ellen," Naizen said while taking care off the wheels.

Ellen immediately followed without any question. She then looked at outside to see how far they were still from the man's house. That would be atleast 15 minutes to go.

"Mom? This is Naizen, what is going on?" he yelled when Ellen finally put the call on the speaker.

("Naizen? Naizen son, you need to go home. You really need to go home,") his mom sobs heavily and that made him stepped on the accelerator to faster even more the car.

Ellen was thinking of it to be not so good. She thinks that there was something bad news waiting for them in the Alvarez' residence. They were friends for years — since their childhood and that is why she had a relationship with his parents like a parents – daughter relationship.

"Mom, will you please tell me what is going on? Why do you sound like something bad just happened? I'm driving and we're on our way home," he responded without giving a glance to the phone and instead focus his attention in the road.

("Drive safely, Naizen. Come home safe, son.")

That was all for the call ended.

"Auntie ended the call herself," Ellen mumbled and take a look at her phone.

"Her sobs doesn't sound like just crying. She was cryinh for something horrible," Naizen seriously said after analyzing the sense of crying of his mother from the other line. He then drives faster and luckily for them, they were driving at dawn and traffic didn't exist yet.

When he finally spotted the tall gate of their house, he and Ellen knotted their forehead and narrowed their eyes when the saw several cars parked outside their gate. Naizen honk the horn and caught the attention of the people. They seem to noticed who the heck was coming for they gave him the way inside.

"What the heck is going on?" Ellen mumbled whole roaming her eyes around. There are tons of people in the Alvarez' residence.

But the count of people wasn't the thing that confused her even more. Because almost half of these people are wearing the army's uniform.

"What are these people doing here?" Naizen gritted his teeth for he starting to not to like the feeling he immediately felt of.

"There are national armies, Naizen," Ellen stated he obvious but her tone was kind off afraid and worried.

Naizen didn't said a thing and just opened the car door and went it out. Without looking at these people, he directly went straight where his mother was. He saw Ellen followed him immediately and they stopped the moment they spotted her mom crying her heart out.

His father was talking to the man in a national army uniform and they were serious like hell. He then roamed his eyes around this area searching for his brother but he failed. His brother's wasn't here.

"Mom?" He called his mom.

When his mother lifted her head and met his gaze, without a second, he found himself hugging tightly with his mother who are crying a lot and unstoppable. Ellen immediately succored his mother and caresses it's back as a support.

"Naizen, Ellen." Naizen's father called them both.

"Uncle, what is happening? What is going on?" Ellen seriously asked for she knew something serious is going on. She was comfortable with Naizen's parents for they treated her as their daughter.

The Alvarez doesn't have a daughter and only has sons and that is why Naizen's parents was so fond of her. She and Naizen also treated each other as siblings.

"Where have you been, Naizen? Why do you look like clueless? Didn't you listen the news?" His father seriously asked Naizen without paying an attention to Ellen'd question.

His father obviously doesn't look like pleased, instead, he was furious.

"No one told me what is going on and yes, listening to news wasn't my thing, so I didn't. Would you just please tell me what is happening and why the f*ck there are national armies in here?" He seriously responded. He and his father was kind off having a rivalry of the authority they both have in their eyes.

"Your brother, Harry, he is gone," his father said firmly without blinking and didn't even take his eyes off from her.