Dying in silence

|•Darrel•|

“A friend?”I asked and she nodded.

“Then, what happens”I asked.

“Well, Longworth betrayed him”she shrugged.

Before I could ask what she meant, she continued.

“Their partnership yields many success and as time goes on, they process a contract and they got it and trust me, it was a happy moment for the both families. But, one day, your dad suddenly told Longworth they should end the contract without a reason”she expounded.

“So, it was dad’s fault”I sighed and drop my hand from her shoulder.

“No. It was partly Longworth fault too cause if he hadn’t get angry by his words, they should probably still be friends now”she replied.

“The contract worth a fortune, you know. So I don’t know why your dad would want them to drop out of it, out of a sudden”she added.

“Longworth got angry at dad and..”

“Ended their relationship because he thought your dad doesn’t want to move forward and he said he doesn’t relate with someone like him – that doesn’t want to move forward”Mom interrupted.

Okay, so this is slowly making sense.

“He and your dad had a fight and from that day on, they cut ties with each other and became enemies and you know, if they’d both left the contract behind that time, Longworth wouldn’t have been so rich like this and if your dad hasn’t drop out of it, they will both be the top wealthy in the city”

Now, this explains it all.

“But why are you suddenly concerned about that”mom asked.

“Huh?, I promise to tell you later. I will sleep here tonight”I said and stood up.

“Bye”I pecked her cheek and left.

*

Fontana’s POV

I took the stairs down and met mom in the living room.

She was dressed up and ready to leave for work.

I ignored her and walked towards the entrance door.

“You can’t just ignore me, you know”she said when I placed my hand on the knob ready to open the door.

I stopped walking and slowly turned to her.

“What do you mean I can’t ignore you”I scoffed.

She sighed and took her bag from the couch.

“Why not ride with me today. I will explain to you what really happens”she said.

I looked at her for some minutes before I sighed.

“Fine”I nodded.

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“I know you will skip breakfast today”she said while in the moving car.

“I mean, that’s what you do when we make you angry, you suddenly don’t want to see our faces again”she added.

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“Listen, Fontana. You can’t blame your dad for what he did yesterday, it was expected”she began.

“He and Roosevelt were both friends and partners before they became enemies – long time enemies”she continued.

My brows perked up and I turned to look at her.

“Enemies?, why?”I asked.

“It was all Roosevelt fault. They both got a contract and some days after, Roosevelt came around saying they should drop out of it with no reason. Later, your dad got to discover he doesn’t want him to move forward together with him. He said that because he intended on taking the contract back personally behind your father’s back.”she explained.

He doesn’t want his friend to move forward?.

“That’s selfishness”I mumbled.

“Not only that, you should include deceitfulness in it. He’s trying to decieve his friend. From what I heard from your dad, he had planned it out with the person in charge of the contract also”

“I.. don’t know what to say”I sighed and drop my back on the seat.

“You don’t have to say anything. I don’t just want you to hate your dad for what happened”she smiled.

“But, it doesn’t affect us, right?”I suddenly asked.

She turned to throw a quizzical look at me.

“Us?”

“Yes. Us – I and Darrel”I replied.

She turned back and shook her head.

“I don’t know but I don’t think the both families will be in approval of that”she said.

What?.

“We’ve arrive, miss”mom’s driver announced.

I glanced out and realized we’ve already arrive at the school.

Oh.

“Okay, I think our conversation will end here, take good care of yourself”mom said.

I unstrapped my seatbelt and clicked the door open as I grab my bag and stepped out.

“Bye”mom waved at me.

I nodded and stood as i watched her driver drove out.

God!.

Why all this now, huh?.

What will happen to Darrel and I?.

“Are you okay?”someone asked and I turned to see Darrel beside me.

My eyes beamed and he smiled.

“Of course, why did you ask”

“I mean, you’re standing out here alone when it’s not as if you’re waiting for someone or…”he smirked and threw me a shrewd wink.

“Geez, stop being naughty. By the way, I’m sorry about last night”I apologized.

“There’s no need to be sorry. It’s no one’s fault”she shrugged.

Yeah. No one’s fault.

“So, I came up with something”he started as he slowly grab my hand and started walking away with me.

“What’s that?”I asked.

“You should guess”he grinned.

“I’m not good at guessing”I replied.

“Then, I’ll have to keep it to myself”he said.

I nudged him and glared at him playfully.

“If you know you’re not gonna say it, then, why did you make me curious in the first place?”I whined.

“Alright, alright, fine. Should we go on a date?”he asked and my eyes beamed.

Oh, really?.

“Won’t you say anything or you don’t want us to?”he asked.

I looked up at him and shook my head shyly.

“Uhm?, I don’t get, speak up”he said and stopped walking.

Gosh.

He’s just being naughty.

“Let’s.. do that”I managed yo say and held my face down immediately.

He squeezed my hand and leaned closer to me then whispered into my ears,”I love you”

My heart skipped and I felt something tingles within me.

Jeez..

Why is my heart thumping so hard when he released those words..

He leaned back to his position and I felt his eyes on me.

I raised my head and met his gaze.

“Me too”I replied and he smiled widely.

My phone chimes in my bag and i open it up and took it out.

Geez.

I thought I’ve turned it off.

I stared at the contents in the screen and scoffed.

Why would Mia tagged me in on her post on Instagram?.

I tapped on the information out of curiosity.

Just then, a video started playing.

What?.

The video in the toilet.!

Oh my God.

I covered my mouth with my palm and my heart missed a beat.

I looked up and saw the students passing by were all looking at me.

“What’s wrong?”Darrel asked.

I looked at him and held his hand tightly.

“Darrel…”I muffled a cry.

He grabbed the phone from me and gazed at the screen.

He checked the screen and after some minutes, he looked shocked.

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