George felt like he was caught doing something bad by God and he's scolding him. He stood up and walked out, dragging his weak and trembling knees along, as Sarah quickly went after him to calm his anger only to see him dwelling in guilt which irritates her. Mary was glad the dinner ended without Liam saying what he intended to say while Noah just sat still, supporting Amelia in what she said, and started getting scared of his father sending him instead of his brother. Though he knew about his father's hatred for his brother but no one knew what the greed for power could do, he stood up and left hurriedly.
Liam yanked his hand free from her grip when they almost got to the car.
" Who are you?",
" huh?",
" Who are you to care for me?", he yelled startling her, " what did you think you were doing, my guardian angel trying to protect me? Who gave you the right to stand for me? Who gave you the right to interfere?", he yelled,
" what? are...you planning on accepting to go to the battlefield?",
" yeah and so you don't have...",
" hey!!", she yelled, " you planned on accepting?",
" you are not deaf are you?, I planned on accepting",
Amelia scoffed, "Did you know...",
" what war is?", he interrupted her,
" did you know what you are saying?",
" it's none of your fucking business",
" it is my business",
" why?",
"Because you are my friend", she said with tears gathering in her eyes, " because I know what it looks like to be on a battlefield because I know how bitter and sad it is to watch someone you love and care for walking into the path of no return, it is my business cause that's how I lost my brother", she yelled with tears in her eyes.
Liam was speechless, his whole body freezing as he watched the tears that glitter like pearls stream down her eyes.
' was her brother part of the civilians that went to the nation's war? is that why she has no relatives? Does that traumatize her and make her a psycho?', he wanted to ask her but she was already in the car, cleaning off her tears.
' why is she so complicated, if her brother is the only relative left for her he wouldn't have abandoned her and gone to the war would he? ', Liam had a lot of questions he wished to ask but he couldn't cause she wouldn't even spare him a glance till they got home.
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It was already noon but Ryan did not see Amelia, he kept checking out to everyone who walked into the restaurant but still Amelia was nowhere in sight. His heart skips when he sees Bree walking into the restaurant and quickly smoothens his hair thinking Amelia is with her but when she comes closer enough, his shoulders drop in disappointment.
" Hi",
" hi, Bree",
Bree looked around, "Um... where's...Amelia?",
" she's not with you?",
" no, um I haven't been in touch with her for some time",
" ho", he sighed, " give me a second let me call Liam",
He took his cell phone and dialed Liam's contact who picked at the third ring,
" Hi, buddy",
" hi..umm. is Amelia fine? we didn't see her today",
Liam sighed, he also didn't see her before heading to work, " she's fine",
" Are you sure or did you do something?",
" just a little argument",
Ryan grunted, " I bet it's not little, no one ever had a little argument with you, did you insult her or something?",
" no, I didn't, she's fine",
" c'mon, Liam can you be nice for once?",
" Will you stop caring, not like she's my friend or something, she's just a hostage I don't trust, stop asking of her cause she'd be gone once the real culprit is caught",
" ouch! Is that what you told her? that's hurtful you know? and seriously when did you think he'll be caught? you should even be nicer to her so she won't tell on you", he lowered his voice and excused himself to the backyard, " Timothy is still in jail for the murder we all know he didn't commit because the senator doesn't want a lowlife to go out with his daughter, this is a murder case, Liam, we don't know who's trying to frame you yet and you are trying to wash clean without you being in the picture and doing that? you kidnapped a lady her parents are probably somewhere searching for her. You have to be nice to her Liam, anything can happen anytime, if she's in good health and has her freedom, that will be ruled out and it won't be called kidnapping. You are smart enough to know that aren't you? we are in a delicate... huh?", Ryan looked at his phone, " did he just hang up on me?", Ryan scoffed and exhaled. He was worried about her but there was nothing he could do, he went back to the restaurant to Bree.
" hey is she okay? is she...angry with me?",
" no no, she's not, it's the person she's living with?",
" Liam?",
" she told you about him?",
" not really?", she said feeling a little bit shy. She remembered how she got to know.
~ boyfriend? what's a boyfriend?",
" yeah I almost forgot you don't know anything, a boyfriend is a person who you live with, eat with, fight with, and yet speak to every day, someone you suddenly grow comfortable with and couldn't help but trust, someone whom you share almost everything with, someone who you can correct and can also point out your mistakes without hurting you, someone who understands you, who knows you, who stood by you and above all, some whom you can give up anything for",
" ho really? wow, I don't know that's boyfriend",
" so is Ryan your boyfriend?",
" mmm no",
" no?",
" no, Liam is my boyfriend, we live together, we fight and talk, I am comfortable with him and I trust him but he is a jerk", she said frowning her face looking so cute that Bree laughed. She was glad she's not going out with Ryan cause she likes him.~
" I'm sorry, you won't be seeing Amelia today",
" no it's fine, I can just hang out here",
" Sure you are welcome",
Bree nodded smiling.
Liam started searching through the internet immediately he hung up, he even searched through other countries but there was no news or notification on any missing person that looked like Amelia, The majority of missing persons were found, few are dead and the six that are still missing are from other countries. No notification on Amelia.
' she has been away almost for a month and still no searching or missing notification on her? how strange, is she really from the street with no relatives? ', he massaged his jaw and resumed searching for the dead civilians from the ongoing war and again, none of the dead civilians looked like Amelia, there wasn't anyone with the same resemblance. By the time he finished going through it, it was already getting dark. But she told him her brother died in the war.
He was puzzled and curious, " Amelia, who are you?", he asked no one. His thought was interrupted by his phone ringing. He looked at the screen and saw the name ' Nicole ' displayed on the screen.
" Hello",
" hello Liam", Nicole called and sighed feeling exhausted.
" any update?",
" more like a shocking thing",
" on my way", he said and hung up before heading out.
Amelia sat on her bed staring out of the window, the event of the previous night clouding her mind. If she hadn't said anything, would Liam have accepted the offer? does he not know what it is to be in a war? if she hadn't said anything, would she have lost her home once again?
' but still, this isn't my home, I have no home, he didn't think of me before wanting to accept the offer because I'm not his favorite, Ryan said Sophia is his favorite, if she doesn't like me then she could make him send me away any time, it was never my home in the first place. Should I just leave, he doesn't even trust me he might think I'll tell on him ', she thought to herself and sighed tiredly.
" Allan ", she cried feeling so lonely, confused, and hurt, " I miss you", she said as more tears found their way out of her eyes. She felt like singing, singing out her feelings and pains but just as she opened her mouth, she heard the sound of the doorbell ringing.
" is he back? already?", she stood and walked towards the door, peeping to see him come in but she heard the bell ring again. " he wouldn't do that if he's here, who's that? Ryan?", she wondered and walked towards the door. Who she saw was the last person she was expecting.