Dave threw Jeremy a face of empathy, wanting Jeremy to feel he is also as hurt as him.
'You're pathetic.' Jeremy spoke in his head.
He cleared his throat and then buried his overwhelming shock in a gentle smile.
"To someone who sent that video to surprise me on a special day like this, thank you so much. It just reminds me how mom loved me so much that even before she's gone, she made sure that she would leave me a beautiful memory.."
Jeremy gave his brother a meaningful stare. "Dave.. I will never forget this."
Emotional reactions instantly fill the event hall.
"Wow! What a
What Chris said made Dave steam up. Instead of getting inside his car, he walked to where Chris is. His eyes are exploding in a piercing stare. "I just want to tell her something. But since you're here, you better say--" “You don’t need to say it." Chris cut Dave in. Exchanging glare with Dave, he continued. "I think I know what you want to tell her. Or should I say, you've been wanting to tell her?" Dave gulped in sudden uneasiness, he's waiting for him to speak again. "Don't play hide and seek with me. I'm good at hunting my prey." Chris gave Dave an insulting smirk. "That's what you want to tell her. Am I right?"
"So, she's already here?" Jeremy responded. With what they just heard, Chris and Ken's faces brightened up. Chris quickly rose up from sitting, rushing to Yenny. "Really?? Serin's here?? She's back??" Because of his surging excitement, unknowingly, he held Yenny's shoulders and faced her, not just close but intimately close, making him unintentionally pin her against the kitchen counter Yenny can't step back, being pressed intimately. That sudden and awkward intimacy Chris is giving her flustered Yenny, she flinched. Looking at Chris' hands that are holding her s
The man looked at Glenn. "Are you wondering who drew that?" Glenn gave him a confused look. "Mr. Jeremy Sean." The man answered and then he stepped back. Hearing what the man said, Glenn gets more puzzled. How Jeremy knew that scenario in the drawing began to cloud his mind. "By the way, I am a regular guest here." The man said and then turned his back to leave. Glenn remains unresponsive because he has been absorbed in puzzling oddness surrounding the drawing. It is unthinkable that Serin's desc
"Are you sure that Serin did not tell you where she's staying?" Ken asked Yenny again. They are having an afternoon tea in the small garden outside Yenny's house. They are sitting on the wooden bench under the shade of big trees. White clouds in the clear blue sky are gently moving around. The scattered bright rays are smiling through the dancing leaves. The chirping birds are excitedly flying around the tree branches. The cheerful butterflies are happily playing with the gentle breeze. The consoling beauty of nature in this peaceful neighborhood is definitely therapeutic. "I should have recorded the call." There was a hint of annoyance in Yenny's response.
"I can't go home with you." Jeremy said. Yenny looked confused. "Where are you going?" "To the basketball gym. I will try out for the varsity team." He was really excited. "Good luck!" Yenny's face instantly lit up. "Thanks! See you at the house." Jeremy said and then he hustled outside the room. Yenny was really happy for Jeremy because she knew how much he loved playing basketball. It had only been a week since they entered junior high school, but Jeremy already decided to try out for the varsity team.
Dave looked at Yenny. "Should I tell them?" Yenny avoided Dave's eyes and looked at Jeremy instead. "I owed him that smoothie, that's why." The guys were just teasing Yenny when they started complaining about their cold drinks. Like Dave, they would usually annoy her to see her cute reaction. But Dave's Yenny was puzzling them at the moment. "Why? What did he do?" All of a sudden, Ken became nosy. "Do you really have to know everything?" Yenny's response made the three guys crack up, especially that it was Ken who got attacked.
Yenny's question did not put Chris to awkwardness anymore because fortunately, he was prepared for it. He already expected that Yenny would ask him the same question he had just asked her. "Aren't you too straightforward to ask me that question?" The guy responded. Yenny laughed mutedly. His witty response to her is the same exact answer she gave him a while ago. Chris sighed, discreetly. In the back of his mind, he keeps wishing that Yenny would no longer ask him about his first love. "You dated a lot of girls when we were in high school, I suddenly got curious who among them was your first love." &nbs
Butterflies in his stomach. Trembling heart. Blushing face. "I'm asking you. What did you say?" "You heard me or not?" Chris buried his shaky voice in seriousness. Yenny faced him closer. "If I heard you, I wouldn't have asked you." A deep sigh from Chris. But then suddenly, Yenny held his hand again. "If you're wondering why we have to catch him, I will explain to you later. Okay?" "O..Okay." Yenny dragged him again while holding his hand,