Chapter 29 - the first job as the H.E.L.P Club, does love makes you confuse?

Months after the commotion from the All-girls school, the boys that involved is now integrated with SIGMA special all boys hostel project. Specially trained by Mr Marcus, with his guidance he just make them into soldiers.

“Morning teacher!!” They salute damn…what the hell Mr Marcus did?

The boys loved Mr Marcus like a father to them. Most of them were disown by the parents, so they treated the hostel like their new home. Surprising is that all of the boys that was once street hooligans bow down at Mr Rahman and apologise to the all-girls school.

Currently the mid terms examination we manage to score an average of C among all around Sabah, not that impressive compared to Borneo College that still maintain at A with their students all round. With the new additional of 100 boys now the secondary student is at 400 plus students.

Its still maintain average which most of them still struggling to maintain their grades. Including me🥲. At least Priscilla have improved dramatically with an average of B while me still at D average.

The school had a new gossip listing among them is the hottest girls around. Which the boys and girls voted

1. Sylvia @ Swee Leng Song ( 2 Catsy) - voted by 520 people “yep even I had to agree she is the hottest girl around…”

2. Priscilla Victoria Newman (3 Buccaneers) - voted by 519 people “who don’t want to see a hot mixed aboriginal british girl around”

3. Mariam Binti Junaidi (3 Buccaneers) - voted by 400 people “the cool and crazy dancer"

4. Maya Binti Hamdan (3 Buccaneers) - voted by 303 people “the Devout follower of Mariam”

5. Tama. (2 Catsy) - Voted by 220 people “tribe girl”

6. Sadie Benjamin ( 2 Unicorn) - Voted by 220 people “the new girl on the block”

7. Radiah Binti Jamirul (5 - Catsy) - voted by 180 people “the cutest form 5 around”

8. Melissa Chong ( 4 - Patriot) voted by 150 people “our own leader”

9. Matilda John ( 4 - Unicorn) - voted by 120. people “cute”

10. Sutra Maniam (5 - Patriot) - voted by 110 people “nothing like a happy cheerful girl”

The also voted the hottest guys around

Luckily my name is not listed is better this way because I could focus myself. Mat become the leader of the hostel boys and one of the most good looking guys around. All of the boys now is being divided evenly among the class. Now it is easily to recognise them with what class they in. If they in Patriot mostly of them are the smartest, and the most physically best with sports. The Unicorn is mostly the hottest boys and girls around, their academic is average though but in terms of sports they are one of the best. For the Catsy they usually the girls around are hottest and the smartest but the boys are the cutest around (voted by the girls), they have a good academic position. Lastly the Buccaneers is usually the rowdiest bunch, not the most good looking or cute, average in academic but they are the most physically strongest and active among the 4 groups led by the rowdiest unit head teacher around Mr Rahim is also the disciplinary teacher. For the Catsy the unit head will be teacher Sahara, while the Patriots will be Mr Rahman, and lastly Unicorn will be Mr Marcus.

Mat is the captain of the football team while Bakir is the new captain of the rugby team that he form and build himself, under the guidance of Mr Marcus. SIGMA is now a title contender for the sports olympic soon. The newest competition will the arts section, and that will be manage with our own music and dance club member Mariam and Amin.

The school is about to complete the final phase of the LMS that will be manage by Hazlan the computer club vice president. Melissa manage to find sponsors for computers for the library which is an apple brand IMAC G3 model. With that the preparation for the festival will soon be completed.

After class, I head back to train myself in the newly build school gym. With a set of 100’s push-up, sit-up, suicide, squats and body lift. I’m just wanted to focus on myself, since Mr Marcus offered me to involved in martial arts of boxing. The combative boxing.

“Your kicks are mostly basic front kick and side kick. I rarely seen you kick…but your getting some height increase”

I realise that my height is at 5’8 the same height as Amin, pretty tall for an asian. The school festival is right around the corner a few days left before the end of mid term.

Today will be the midterm exams. Me have also begin to focus myself luckily that both of them is focusing in their academics. Mariam and Amin is studying together, they offered me but I wanted to study in the library. We rarely talk to each other this few weeks because of the exams, except me and Sylvia. she’s currently stay with Geoffrey’s family. Hana is also focus on exams.

Currently in the library during lunch time, I saw Devinson and Sadie is studying together. Mr Rahman approach me

“Hey Alex seems busy preparing for exam eh?”

“Yeah…”

“You know that 2 guys you manage to join, Bakir and Mat is actually in of our list…so mostly of them is already started to volunteer to join…seems your job is about to be completed…”

“Yeah, finally at peace…”

“But I’m intere…”

“No thank you…”

“But you will regret it…”

“nope…I have my own plans myself and please don’t involved me in the school council again…”

“Since you open the HELP club there is another job you need to take…”

“And that?”

“here…”

A document where I open it, is another job for me to take…its taking out hooligans part of the community policing here..

“You want me on man hunt huh?”

“Yeah, the chairman of SIGMA will pay the fees for you, your job is to clean the surroundings before the festivals”

“Dammit, I’m taking exams at the moment and now you need me to clean up the place…”

“yep…”

“fine…but I need access to the gym after school and a punching bags..”

“Fine, Mr Marcus discuss about this since you going for the underground boxing match”

“I’ll start after the last paper today…”

“Good”

After I’m prepared for the exam I went back to class and take the papers until the last paper for today. Mariam and Amin called me

“Hey!! Do you want to hang around for a while…”

“Not today, I’ve got things to do see ya…”

“aww..”

I head to meet Hana and said to her

“Squirt for about 1 week it Is okay for you to take the bus yourself?”

“Okay!! Big brother since Steward with me and big sis Sylvia.”

“Starting today right?”

“Okay!!” Good at least I immediately head out, and change my clothes.

While waiting for Hana’s bus Sylvia and Steward is there as well.

“Hey look after Hana for me will ya, I got something to do from Mr Rahman…”

“Ok…😣 I have been missing my Alexium now…” does myself is their energy source?

Once I sent Hana from the bus and they already depart I leave my bags in the gym and head out from the school. I meet one of the community police there.

“You must be Alex”

“Yeah..”

“There is a gangster activities here especially drugs and prostitution”

“Prostitute?”

“yeah it seems it getting out of control”

“I’m just going to beat them but you got to call the police to get them”

“As long they not getting to retaliate I’m ok..”

I reach there is a small community in Austral Park area where they stayed in an abandon house. I jump from the gates and slowly enter the house, seems there is activities here. I went inside seems they look wasted, but one of the is having sex with someone there. Is she a student?

I was attacked by behind but it did not hurt, and I kick him, slamming him to a wall. He went unconscious

“What happen!! Joka!!! What happen?”

I punch him down and he went cold. The girl however was standing there, she has been drugged. One of the brought a knife, I avoid it. I really pissed with this kind of shit, I punch the guy really hard that he flew of from the window and slam towards the fence. Some of them were terrified, but since this is a man hunt, I beat every one of the gangster, until all of them had no chance to wake up. I carried the girl, and the community police arrived and carried the girl.

“Come on kid!! Follow me, we had to sent her for treatment. Her face were filled with bruises. Once arrived at the hospital including the boys that I beat. The community police thanked me and he introduce himself

“I’m Forster a good friend of Mr Rahman, will call you again..”

“Is there anywhere else?”

“There are but at the moment let us maintain here first”

“Got it”

I wanted leave the hospital but Forster called me

“The girl wanted to meet you..!!”

I wave him goodbye, and head back to school. Once reach there I train again in the gym seems no one is here. Maintain the intense training that Mr Marcus taught me. I practice my boxing with the punching bag. I sense something within me, a fire that is burning, with Natalie didn’t even once message me, its really pissed me off but I did sent her another message. But that she did not replied, Mariam is also not happy with Natalie for not answering her calls.

It's really my fault for this thing happen. My punches becomes relentless, that it break the punching bag. Dammit looks like I need to fixed this.

Mr Marcus is there and said to me

“Your punches is getting sharper by the day itself. Did you even check you own body?”

when I realise myself, I getting a bit ripped for the constant training and even intermittent fasting from food.

“Its nothing teacher…”

“Yeah, I need to find something for you to release it before something inside you is going to explode…”

“I’m fine with this…”

“Very well, I could see you are ready for the next training”

Something I have waited for a while.

“The shooting part of it…”

“……” I look at him seriously

“But it will be inside the police station”

“Got it teacher…”

He brought me to the police station and Mr Haqib is there.

“About time…but he is quick right?”

“Yeah almost abnormal for a kid…”

We in the targeting area. Where the police is training their shots.

Mr Haqib ask me what kind of pistol that I used and he showed me a few kinds of pistol which I was familiar when Darrel taught me about weapons. A glock pistol, HK 45, and the pistol that I have used before the m9 or Beretta 92. I took the Beretta

“Interesting use of a pistol meaning this is the pistol…”

“Yeah the pistol that I used during my gangster life. But I always called it an M9, its a gift from a friend of mine…”

“Then try it…”

“Got it”

I been a while I have not shoot a gun, then I handle it like the soldiers way that Darrel taught me and shoot it. It hid the target.

“Try again…”

I shoot it again it hit the target

“Again!!”

I shoot it again. It hit the target

“This time multiple shot go until running out of bullets go!!!”

Bang! Bang!, Bang!, Bang!

Until it run out of bullets.

“I’m impressed who teach you how to handle a gun…”

“A friend of mine in the gang, he is a former US marines and army rangers during the Bosnian conflict…”

“Bosnia!!? May I know his name?”

“2nd Lieutenant Darrel Hopkins that’s what he was called before, he become our leader of the 102’s…”

“What a small world….”

“Huh?”

“I know him…what happen to him?”

“……….” I rather don’t want to remember when I saw the lifeless body of Darrel riddled with bullet holes

“That bad huh….”

“…he’s dead….killed….”

“Damn…sorry about that…”

“That’s what detective Tracy talk about but never realise that you know him Marcus…”

“We went to the expedition together in Bosnia…”

“Really huh…”

“This must be reason huh Alex?”

“nope…because I had a recent shot wound that I had to avoid that again…” though the truth is I wanted to improve my shooting skills which I had, but I had no way getting it.

“Really kid?”

“Well then we follow with what you saying…”

“But there is a reason for me as well because….”

Mr Faruq entered and he said to me

“I need your help to look after the two for me when you going to LA”

Looks like there is a catch

“My son said that my future daughter-in-law is going to LA for an audition for MTV and Amin is helping her, I know that you have experience there in LA, I wonder where?”

“Santa Monica, and Compton in the late 90’s”

“Shit..that is a really dangerous place to lived at that time…” Marcus

“Not about now but there is not much of a difference…though..”

“I know from Mr Rahman that you are the jack of all trades. So I want to give you a job for this the rewards will be a drivers licences for you…”

That is an interesting offer, at least I’m driving legally.

“fine..I’ll take that offer…”

“Wise choice Alex…”

Then I continued my practice shot and I ask Mr Faruq that this is a secret between Amin and Mariam

“Yeah don’t make it obvious, just make sure they are in safe hands, at least you there I’m deeply relief that my son had a future wife that will confirm my generations to come…” he is crying with joy

“I’m happy that he said to my face that he is going to marry her…waaa!!!”

With the practice shooting, Mr Marcus assess me and comment to me

“That is a standard style of military shooting, and I wonder if you have other style of shooting”

I reload the gun, and I used a single hand style shot. I realise that the recoil is not that hard as before when I was young.

“Impressive…a single hand and you had not missed the target…”

“Thanks to your intense training teacher..”

“Very well, then this is the next training session, for physical you have the basic only to improve it”

“Thank you teacher”

“You want that gun” its tempting but the promise I made with Natalie makes me not to hold it.

“No thanks, I made a promise not to used it freely again”

“Good, seems that Mr Haqib does give me an interesting student here…”

“Told ya he is interesting..”

“Oh I wonder if you in LA, how the hell you going to get a gun…”

“uh…I have my ways…”

“Don’t tell me…”

“Yeah…I have my ways…don’t worry about it” I remember that I had a stash of weapons during my gangster time.

Seems that Mr Marcus said that he wanted to train me for weapons defence training. But its already late and I had to go back.

“Thank you teacher, for guiding me but I have to go back home..”

“George children is with you right?”

“Yeah…”

“Good…I felt safe as long they with you” Faruq

“Yeah tell Mr George that as long I’m here they are safe with me”

“Mr George knows but I wonder…”

“What?”

“What do you think of her daughter?”

“uh…I treated her like a little sister…”

“But when Mr George said to me that she never wanted to marry anyone other than you…”

Darn it!! I can’t is just that I wanted to focus only myself first.

“uh…just leave it at that”

“Nope even Amin told me that you had just broke up with your girl eh” Amin is really close with his dad huh…

“Not sure about that though…”

“Just give yourself room also…”

Is just that I don’t want to disappoint with everyone. I don’t care if they said to me if I’m indecisive about this but I know what I want.

“Thanks Mr Faruq send regards to Amin to me…Assalamulaikum”

“Walaikumussalam”

Since the police station is close to a bus station I ride back and head home. I gotta ride a bike starting tomorrow since I have jobs to complete. Once arrived, seems Sylvia and Steward is not at home but also Hana and Sam including mom, I wonder where are they. Then I saw a note

‘Alex, I brought them to eat outside, since the gas is gone, I forgot to buy it, later just relax at home. Sylvia and Steward is with me as well’

Love mom’

Then I took this chance to practice my notes but before that I’m going for prayers first, after Magreb and isya, I heard someone is entering the house. I went down its dad and another person its Uncle Hakim.

“Alex where is mom?”

“She went out with the kids”

“When she is going back?”

“Maybe you should pray first…dad…”

“Fine…wait here…”

“Hey how are you Alex, you look big already…”

“Yeah…would you like something to drink?”

“Its fine…”

“Wait up…I’ll make a drink…just stay there…”

When I head up and saw Dad is checking some files, and said to me

“Alex where did mom put all the files?”

“Not sure..maybe called mom then..”

“She did not respond…”

“Maybe she is busy…”

“Ok fine…”

“I going to make a drink for uncle Hakim…”

“Ok..”

He went inside then he head back down to pray…

I give them a sirap drink and said to me

“How is school?”

“Is fine preparing for exams…”

“Heard you getting popular with girls..” Hakim

“Not that popular” just leave already!! Don’t pissed me off

“Ok good luck with your exam…”

“Yeah…see ya…”

They head out and said to me

“Don’t worry about the one that come just now, they will not touch them anymore…”

“you better…” I glared at Dad.

“But I really wanted to see how strong your son is…”

I realise a knife is stick to my stomach looks like my instinct seems to see they looking for ways to get them.

“Seems dad you never learn a thing a two about being a monster…”

“Why do you do that?”

“Just want to find out…” I instantly punch him really hard that my fist landed to the ground, his face almost deformed. And I punch him again out of anger for this fucker!!

“Sorry….I’m….sorry….”

I punch him to the legs it broke and I stomp his other legs, my blood begin to boil again, I break his spine. Which he went out cold.

“Get out!!! Don’t come to this house AGAIN!!!!” I punch the floor and it break

“Sorry….” Dad carried Uncle Hakim in the car.

After they left I begin cleaning the place, the knife is small, it only penetrated my flesh abdomen it did not reach my internal organs. I throw it into the trash can. And find a first aid kit. I wonder why dad is involved in this kind of mess to begin with. But I had to sealed the wound quickly. I wash my bloodied shirt and wash it to the washing machine.

There goes my intense training, but maybe I could do some light training. Seeing my dad like that really gets my blood boiling. With this kind of problem, when I’m going to USA soon, better need help from Mr Faruq to look after them while I’m not here.

I trained 100 sets of push-up, sit-up, suicide and body lift and back to rest at the room. Doing the revision for the exam. I become sleepy and I lie down to my bed only see a picture of Natalie is there, the first picture that she took before I leave from Arizona.

“Natalie…” I started to release my tears a bit but I had to accept it, because I had to move forward. I close my eyes. Someone wakes me up and calling me, its Hana

“Big brother!! We got something for you to eat…”

“Ok thanks.”

“Sylvia and Steward is staying here again…”

“Got it…”

“Did dad visit this house again”

“Yeah with Uncle Hakim…”

“Hah!! Don’t tell me he had been release from jail…then what did they did”

“Nothing mom, its okay…”

Mom heard the washing machine is on. She heads out and took the shirt and see the a cut from my shirt.

“Alex tell me what have happen?”

“Nothing mom..its okay”

Sylvia went up and called us but she came at the wrong time

“Please just tell me because he is dangerous…”

“Really, maybe he need to look in the mirror again..”

Mom make a phone call, while I’m eating the leftovers.

“I called Uncle Usman and he said that Uncle Hakim is in the hospital with a critical condition..”

“Oh..maybe he is sick”

“Please Alex…I know something is up”

Sylvia took Tama, Hana, Sam and Steward into the room.

“I know the hole from the ground..who did it?”

“I think its a hole been there for a while..”

“Alex…” she hugged me and she immediately called the police.

Mom head out to find something. While Sylvia saw the wet shirt and saw a hole. She is shocked and look scared.

“Let me see” her eyes was shocked to see it, dammit it's still bleeding. Mom went up and took the knife from the dust bin.

“My goodness, why does this happen to you!!!, Alex, I’m sorry son” she cried

“Its okay mom, its nothing to me, its a good thing that mom and the others went out”

Mom immediately called the police and report that I was stab. Sylvia see it she started crying

“Those bastard, they hurt someone that I cared…” she is shaking…in anger.

“Look I’m fine..its just a flesh wound..”

“no..let me clean it properly” she really cared for me, but…I…whatever I will never accept it though I had to give her something that to calm her.

She brought me to the living room and started cleaning my wounds. She looked really scared.

“Sylvia…” I look at her, she is really crying, forgive me Natalie I had to move forward as well…

I kiss her for real, She look really happy.

“This is how I felt about you…” she looked really happy, I felt that I betray Natalie. But in my heart there is something about Sylvia that wanted to have someone to love her back.

“……thanks…I…never expected that…” she is smiling

“Huh? Did you know that its against my principal but I don’t want you to be disappointed and scared like that…”

“Alex….I also wanted to protect you…I don’t want you to hurt again…not after you safe me from all of this…accepted a sinful person like me….”

“You don’t know a lot about me…I’m also have my own sin, that will not wipe away…”

She suddenly hugged me tightly

“Of course, because I loved you….idiot…” she cried again. I hold her hand just to make sure she is not trembling.

“I….I….don’t…” I could not said anything

“Just shut up…” Sylvia is trying to look strong

Mom head back we look away from each other and mom said to me

“Seems you just settle him immediately because dad told Uncle Usman that you beat Uncle Hakim to the point with broken bones and deformed face…now he has a permanent memory loss that he doesn’t remember what really happen only he remember when he is only 10 years old.”

“Alex…” Sylvia hold my arm. She doesn’t want to let go

“Sylvia…if you hold my son arm like that I had no other choice to marry my son to you…” oh please don’t !!

“Mom stop making jokes like that!!” 💢

“But I really like her, she is like part of the family already!!”

Luckily Hana is sleeping including Tama and Steward. I explain to mom what really happen

“That is a relief because I worried that he did something terrible again..”

“Its a good thing that mom bring all of them out…”

“But you the one that had to take the hit…”

Looks like I had to tell them what is my planning

“Mom, Mariam asked me to join her to LA to accompanied her to the audition for MTV”

“Wow!! But who will sponsor the flight?”

“Damien give me an open ticket for with returns…but I’m not sure if Mariam will sponsor this”

“Then is it just looking after Mariam or something else…?”

“I’m pretty sure that Mariam can handle herself plus Amin is with her as well.”

“then how about Natalie? Do you want to meet her?”

“Plan to…but there is something even more important”

“What would that be?”

“Closure between me with Damien and Darrel….”

“………”

“mother….let me stay with mother this end semester to look after them while Alex going to USA”

“Thanks Sylvia…” mom

“………..” I could not said anything because I’m really confuse now, I just accepted her love. The confusion that create a distance between me and Natalie.

But I had to trust Sylvia to protect them while I’m going to America. Damien is also one of them and I wanted closure for Darrel before we had to move forward.

Someone is honking at the house gate, Mom said to us that is Uncle Usman and Aunt Salina with my cousin. It is late tonight wondering why.

“Asalamualaikum!!”

“walaikumusalam…” mom

“Mas is that you there?”

“Yes..big brother Usman..”

My cousin also followed them,

“Do you still remember him Awang?”

Sylvia went up to change her clothe and prepared tea

“Yeah I remember him”

“Hey what’s up!!”

“Hey!!” We shake hands.

We went outside and started our ice breaking. I started first

“Which school? Bro?”

“MCKK…”

“What school is that?”

“Malay College Kuala Kangsar.. in the peninsular”

“That far eh?”

“Yeah because I was chosen from the Borneo Foundation to be part of the special school transfer program experience, your mom that help me to move there.”

“What kind of school is MCKK?”

“Umm, all boys, elite school, over a century old traditions, but the school is just in the middle of nowhere not much to do…just stayed in Kuala Kangsar…hahahaha”

“Damn must be an interesting place…”

“What you going to hate it!! Nothing else to do…”

“But peace and quiet..something of rarity plus since there is no babes is something that I really appreciate”

“Then maybe you could visit our school then…but I heard from dad that your school is also a hybrid learning school”

“Yeah sort of…”

“Maybe one of these day I will visit your school though…”

“I taught, mid terms have not completed yet but why you?”

“Oh, because of my mom, and the school allowed me to take exam earlier…”

Aunt Salina. Yeah her condition say otherwise, something that Uncle Usman haven’t told me yet.

“What is going on?”

“You could say her body had some sickness, something her blood had lack of platelet”

“Lack of platelets?”

“They called it Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which you have a low blood platelet count. Platelets are colorless blood cells that help blood clot. Platelets stop bleeding by clumping and forming plugs in blood vessel injuries. She lack in that department, so I see start to bleed, all hell break loose.”

We having a chat only to hear Uncle Usman is laughing

“HAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!! HE DID THAT EH!!!! NOW THATS A LESSON HE WILL NEVER FORGET!!!”

“That is not funny big brother!!”

“Who is this young lady here?”

“Umm. Sylvia @ Swee Leng Song, I’m Alex school mate..” Looks like she is introducing herself I prayed that she is not going to say anything crazy.

“Young lady what do you see in my stupid nephew here?” What!! Is totally the opposite!!

“ummm….he is basically stupid….”

“HAHAHAHAHAA MAS I LIKE HER ALREADY!!!!” Darn it!!

“Told ya!!” MOM!!

“hey stop making jokes like that honey!!”

Awang is curious and wanted to go inside

“Come on lets go inside!!” Awang

“Yeah..😓” what else other surprises that I will encounter soon

“Umm what happen here?”

“Alex I told you !! 😏” Usman

“Eh?”

“What your uncle mean is that you another candidate…Alex” what the fuck!?

“Ah…you sure got it rough…eh cousin…” he hold my shoulder, yeah now you understand my situation

“Sylvia.. I know that my boy here is a bit rough around the edges but he is a fine man…” what the hell are you doing uncle!! I haven’t approved or agreed anything yet!!

“nope…he is just fine as he is now…” she is smiling with flowers surrounding her🥰 oh hell no!! This is getting out of hand!! I need to stop this

“Hey!! Stop joking around Uncle!!! Thats not funny!!”

“Hahahahaha!!! Alex I’m really happy for you for an idiot like you girls that really wanted you…” asshole

“Sylvia…please make your self at home here, Alex she will make a fine wife…” not even you Aunt Salina

“Don’t worry about it…I’ll make sure Alex will be in his best behaviour…” do I look like I’m a pet? why does girls think if you in a relationship you need to treat them like a pet? I don’t belong to anyone yet!!

“First the American girl she is beautiful and now this beautiful lady here as well, thank god this boy here is not going to be left rotting until old age…” he loved to joke like that eh

“Hey!!! Old man!!! Stop making jokes like that!!!”💢

“Hahahaha, there is the hot tempered boy that I know!!hahahahaha!!!”

“Why you!!! Ouch, ouch!!!!” Sylvia pull my ears

“Sit down and behave darling….” Ouch that hurts a lot

“Ah….finally someone that manage to tame my son like that”

“Hahahaha!!!!!” Sylvia sit next to mom, Awang hold my shoulder

“Now I understand why you need peace and quiet…you got it rough…”

“yeah…maybe I could consider for a transfer next year to your school soon…”

“Oh Alex, since Awang is in MCKK, would you like to experience in that school for a month?”

“Uh…I would be interested…” finally some place for me to escape

“wow MCKK that is a prestigious school…” even Sylvia knows about it

“I choose Sylvia to enter the Pontificia Università Gregoriana…but I wanted her to attend a catholic school in Vatican City first”

Wow she is also a candidate for the university eh.

She look a bit sad but she is honoured

“Yes mother, I’m honoured but I wanted to hang around here before the big day…”

“Yes, after PMR you will move there…” maybe is this the reason for her to be that aggressive

“Alex you going to miss her you know…”

1 1/2 year left before she will move there. But that is her future, she is going to be famous one day.

“Alex what is your planning?”

“Like I said to mom, going to be like her is what I want…”

“An anthropologist?”

“A traveling anthropologist, maybe some archaeology”

“You have a weird way of going…but I accept it”

“That means you could visit me there…”

“Wow traveling the world, an interesting dream…” Awang

“Yeah..”

After the meeting, they went back from home, at least a family member is close to us. After that we clean up the place, Sylvia and mom is friendly to each other. Mom went to bed and warn us

“Remember get to bed not doing something else…good night kids…”

Mom went to bed leaving me and Sylvia.

“You going to LA this November?”

“Yeah something I need to settle with Damien.”

“What about Natalie?”

“Not sure if I want to meet her”

Sylvia look at me and our eyes met

“You should, because if you love her, then talk to her straight…”

Sylvia kiss me

“I don’t want you to regret later on…”

I had feelings for Sylvia not because out of lust but she has something that drawn me, she is really spot on that we are alike. Lets not just jump to conclusion and I had something to say to her

“Sylvia…”

“Yes..”

“I need a favour…”

“What is it?”

“If anything happen to me, when I’m gone look after them for me…”

She hugged me and said

“If that to happen I’m not going to let you go to LA…I can’t allowed it”

“then…”

“You better be back…that is what I want…” she kiss my cheek and head to bed

“Good night…darling…”

I went to bed, looking at back what is going through this time, a foggy pathway where I could not even see what I’m going to be at that time. But one thing for sure is that there is two of them in my eyes. Sylvia and Natalie…dammit, what the hell am I thinking.