Chapter 15 - Amulet

The widening of their eyes suddenly changed when the man who entered the room spoken.

"There you are!", Mr. Co exclaimed while entering and saw Gael in front of the door with a girl tugging her hands to his.

He stared at Gael with a questioning looked and with confusion. And then to the girl beside him, he looked slowly to her from top to bottom.

"What's happening?!", Mr. Co asked in his full voice.

Gael and Rae can't even moved a single step nor speak a single words. They were startled at the same time.

"Care to explain?", Mr. Co continued while he were looking at Gael.

"I-I just wanted to be alone. So I decided to came here", Gael directly answered to his question.

Mr. Co raised his eyebrows and then looked at Rae.

"You mean alone with her?", Mr. Co said sarcastically as he looked and pointing at the woman next to him and then he turned his gaze back to Gael.

"No! It's not like what you think—-", Gael stopped from explaining when he felt that Rae were loosening her gripped to his arms.

"It's not what you think sir—", Rae said but suddenly stopped when Mr. Co interrupted her from talking.

"I am talking to him. Not you", Mr. Co seriously said not even take a glanced at Rae.

Rae were stunned with what Mr. Co has just said to her. She just decided to kept her mouth shut.

"It's a long story. Can't explain it right now", Gael answered and then he sat down to the chair next to him and leaned while closing his eyes.

"I'm tired", Gael continued while rubbing his forehead.

Mr. Co walked close to him and stood in front of him. They did not notice that Rae was still standing in front of the door. Amelia noticed him and walked over to her. But before Amelia could approach him.

Rae were stunned all over the fussed that happen. All she ever wanted was to get home. She is very worried that her family might worry too much or be angry with her for not coming home last night. She were thinking how she were able to explain everything to them without them getting mad at her. She were in such a state of mind when a woman suddenly approached her.

"Are you—-", Amelia tried to speak but stopped when the woman suddenly stepped out to the door away from the villa.

Rae brushed off the thought from her mind and didn't even noticed the woman who tried approached her. She just walked out from the door and all she could ever think of were to get home. Amelia followed her outside.

"Hey! Wait!—", Amelia shouted trying to get her attention but Rae doesn't even bothered to looked back.

Rae felt all the eyes of those people in the villa looking at her while she were walking out her feet outside the villa. And she even heard the shout of the woman who tried to approached her but she didn't bother to looked back. For the reason that she were embarrassed and more so very much worried of how she would be explaining to her parents all what were happened to her.

At the thought of what she were going to say to her parents she did not noticed that she were already far away from the villa. He was walking near the shore nervously as he approached their house.

"Hmmm. Woah!", Rae sighed releasing an air to her lungs. Trying to be calm and relaxed herself while entering their back door.

She wander her eyes around their backyard. And she slowly walked near the back door of their house. She grabbed the door knob and turned to open the door. She were like a thief trying to sneaked in to their own house. The door is locked so she looked for the spare key to the plant box near the door. She always hide the spare key just in case she wanted to sneaked out and gone to the beach. She searched for the key and lift the potted plants until she were already touching the key. She reached for it and inserted the key to the door knob and opened the back door. She were moving so slowly so that no one can noticed her. He walked into his room slowly so as not to make any noise. And finally she reached her room and upon opening the door of her room. Someone spoke behind her.

"Why were you walking so slowly?", He asked.

It was her father. She slowly take a glanced to her back and looked at her father's face forcing a smile.

"Oh that! I - I just don't want to make a noise dad so I won't wake you up", Rae explained nervously.

"Did you went to the beach?", Her father asked with a smile on his lips.

"Y-yeah", She quickly answered.

His father smiled.

"Come let's have some coffee", Her father continued.

"Sure!", He replied quickly and then he took a deep breath without her father looking at him. She immediately ran to her father and tugged her arms to his.

At the villa..

"What was all that?", Mr. Co asked.

Gael opened his eyes and looked at Mr. Co straight into his eyes. And then he chuckles softly.

"Aren't you used to it yet? This is not the first time you have seen me with a woman who is just the two of us", Gael replied directly.

"Next time, make a note or text me where you are going. You are my responsibility, take note of that", Mr. Co scolded him.

Gael doesn't even bothered whether Mr. Co is either mad or not.

"What's my next schedule?", Gael trying to avoid any more questions from him.

Gael wander his eyes trying to find Rae but he couldn't see her.

"Where is she?", He asked and looked at Amelia.

"She just left sir", Amelia immediately answered.

Gael exhaled and leaned on his seat while rubbing his forehead. Mr. Co were clueless about Gael and the woman he just saw he were with. It was Gael's first time acting so very worried about a woman.

"Next schedule", Gael said while still sitting on the chair holding his head and rubbing it while his eyes were closed and trying to relaxed himself.

"We'll be going to prepare for your concert. You need to do your rehearsals. You only have the whole day", Mr. Co said while looking at his cellular phone he listed for their schedule.

"Leg's go", Mr. Co continued. Waiting for Gael to stand up and walked his way out.

Gael opened his eyes and about to stand up when he saw something on the floor near the chair he were sitting. He took it and looked at it intently. It was a red bracelet, an amulet.