Chapter 41: Chapter 41

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"Are you okay Silic?" That’s Wim’s question to me.

Even though he hasn't asked me yet, he knows in himself that I won't be okay since day one. How many days do I need to count? And every day, I just wait for the surprises awaits for me.

"You shouldn't be bothering him anymore, he thinks of your security Silic," Wim said he was still standing in front of me. Days had been passed by since Don Guillermo was here, but I'm still not comfortable with what he's telling me. Because of what Don Guillermo was telling me, I couldn’t help but thinks that Wrum would be the bad person and Don Guillermo is not or they are the same.

Damn it. "When are we going back to Manila?" I asked him.

"I don't know when it will be. Wrum didn't inform me about it," he explained. "He said that he still has things that need to be done here at Cebu. You know, still, it is business-related."

Maybe we will be able to return to Manila for a long time. My God. I want to go back there to find out if my father is okay. That’s what Don Guillermo told me. I don't know why he just didn't tell me this. Wrum also dragged me back here.

"Okay." I just told him. "I'll just ask him instead," I added and stood up again in my seat.

"Okay," Wim replied as well.

"You probably won't stop me if I leave the room, will you?" I immediately asked him, making sure I don’t repeat what I did to him.

"I won't stop you, you're a fighter either." he inserted his fingers inside the pocket of his jeans. "That's all, pointing a gun even though it doesn't have ammunition," he added and smiled. My God.

He didn't know that I do not know how to hold a gun properly. If such incidents will happen again, I can use something to threaten him, without telling him that I am not good at it.

I haven't slept well for a few days because of thinking about my father. If I can sleep, I can dream about him, asking me for help. That's why I want to know about the safety of my them.

Damn it. If they did something to my parents, this is the day for a slave to take revenge.

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"Where are we going?" I asked Wrum. He told me, without Wim and Xander earlier. He didn't tell me exactly the place we're going to. "And why Xander and Wim are not with us?"

Wrum stopped walking and faced me. "Do you want them to join us?" he asked me. Wondering what is the meaning of that saying? He does not want them to join us? They have been joining us since then.

I would have said more to him, but he had already opened the front seat door. It just means he will drive the car, not Xander or even Wim. Where are we going? I still have a lot of problems to think about, this one added.

Shot, I just did nothing. I turned to the front of the car and immediately entered the front seat door. When I entered, he started the engine of his car.

This is the first time Wrum has left unaccompanied. I immediately turned my gaze to him. "Aren't you afraid of being ambushed like Wim?" I asked him. "I mean, I'm not saying I want you to be ambushed. It's just me, I hope you bring your men, to protect you," he added.

"I'm not afraid. I can protect myself." he just answered me while driving. "I can even protect you," he added.

Immediately, I averted my gaze from him. What he told me was not thrilling. I shouldn’t have felt this way.

"When are we going back to Manila?" I changed the topic we've been saying. "I want to be sure that my father is alive and still breathing."

"I can assure you that he is still breathing and alive," he said. "I just want you to stay away from my father. He wants you, and I can't let him do that. You're just mine."

I just couldn't answer what he was telling me. I would have just asked him when we would return to Manila, but he answered differently.

I can't still trust him. No. Saying it doesn't change my mind.

"We're going back to Manila tomorrow night." I heard him say. "But before that, we are going somewhere," he added.

"Where are we going?" I asked him again. He always didn't tell me where we were going.

"Somewhere. It's time to relax before going back to Manila." he just answered me.

I didn't speak again when he answered my question. It was good that he thought of relaxing first. So that I can relax at the thought of problems.

He continued his driving, I could see him once in my peripheral view that he was looking at me, but he also immediately turned his gaze back to the road. I was just waiting for him to speak to me but he didn't tell me anything.

I just sighed. If Wrum hadn’t taken me to the bar then, I don’t know what I am doing now. Maybe I'm busy with my work, wandering around with Luna so she can find me a man. She's shipping me to someone that I don't know. I miss that, but if it hadn’t happened, I also wouldn’t know the truth behind my father. I also don’t get to know Wim, Wrum, and Xander, including Don Guillermo.

Did I regret it? That I would end up in Wrum’s hands by unexpected chance?

"We've been there before." I heard Wrum say next to me that made me get me back to reality. "I thought you're listening to me, but you aren't."

"Sorry," I said.

I turned my gaze to the front. I saw a sign saying, 'Welcome to Sum Paradise Resort!'

We're in the resort? I immediately looked back at him.

"What are we doing here?" I asked him.

"To relax. Obviously," he replied sparingly. He opened the door and immediately went out. I couldn't do anything if I didn't go out and just follow him.