“Don’t mess with my head, Ash. I am an overthinker. Do you want me to die because of it?” I shouted and removed his grip from my arm. “I can’t believe I am hearing all of this.”
“Are you just gonna let it slide? Come on. I drove all the way here to tell you that!” He sighed and sat on a bench. “You still want to stay with that jerk?”
“You don’t understand because you haven’t fallen in love with someone!” I shouted and went back to the restaurant. I nervously fixed my hair and sat on our table.
“Love, as soon as we reach home, let’s start packing. We will be leaving on Thursday.” he smiled and drank an iced tea. I nodded and looked at Tina who was currently chatting with Ana. I pretended to be dumb and naive, but it seemed that fate wanted me to know about it.
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“With everyone I could be with, why with Sasha?” When I was walking down the stairs, I heard Ana complaining about me. I stopped for a moment and sighed. “I’ll just sit with you, papa!”
“Your mama doesn’t like her too, so where is she going to sit? I know you all hate her, but you might be forgetting that she bought this house for us. Without her, we might be starving! Besides, she let you study in a prestigious school.” I heard Manny reply to his daughter. “You don’t use your brain.”
“Well, it is the only thing she got. The wealth. Without that, she would be nothing.” Ana’s words cut right through my heart, making me flinch. “I hope Hans impregnates Tina so they could—”
Ana wasn’t able to finish her words when suddenly, I heard the sound of a slap. I tried to peek and I saw Ash in front of Ana.
“Why did you slap me?” Ana shouted.
“Oh, I am sorry. I thought you were sleeptalking, ‘cause you are talking nonsense,” he uttered and started walking away. At that moment, I told myself that I wouldn’t join them in their seats. I’ll just trick them that I will be taking a different transportation since I don’t want to pretend like everything is alright.
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“Oh really? Will you be alright?” Tina asked and touched my shoulder. “Are you sure about that?”
“Yeah, I feel a bit sick so you better go first. I’ll just follow, don’t worry.” I told them and smiled. They all nodded and waved goodbye as they slowly entered the airplane. They had no idea that we were just on the same flight, but I just chose a different seat. I think it is better this way. I’ll hold on even more until I can’t anymore. I can’t give up on him that easily.
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I entered the airplane and sat on the third row at the back. In this way, they won’t see me. However, my eyes widened when I saw a familiar guy sitting on the side of my seat.
“Why are you here?” he asked. I furrowed my brows and sighed.
“I should be the one asking you that. You are supposed to be with your family, right?” I asked back and sat beside him. “Are you following me?”
“Why would I follow you? I just want to be away from my family throughout the flight,” he replied and inserted some earphones inside his ears. “Didn’t know you feel the same way.”
“No, not really.” I lied and wore a face mask.
“It is okay, I would understand if you start hating on our family,” he added and stared out the window. “If only I could pick a family, I wouldn’t pick them at all.”
“But still, it is your family.”
“Yeah, but I spent my whole life with them. You didn’t,” he whispered and closed his eyes. His words felt heavy, making me sigh. Maybe they were also tough on him, the reason why he moved out when he graduated college, according to Hans.
Hours passed, and it was already nighttime. We ate some dinner, and almost all of the passengers were already sleeping. I stood up to go to a comfort room, but I became baffled due to a weird noise. It seems that the lady was trying her best not to make a noise, but she seemed having too much fun with someone.
I rolled my eyes, and when I was about to leave, I heard a guy’s voice.
“You like this? Do you like this, little slut?” I felt as if I was about to puke when I heard Hans’ voice, running out of breath.
