Chapter 55 You again?
“Oh, how did you end up like this.. Brown?.”Gracie sighed softly wheeling Brown in inside their room.
“Your absence really took a big toll on me.”Brown replied.
“Now, I’m even embarrassed. More embarrassed. I’m sorry, honey, for being like this.”
“Seriously?. Stop being so sad. I was just joking.”she said pulling his cheek.
Brown released a smile and Gracie also smiled.
“I’m glad. But more glad you came into my colorless life.”
“Really?. Well, I’m flattered. I probably mean a lot to you, don’t I?”
“You really do. And about Pedro.. I will teach him a grave lesson.”
“Don’t worry, Brown. Both Garry and Larry have both taken care of it. He’s now dead.”she replied him.
He turned to her.
“Really?.”
She nodded.
“Those kids are now grown up..”
“Exactly. So, you should forgive them now. It’s not their fault. They were just…”
“I will think about it, Gracie. For your sake…”
“Don’t say for my sake. They are your sons for crying out loud.”
Brown nodded.
Gracie went to drop on a crouch in front of him and held his hand.
“Please, Brown.. please”
He sighed.
“Alright. Alright.”
“Thank you. You’re the best husband on Earth.”she said and pecked his cheeks.
Brown blushed.
“For you dear and for my sons.”
*#*
Rose?
Larry scoffed.
What’s she doing here?
Garry showed up and went to peck all the ladies on their cheeks and looking up, he saw Rose.
Their eyes met as she and Skyler walked in.
“What are….”Garry tried saying.
“Rose?”Larry called her.
“Oh, what. You guys know each other?. Well, that’s good for a start. Here is my girlfriend, Garry and Larry.”
Garry’s mouth opened.
“This… this…. b…”he quickly kept quiet.
He doesn’t want to ruin things for the lover birds.
“Bitch?. Well, you can as well as say that. He already knows. I told him all my past and well, he decided we move on and leave the past.”Rose said.
Garry nodded and glanced at Skyler who just shrugged and smile.
“You must really love her.”Garry pointed out.
“Yes. Really.”Skyler replied.
Rose eyes traveled to Annie who was standing at the corner of the room and she waved at her with a smile.
Annie just rolled her eyes.
Seriously?
But… what’s Skyler doing here?
Isn’t he the one who abducted her back in America?
She turned to Larry.
“That guy….”
“Yeah?. I will explain things to you later. He is no enemy.”he replied.
Annie went up to the room and Larry followed her.
“Okay, don’t tell me you don’t trust me.”Larry said when they got inside the room.
“I don’t trust who I don’t trust.”she replied vaguely.
“But then.. I don’t know if I should trust you cause you’re just like a flat guy.. you know, when they say flat character in a work of prose, that’s just how you are.”she added and took off her jacket.
“But, really. I have nothing to do with them. I was in the room all the while and I decided to come down and see how things are going and saw you came back already.”
“It’s not like I don’t trust you, I don’t just trust myself.”
“Really?. How can you be so unsure of yourself, fresh cake?. Do you need a kiss to finally trait yourself?”
“God!. How come you’re always thinking about kiss every damn moment. You’re really damned, bozo!”she almost yelled and he laughed.
“I will go have my bath”she said and headed to the bathroom.
“I will be waiting for you..”Larry cooed and she nodded and slammed the door of the bathroom shut.
*
After having a bath, Annie got dressed in a simple just beautiful gown and both she and Larry walked down hand in hand.
“And they are finally here. Don’t you guys ever get tired of each other?”Garry scoffed.
He was sitting at the middle of those girls.
A music was being played.
There are a lot of drinks on the table and cartons of pizza and pack of cigarettes.
“And don’t you ever get tired of women?”Larry lashed back.
Sam stood up to give Larry a canned drink.
“The first time I accepted a drink from you, I got intoxicated and now… who knows if it’s poison you will put in it now.”Larry said.
“Hey, I told you I misplaced the drinks back then. The one I gave you was meant for me.”he breathed out.
“And what happens if you misplace it this time around also?. Please, Sam. Keep your nice offer to yourself”Larry rolled her eyes.
Annie took a piece of pizza in the carton on the center table and started munching on it.
“Anyways, Garry. Why the sudden partying?.”she asked.
“Well…”Garry shrugged.
“It’s been long I feel the the spirit of partying.”
Annie nodded and looked at the ladies beside him.
“Some bitches to calm your nerves, I see..”Annie smirked and went to sit beside Larry.
The ladies glared hard at her.
“Maybe you can say that again, you slut”one of them replied.
“You can say that again, bitch.”Larry frowned.
Annie pressed her lips in a smile and rested her head on his chest.
Garry smiled at his brother’s countenance.
“Don’t worry, man. She dares not.”
“Better.”Larry rolled his eyes.
“Why do you keep casting looks at me, Sam?”Skyler said.
Sam blinked his lashes and itched his neck nervously.
“I… I was?, I wasn’t looking at you…”
“Well, beware of that guy cause he’s…”
“Larry, don’t”Garry passed a look to Larry and he nodded.
“Well, I also know, but just stop it okay?”Skyler said to Sam.
Sam nodded and bent his head, feeling embarrassed.
Garry grabbed the pack of cigarettes and picked two and gave one to Larry.
“I hate men that smoke.”Annie said.
“Huh?. Well, then, let me just do away with this..”Larry replied and threw the cigarette away.
“Woa. This can be reached annoying. Do you know when he’s been smoking?. Since fuckin childhood”Garry said.
Annie gasped.
“What?”
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“Eish… don’t mind him. This is actually my first time but since you said you don’t like it, then, automatically, I hate it.”
“Well, that’s pretty bad. I’m disappointed.”Skyler says and gulped down his beer.
Annie excused herself and went to the kitchen.
She went to the fridge and opened it then took a box of orange juice.
She opened it and drank it.
She returned back to the living room and saw Larry coquetting with one of the girls.
Alright… the hell?
She only left him for a moment and then, there is the guy already making way with another lady..
She called him but he was so busy that he didn’t hear her.
She scoffed and brushed back her hair.
She went outside and emptied the juice then tossed the box away.
She sighed.
He didn’t even notice her walking out…
That prick.
“Oh, hi”
She heard and turned to see Rose.
She took her eyes away from her.
Annie began walking away and Rose followed behind her.
“Where are you going?”
“Why did you care?”
“Well…”
Annie stopped walking and turned to her.
“I’m going out for a fresh air and for a short stroll.”
“But, don’t you think it’s dangerous?”
“What’s the time?”
Rose checked her wristwatch.
“7:58”
“7:58 can’t be dangerous. You can head back in. I won’t take long.”
“I.. I will follow you”
“It’s a no from me. Go back to your Skyler.”
“No. I don’t wanna go back in there. I hate the sound.. everything. I hate parties. I always develope anxiety when I’m in one.”Rose replied.
“Alright. Suit yourself”Annie rolled her eyes.
“Where are you both going….?, if I may ask?”Josè said with a smile.
“Just for a stroll, Josè”
“A stroll?, how long?”
“Just a short stroll.”
He nodded reluctantly then opened the door for them and they stepped out.
The air blow their hair away with full force when they stepped out.
“Now, this is it. Real air.”Annie breathed out.
She was really feeling hot inside..
He probably haven’t notice her absence yet.
“We will stroll down the street and return here, deal?”
“Well, deal”Rose said with a smile.
They started walking away slowly.
“Hey. About what happened between us those times, I’m sorry.”Rose said as they walked down.
Annie glanced at her and shook her head.
They both remain silent.
“So, how do you feel now?.. I mean about Skyler and..”Annie asked, breaking the silence.
“I feel great. It’s great actually. Everything is great.”Rose
“Well, that’s good”
“And you?”Rose asked.
“Great too”Annie nodded.
They didn’t know when they took another direction as they chatted on.
Their conversation was interrupted when suddenly a car drove past them and went to park in front of them, in a sort of *double crossing*.
They both stopped walking and watched as some men rushed down.
After then, a he also came down also.
“It’s nice seeing you, again”
Oh, no.
Annie took Rose hand and started moving back.
“What’s…. wrong?. Who are they?. You know them?”Rose asked, perplexed.
Annie blinked rapidly.
“I will explain to you later. But let’s run now.”she replied with ruffled breath.
As they made to turn back, a somewhat pole was hit on their heads.
Annie’s eyes widened.
Their entangled hands loosened and they both slides to the floor.
*