Rae shook her head as she were listening to the last thing he said.
"Don't stare too much, I might melt under your gaze", he whispered in her ears while he looked at her smiling.
Rae's eyes widened while she quickly move back away from him. She stared at him with her eyebrows up but she didn't know if he even noticed that.
Gael stayed beside her while the photographer capturing them a photo. He noticed that Rae is not comfortable being with his side. She was shaking and he felt that, but he tried to ignore that.
***
On their way back, Rae still can't move on of what was happened earlier. She were happy of the reward they've got but thinking about that guy who gave their reward makes her feel ashamed of herself.
"Aarrrrghh! It was totally embarrassing!", Rae talking to herself without noticing that her father were beside her.
"Are you mumbling something?", her father asked.
"Huh?", she replied lightly to her father.
"I can't still move on, we are that lucky. Somehow we still won!", he said while he is smiling as he looked at the envelop he was holding.
"By the way, you are more lucky because you were standing next to a very famous singer", he continues. He looked at his daughter smiling while he is putting back the envelop in his pocket.
Before she could response to what her father just said. They saw her mother waving in the distance, so they ran closer to her.
"How was it? Did you won?", her mother asked nervously to them.
She looked at her husband, but he just bent his head down and no answer. She turned her gaze to her daughter, and it was obvious in her eyes while looking at Rae that she is in need of an answer to her question.
"Don't let me hang. What happened?", she continuously said while looking at them.
Rae and her father looked at each other, then they both glance back to her at the same time. Her father was already holding the envelop in his hand inside his pocket. They acted as if they didn't get any reward, trying their best to act normal. But deep inside them, they were both happy.
"Mom, we—-", Rae said while looking at her mother. But before she could finish it. Her father shouted next to her.
"WE WON!!", her father shout it out.
"But not what you are thinking honey. We didn't won the first prize but luckily we've got an special award!", he smiled while he pulled the envelop out of his pocket that he had been holding earlier.
"Ohhh! Come both of you", she said smiling at them while she open her arms into embracing them both.
Rae and her father quickly responded to the hug. This is what Rae loves most about her family, they are happy with what they have. They are grateful for the small or biggest achievement they have. It is where she have got her inspiration of seeking for the positive outlook in life.
"CONGRATULATIONS!", Rae's mother exclaimed while she's still hugging them both tight.
"Let's go inside. I am going to tell you a story of what had happen in the square", Rae's father said smiling while his gaze is with his daughter. [He was talking about the encountered moments of Gael and Rae]
"This calls for celebration, isn't it?", her mother said while she glanced back to Rae walking behind them.
Rae smiled and nodded as a response to her mother.
They walk inside their house smiling.
Meanwhile at The Hilton Hotel..
"Shall I make you a coffee? Or would you like me to order one?", Mr. Co asked Gael while they are about to enter his hotel room.
"No, I am good.", he said while he glanced back to Mr. Co. He brought the card closer to the door lock which serves as his key to enter his room.
"I'll see you in the morning", he continues while waving his key card to the hotel {serves as his goodbye to them} without looking at them and went straight into his room.
Mr. Co were about to tell him to take his medicines on time but before he can say a word, the door in his hotel room closed. So, he didn't bother to knock and he just let Gael rest because he knew how tired he is earlier at the event. Instead, he grab his phone and texted him to take his medicines on time.
"𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢", Mr. Co's text message to Gael.
Gael were sitting on the couch holding his head. Tired. When he heard the beep of his phone. He grab the phone inside the pocket of his pants and read the message. It was Mr. Co. After reading the message, he leaned his back on the couch and look up to the ceiling of his room.
He fell asleep while sitting on the couch. And he suddenly dreamed about his parents fighting. And in his dream, he peeked on the door of their room and he saw his mother crying sitting on the floor while his father is standing in front on the distance. He was very mad, he wanted to go inside and stop them from fighting. But he didn't have the courage to do so, instead he just gripped tight on the knob of their door. He saw his father walk closer to his mother.
"𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑒!", the droning voice sharpened. Her mother glanced at the door where he is right now.
And then Gael suddenly woke up from his nap. He woke up chasing his breath and his face was sweaty. It were always like that, every time he sees his mother crying, it was the end of his dream and then he woke up suddenly. He removed the blazer he was wearing and laid it down next to him.
He walked over to his bed. He took a bottle of water from the hotel's mini fridge next to his bed. He opened it and drank water. He drank water to relieve his rapid heartbeat because of that recurring dream of his.
He was drinking water as he walked back to the couch, he sat and leaned his back. He look at the emptiness. He wondered what really happened that night when he caught his parents in an argument. He were totally clueless, he wanted to asked his father but he won't.
He suddenly stood up and took his jacket over his bed and quickly walked to his door to get out.
He opened the door of his room and was about to leave when he noticed the two guards standing nearby. He hesitated to take a step because he were thinking on how to avoid the guards. But in the back of his mind, he had to leave because there was a place he wanted to go.
He put his fist to cover his mouth then he coughed.
"Uhmm..Ahem..", a sound Gael made to get the attention of the guards.
"I need to go somewhere", he said while looking at them in his serious face.
"Ok sir, but we need to follow you wherever you go because that's what Mr. Co's order", one of the bodyguards responded to what Gael said.
"Okay", he replied with a grin. He has a mischievous intention again with that grin. He walked first and the two guards immediately followed him.
"Just a minute. I forgot something from my room", he continues and he immediately run back to his room.
He looked around and pretended to enter his room, he held the door handle but he did not enter. When he notice that they were not following him, he hurried to the hotel's exit door and decided to go down the stairs instead of the hotel elevator because he knew the guards were waiting there.