CHAPTER 59 - THE YEAR-END

“Mom.” It was like a whisper but he caught the professor’s attention.

“Are you saying something?” The professor asked. “Don’t you like the flavor?”

He just shook his head and focused on eating his ice cream. He was finished and just waiting for the two when his phone rang.

“Hey! Where are you? I called Mrs. Santos but you’re not at home.” His dad worriedly asked.

“We’re in an ice cream shop, dad. Cally wanted ice cream so we bought her some.”

“We? And who’s with you?”

“With... Uhm... Our professor which Cally mistook as mom.” He said in a low voice. For a second, there was silence on the other line. “Dad? Still there?”

“Y-Yeah. I’m patrolling near an ice cream shop and I saw your bike behind a pickup car.”

“If you want, you can drop by here.” Trestan offered.

“Ah. No. I’m on my duty.”

“Ah, yeah. Well, then. Take care, dad.”

“You too.”

“You wanna talk with Cally?”

“Sure.” He responded while looking at them from the other side of the road.

“Dad wants to talk to you.” Trestan handed his