Chapter 6| The Bonding

The next morning.

"Cousin, can you go with Verna for a walk at the river?" asking a favour of Miggy who is now chopping wood here in the yard.

I looked at him in disbelief.

"Me?" I fantastically asked while pointing at myself.

Miggy stopped chopping the wood and wiped his sweat with the clothes he had taken off. I winced at what I saw.

This man is gross.

"The brothers are in the rice field right now. They helping Tatay Mario on the farm," he explained and sat down on a wooden chair. I sat next to him.

"And so?"

"Come with her." he sparingly answered without even looking at me.

I thought for a moment about his favour then suddenly, I smiled widely. Maybe, there's no one else in the river, right?

"Okay." I agreed while there's a devilish smile on my face.

My cousin looked at me critically. To my surprise, he glared at me.

"Don't do anything stupid. That's Manang Leti only daughter."