After sometime of buying things for my new house, my phone rings. I pick it up even though the ID caller was unknown.
I didn't talk.
"You damn wretch you can't even know your uncle's number!" Loudly and hysterically said through the phone.
I have to take my phone far away from my ear and I rolled my eyes.
'I forgot to save his number'
"Uncle don't you mind your reputation as a principal? Maybe there was student from your school that was near you and hear your words, and heyy what was that! You didn't have time to talk to me for a long time and that's how you greet me?! I'm hurt uncle you should compensate me three pure tibetan mastiff or else I'm going to snatch away Clyde!" I said. Clyde is my nephew and his and Aunt Becca's son.
"You know that a pure tibetan mastiff is very rare and you asked me to compensate you one?! Unbelievable. You didn't change a single bit. Still so menace." He said with a sigh.
"I'm going to your house later and snatch Clyde. I'm sure Aunt Becca will throw you out when she knows the source why his son is missing" I threatened with my devil smile even though he cannot see me.
"Okay okay I'm going to get you a pure tibetan mastiff, expect it to be here next week" he said.
"Yes! Thanks Uncle" I said a bit loudly because of my excitement.
I didn't notice that the people around the furniture section was starting at me with weird look. I just smile brightly at them and walk towards the exit with a smile plastered in my face.
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" Are you planning to rob our uncle? Asking him for a rare dog that cost 4000 usd each and you asked for three? How did you do that! He wont even give me a penny! Life is really unfair blah blah blah-"
"Use Clyde and Aunt Becca, it always work for me" I said to my cousin.
"Really!? I can finally have my sem break extended, wait here cous I'm gonna contact uncle" he said then run upstairs.
I sigh while shaking my head. My cousin really enjoys having vacations.
Thirty minutes later he finally come downstairs with a gloomy face.
"It didn't work, he even told me that I'm not going to have my next semester break in September. He said that I have to take care of Clyde so that he can have vacation with Aunt Becca" he spout.
"Okay good luck to then" I deadpanned.
"Huh?! That's it? How can you do that to me, I'm your precious and handsome cousin" he said.
"Shut it you narcissist, I help you with that but-"
"But what?"
But you have to buy me a three months supply of vanilla ice cream starting next week" I demand.
"What?!"
" Do you have problem with that? Okay then I'm gonna get going now" I turn around and start to walk towards the door.
"Wait wait, wait, okay consider it done but you have to promise me that your going to help me with that"
" I never go back on my words dumbhead. Okay now I should head home I still have unfinished business" I said and pat his shoulder.
"What home? You were staying here since you arrived and now you have a house?!" He asked.
"Didn't I asked you to come with me earlier and you said you're going to relax"
"But you said your going to shopping that's why I didn't come, not that your going to buy a house"
"That's what I meant shopping dumbhead" I said while ruffling his hair.
"Hey stop it!"
"Okay" I said while I raised both my hands.
"Where is your house? Should I come with you? Should I accompany you there just in case?" He questioned.
"It's a secret till school starts. No thank you. I'm fine, no one will recognize me" I answered his questions.
"But just to be safe you know"
"Nah I can handle it"
"But-"
"No buts, you can just see me out you know, I'm going to be fine"
After I pass through Dexter's gate I immediately drive fast to my house in the hill.
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After sometime I arrived at my house. I go to my basement where my precious alcohols settled. I get three bottles of red wine and get a glass. I place it in a basket and I go to one of the the rooms where the blankets was placed in and I got one. I get out with the basket and blanket and I walk down though the stairs that was especially made for me to be my shortcut to the ocean. I arrive in the shore and I admire the scenery in front of me as I place the blanket and the basket down. The night sky were really mesmerizing with the full moon above the ocean. The cold wind from the ocean is also relaxing. I come here to clear my mind. Even though I seemed to be relaxed in day but night comes my anxiety also come to me directly. I fear that my grandfather will find me and force me to go back to the life that I do not want. My mother's death was also a blow to me but my grandfather seems to do not care about. As I grow up I witnessed how my mother's life worn-out and my grandfather was just there watching his offspring to be drained. I'm not going to be a puppet that anyone can control. I don't want to be a caged bird that can't soar high. Just like I said before I want to be a bird that was free and soaring high.
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After finishing the three bottles of wine. I lay in the blanket and just stare at the starry sky. As I watched the sky my mother's sweet smile appear in my mind and my tears just-