Capítulo 6: SUSPICION
Standing at the middle of the living room, her heart drowned in tears. This kind of house reminds her of something dear to her. The wide spacious room with a touch of gold on every corner is sending her a nostalgic feeling. The air around feel familiar. The eye catching chandelier reminds her of the crystals hanging on their ceiling in their old house. So mesmerizing.
"Are you homesick?" Ao comes in. He has been standing at the front door.
Startled. She awoke from daydreaming. She had forgotten she can't be careless here. Even Ao cannot be trusted.
"No," she shook her head. "I just remembered something."
She smiled at him. Happy.
"I see," Ao nodded. "You'll have to get used to this. Only the two of us during the day. The young master with sir Ichiro comes home by six pm. Sometimes later if they have something to do at school."
She nodded and decided to go back to her room. Her task is to prepare meals for Ryun and check on his welfare from time to time. A maidservant and a doctor in one.
"More like a mother," she thought.
"Miss Rose," Ao called out.
She stopped halfway. She turned around and gives him a frown.
"You can go out and take a look around town," Ao told her. "You have free time right?"
"Ah," she paused thinking. Then she blinked her eyes saying, "But this city is big. I might get lost."
"Have you been to a big city?" Ao is surprised.
"I am but a country bumpkin," she pretended. She know Gaea's streets well but she has to pretend not to know.
Ao could not believe her. He felt exhausted all of a sudden.
"Do you want me to take you around?" Ao frowned. "Is that what you are implying?"
She sensed this guy has been annoyed by her. And seeing him feeling that way amuses her. Her naughty side is kicking in.
"I am guessing brother Ao is free too," she smiled cutely.
"Ah," Ao sighed giving up. "Fine. I'll go get the car. So we can go and pick young master by six."
"But we still have 5 hrs," she said softly. "That's too long, young master might get angry if we use his car."
Ao paused thinking.
"What do you suggest then?" Ao asked her.
She smiled at him in reply. Then happily she pulled him outside.
A yellow ball of light proudly shone bright up on the cloudy skies. The tall sky scrapers standing magnificently is shining like diamonds under the warm sun. The trees happily danced in an array by the roadside. The passing wind gently kissed the leaves making the brown ones fell to carpet the ground.
People come and go. Busy with their daily lives. She rarely see families together. Only individuals walking quickly to cross the road, or to get on the tram, or catch the bus.
Her heart skipped feeling nostalgic again. Looking at Ao who patiently accompanied her to take a look around she remembered Sai and Lucas. She missed them. The weekends where they used to go around the continent to cheer themselves and spend time together.
She wanted to befriend Ao but the guy is keeping a border between them. They are but co-workers only. No crossing over.
"Are you tired?" she asked sensibly.
Ao heaves a sigh and turned to her. He wore that cold expression again. It makes her heave a sigh and decided to leave the guy alone.
"You can go back if you feel like it," she smiled sweetly. "I think I can find my way back from here. Thanks for accompanying me and sorry for bothering you."
"Are you sure?" Ao is being suspicious. Seeing how she is earlier he becomes worried. He had noticed she keep spacing out.
"Yes," she assured him. "There are maps on almost every block. So I think I will be able to navigate my way back."
"Very well," Ao nodded. "Just make a call in case you can't find your way back."
"Okay," she replied and watched him leave hastily. When he had disappeared from her sight she heaves a sigh of relief. Finally she can be herself.
The streets are busy with the flow of traffic. Cyclists are close to the pedestrians. Looking at them her heart cried with envy. She used to cycle too.That was when she was still Seri Gomez.
"I wonder," she gazed up on the sky thinking. "If I haven't left the Gomez house what is my status now?"
She remembered that day when she met Antoine's girlfriend. The girl is a beauty and with a gentle expression. She thought they'd get along but whenever they are alone the girl is tormenting her. She often receives a cold shoulder, a cold treatment and often framed up for doing something shameful. If the two of them had not met each other she wondered would she still be in that house?
With a heavy heart she mixed herself in the flow of the crowd. Her legs intuitively walked going with the current of people heading towards the city centre. She had not thought Ryun's school is close by.
"Ah," she suddenly felt nervous. "I better go back."
Ten minutes before six. Ao took a look at the kitchen first and finds her to be not around. He becomes worried she might have gotten lost. But the girl has not made a call so he is thinking she must be on her way. He then goes to the car and drove to Gaea Central Military Academy. He has to pick up Ryun and Ichiro.
"You look cheerful all of a sudden," Ichiro noticed Ryun's sudden change of heart. "Is it because..."
"Look!" Ryun quickly dodged Ichiro. "Ao is here. Let's go."
"He sure is excited to go home," Ichiro watched him hurried to the car.
Ao opened the car and watched Ryun slid himself in. Ichiro followed in a bit. Then Ao drove the car home.
The boys are quiet. Ryun gazed outside his window and watched the flow of traffic. His heart skipping happily. He is confused why he's feeling that way. While Ichiro keenly observed him.
Door opens. Ryun immediately goes to his room to change. Ichiro followed closely behind him. While Ao rushed to the kitchen hoping she had readied the table. Dinner will be in twenty minutes from that time.
However, Rose was not there. Frantic, he goes to check her chamber but there was no one there. He then took his phone to make a call when Ryun called him.
"Is something wrong?" Ryun is quick to read him.
"She has not returned yet young master," Ao calmly replied but in his heart he is worried and angry. "I'll make a call and make her hurry."
"Where does the young master's personal attendant run off to?" Ichiro is starting to dislike her.
Ryun's trust in her is starting to waiver. But he tried to keep positive. 'Maybe she got lost,' he thought. 'Or..."
Ao continued to dial her phone number but she's out of reach. He dialled again while looking at Ryun's worried expression.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
Surprised. Their eyes turned to the door.
"I'll get it," Ao immediately goes to the door. "Who's there?"
Ao peeked through the eyehole before opening the door. Rose stood outside wearing an apologetic look.
He quickly opened the door ready to reprimand her.
Her ombre hair is a bit messy. Clothes painted in crimson surprised them.
"What happened to you?" Ao is surprised.
"Uhm," she smiled coyly.
"What happened?" Ryun comes out from behind Ao.
"It is just her first day yet she's this troublesome?" Ao is thinking. He begins to question Kai's decision.
"I got caught up in a fight," she honestly replied and pointed towards the gate where a few big guys are tied around a tree. "Those guys were sneaking in a while ago."
Shocked. The boys were speechless.
"I am fine," she assured them. "This isn't mine."
She pointed at the crimson paint on her coat. Her hands moved painfully to take off her coat convincing them she's fine.
"Did you?" Ao recovered from the shock.
"Yes," she replied guessing his question. "I know a little basics in fighting just to defend myself."
"But to knock down five big men?" Ichiro had counted them.
"My teacher used to say," she recalled. "Brain over brawns."
"Huh?" they were dumbstruck.
"A small girl like me can't possibly win against them," she explained. "Thanks to the environs I gained advantage."
They looked around and found the trees where filled with cuts and burns. The white colored ground has droplets of blood and a few scratches.
The boys weren't convinced by her story. It makes them suspicious.
"Young master," she calmly said. "I apologize that your dinner will be late. I'll excuse myself now to prepare."
"She acted like nothing happened," Ichiro suspiciously told Ryun.
"She's limping on her left foot," Ryun is quick to notice.
"She said she wasn't injured," Ao recalled what she said earlier.
"By the way," Ichiro turned to the wounded men tied onto a tree. "What should we do with them?"
"I already called the police," Ao replied. "They should be here any moment."
Ryun quietly approached the men. He looked at each of them putting their faces in his memory.
"So you must be the master of the house," the bald man coughed blood. "What a strong clever girl you got there!"
Ichiro draws himself close to Ryun. He keeps guard.
"We underestimated her to be fragile," the man chuckled in difficulty. "But she's tricky. Such strength I thought in this continent only men are strong. But I was wrong about her."
"Did she do these to you?" Ryun asked in disbelief.
"We fought with her," the bald man coughed blood. "We barely injured her but us almost died. Lucky she is kind enough to tie us here."
Sirens echoing. The police has arrived. Men in uniforms rushed in and took the suspects. They were surprised to see the suspects in bad shape. Thus, medics were called in to attend to them while being escorted by the police.
Ryun and Ichiro answered gave a short statement. Ao and Rose had given theirs too.
"Looks like she's not ordinary," Ichiro blurted out.
"I was thinking too," Ryun watched as the ambulance leave with the police.
"I am thinking I should dig dip about this girl," Ichiro voluntarily told Ryun.
Ryun gives him a nod then goes inside. His suspicion about her is awake again. He becomes eager to remove the mask she is wearing.
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