Chapter 2
1021 Words
"Finally!"
Arthus mumbled himself smiling like an idiot in happiness after he finally went out from a plane and now can feel tbe breez of this country. The hotness right here can really prove that he is finally and once again out of his father's premises.
He then take his phone out and blocked his family's number. He would rather stay in no communication with them. Although, he knew himself that his father would never look for him. They used for him always out of reach, went home whenever he wants. He wasn't the so called prodigal son for nothing.
He waived his hand for a taxi for he doesn't have his own car yet in this country. Well, he got friends in here and for them being worthy of a friend, he always snatched one of their cars.
His phone rang and it displayed the name of the only friend who knew that he's going in here.
"Come va fratello?" he answered the call with a freaking smile on his face.
("Nandito ka sa bansa namin, hindi dapat ako mag-adjust para sa iyo. Tigilan mo 'ko sa paganyan mo,") Napatawa s'ya ng malakas nang marinig ang sinabi na iyon ng kaibigan mula sa kabilang linya.
"Napaka-sungit mo, mayroon ka ba?" biro n'ya kaya napatingin sa kaniya ang driver ng taxi na sinasakyan n'ya na s'yang maghahatid sa kaniya sa apartment n'ya.
("Tigilan mo 'ko, Russo. Nasaan ka na ba? The meeting will start in 30 minutes,") saad pa ng kausap niya.
"I won't be late," he answered and ended the call.
"Sir, nandito na po tayo," rinig n'yang saad ng driver kaya napatingin s'ya sa labas ng bintana at tama nga ito. He's back to his tiny apartment.
He then took a 1 thousand bill and handed it to the driver. Napatingin sa kaniya ang matanda at pabalik-balik ang tingin sa hawak nitong isang-libo.
"Bakit, manong?" tanong n'ya dito nang mapansin n'ya ang pagtahimik matanda.
"Kasi sir, wala po kasi akong barya nito. Wala po ba kayong barya?" mahinang sambit nito, siguro ay nag-alangan itong sabihin iyon dahil baka inisip nito na hindi s'ya marunong sa salita nito dahil sa accent n'ya.
Hindi ito ang unang beses na nangyari iyon. He was fluent, he was just speaking with an accent when he was talking with his friend for a tease. He smiled at the old man, shaking his head.
"Sa iyo na po iyan. Maraming salamat po," aniya at halos manlaki ang mga mata ng matanda dahil sa sinabi n'ya. Isang daan at limang piso lamang ang dapat n'yang bayaran at dahil wala naman s'ya noon dahil purong tag-iisang libo ang pera n'ya ay ayos lang naman.
He's a gentleman, he claimed that. Lumapad ang ngisi n'ya nang makita ang isang magarang sasakyan na nakaparada sa tapat ng apartment n'ya. It was one of his friend's car. Damn! He got the best brother allowing him to use this Ferrari for free. For this car being parked outside the gate of this small apartment, it's lucky it didn't get dented.
Although, he knew his father nor his brother would never look for him, he still needs to be careful. And that is why he chose to stay at this small apartment to let the people in their family thought that he was struggling in life and made them think that they were right all this time. That they couldn't count him in. And with that, his father would never force him to be in his family's business anymore.
His brother hated the fact that despite of him being a prodigal son and even his father hated and despises him a lot, by law, he was still getting 50% of all the assets that they're family has. He didn't even contributed even a penny in their business and that made him complacent roaming the world with his own business.
He didn't even bother to change his clothes and just threw his back pack at the couch. He then picked up the car key that was obviously just being thrown from the outside through the window grills up to here in the living room. He chuckled seeing this.
Nang mapulot ang susi ng sasakyan ay agad s'yang lumabas mula sa apartment at malawak ang ngisi na pumasok sa sasakyan.
"Damn! This baby was freaking beautiful!" he mumbled when he started the engine and drive it off the place. He was driving it smoothly in an average speed for him being a person who loves racing to death.
He then saw the guys waiting for him at the garage of the building where the meeting will be held. The three were looking at him flatly like he was some kind of a kid that would ask their forgiveness just to make them not get pissed anymore.
He laughed after seeing Toni widened his eyes after he recklessly drifted the car to park. Lumabas s'ya nang may malawak na ngisi sa mga labi.
"F*ck you, Russo!" Toni yelled and that just made him chuckle.
"What did I do?" patay malisya n'yang tanong kahit na alam naman na n'ya ang sagot.
"Tang*na mo! Hindi ko pa nagawang i-drift ang sasakyan na iyan!" reklamo ng huli na ikinatawa lamang ng dalawa pa nilang mga kasama.
"That was brand new," Laurenz said laughing his ass and after hearing that, Arthus laughed his ass that made Toni got pissed even more.
"I'm charging you with an hour rate!" Toni retaliates. Napatawa lamang s'ya ng malakas at saka tinapik sa balikat ang kaibigan.
"Let's go. We only have 3 minutes left," he said in his serious tone.
"They're complete," Lance informed him and he nodded.
"They didn't know we arrived," Laurenz added.
"Sa tingin ko ay gusto nila tayong pahirapan," nakangising saad naman ni Toni na ikinatawa ng tatlong mga kasama.
Napa-iling na lamang si Arthus sa narinig. He still have a f*cking jetlag and since they need him here, he came here to make them understand that it wasn't supposed to be him they would think to messed up with in the first place.
"In their dreams," Arthus responded.
- Writer
