RDD 86
Penelope talked to me and said that we should rest for half an hour since we just ate. Santiago and I agreed with her decision.
Naturally, we decided to sit down and have conversations. Although it was a bit awkward because Jeremy was busy scribbling on his paper... He was actually serious about predicting the stock market.
I didn't know if that was possible if you were going to ask me.
"Uncle... You're amazing."
Roman sat next to Jeremy. His eyes beamed when he saw Jeremy's calculation.
"Do you understand it?"
"I only understand some of them, but it's still amazing."
"I see... Here's my calculator. I will send books about finances to your house."
"Thanks, Uncle. I'm actually interested in business."
"You're a Castillo, you should be interested in business."
... Did they just have a proper conversation? How was that possible?
While taking a rest, I decided to fix the money in the cash register. Some of the money was crumpled and my OCD was acting up to fix them.
Suddenly, two people entered our shop.
"Keith!"
"Brother? What are you doing here? I thought you were busy?"
Why do I feel a strong sense of Deja Vu by asking these questions?
"How could I forget my brother's first opening day? I have to introduce my girlfriend, her name is Mari Mar."
"Hello."
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Mari Mar."
I greeted the woman and lead them to the table. When Santiago found another man who resembled me, he decided to stand up and cooked burgers for them.
I'm surprised at his efficiency. He already knew what to do even though I hadn't ordered him.
"It's glad to meet you again, Sister-in-law!"
"Hello, Sean."
Unlike Jeremy who didn't like speaking, Sean was a very vocal person.
"Hi, Uncle! You're really handsome!"
"That's right Sophia! I'm very handsome! Hahaha! By the way, this is my girlfriend."
"Hello, I'm Mari Mar."
"It's nice to meet you Miss Mari Mar-- Wait a minute! Mari Mar! As in, that Mari Mar! The female lead of Slap Soiled Woman?
"That's right. I'm happy to hear that you're watching my telenovela." She lowered her sunglasses to show her face.
"Wow! Miss Mari! I'm a fan, I'm an avid fan! C- Can I have your autograph? I can pay! Honey, give me money!"
"..."
I almost choked out.
"It's fine. You don't have to pay. You're going to be my Sister-in-law."
"Pu--!"
Even Sean next to me almost choked.
"I- I see. That's right."
Penelope blushed. She didn't expect that her idol would show up today.
If I'm not wrong, Mari Mar's role in the telenovela was a poor daughter of farmers. She met her prince charming but many people didn't like her.
If I'm going to be honest, I didn't have a problem with Cinderella-like stories. But once the next decades arrived, the Cinderella stories would turn into gold digger stories.
Many women would dream of marrying into rich families.
And I'm actually thankful for that. After all, my wife said that she was a gold digger. She's a gold digger I'm ready to give all of my properties.
"Brother, you're here too! Haha, I can't believe that all of us will be together again!"
"..."
Jeremy didn't bother answering him. He continued writing numbers on the paper.
"As expected, he's mute."
Sean clicked his tongue and looked at me instead. Sean knew that Jeremy would never entertain a bastard like him.
"So how's the business?"
"Everything's going well. We already sold 300 burgers."
"That's great!"
Santiago gave them two burgers each.
"Here's your burgers."
"By the way, this is Santiago. He is my brother-in-law, Penelope's brother."
"It's nice to meet you Santiago."
Sean and Mari greeted Santiago and he shyly nodded. He didn't know how to interact with rich people. Especially when he looked outside and found a Maserati parked in front of the shop.
"Sean, the next time you visit the shop, please don't use your sports car. This is not Manila."
"Why not? It's fun to use them."
"Show off."
Sean and I looked at Jeremy. We both heard what he said.
"Did you hear it?"
Sean narrowed his eyes and glanced at me.
"I think heard it."
I nodded.
"This bastard! Hey Jeremy, how about we settle this man-to-man? Hah!?"
He stood up and approached Jeremy.
I sighed. I already have an idea of how this thing would end.
"... Are you not going to stop them?"
Penelope whispered next to me.
"Why should I? It's interesting to see them fight. I promise you, once their brawl ends, both of them will have swollen faces."
"..." Penelope looked at me dumbfoundedly.
"How about it brother!"
Jeremy stood up too.
"Hah! Looks like you want to get beat up. For your information, I will never show mercy even if you're my brother."
"..."
Jeremy didn't answer and pulled out a boxing stance instead.
"Heh! This bastard really want to go!"
"Waaahhh--!!"
Before they could start beating each other, Sophia started crying and throw the 1 thousand bill at the two.
"Bad! Bad! Bad! You bad bwothers! You want to sabotage Dajjy's business! Wahhhh--!"
The two men flinched when they heard her crying. The men didn't know how to respond. Sophia was their first niece and they didn't want to show a bad example in front of her.
Especially Jeremy. He is a man with rules.
The two looked at each other and nodded.
"Let's settle this next time."
Sean said and Jeremy agreed.
After five years, this was the first time that all of us were together.
"Wow, this burger is delicious! I want more! Give me more!"
Sean looked at me and gave me a credit card.
"Brother, I don't accept cards."
"What do you mean you don't accept it?"
Sean was surprised.
"Stupid."
Jeremy muttered in the corner.
"This bastard really wants to go!"
"Waahh--! Bad bad!"
"..."