Chapter 6

"Alexis! Where have you been?" my brother asked me when I got home.

I did not go with Janssen because I ran away from him. My parents told me that I should go with him and tell him where will I go but I don't know where he is earlier that's why I go somewhere without telling him.

"What if someone kidnapped you again!?" Kuya Alexander asked angrily.

"That will not be going to happen again Kuya."

"How are you so sure? huh?" he asked

"Because I can defend myself"

"You can't! You didn't defend yourself when that incident happened so don't be so calm!" he shouted

"I promise you Kuya, I can, I am just not in the right mood when that happened so I don't have the strength to fight" I can't raise my voice to my brother because I know that he will be madder when that happens.

"You always have the strength to fight Mackie, you're even better when you're not the mood. What happened?" he asked.

"nothing Kuya, I will go now to my room."

I am trying to escape from his questions that's why I want to go to my room but he stopped me.

"I am asking you, Mackie, where have you been?" he asked again.

I show him my plastic bag to tell him that I go to a bookstore to buy a book.

He seems convinced by what I said so he let me go, well he should be because it's the truth.

When I reached my room, I clean myself and lie down on my bed. This day is very tiring, it's just a typical normal day but I felt so tired.

When I say a typical day, what I meant is my everyday scene when I'm at school. Bullies here, bullies there, Liander's attitude, and the teachers with their discussion.

Well, it's just a typical day for me because I am used to that but for other people that was a disaster.

You know what? sometimes I am asking myself, What did I do to my past life? why do they treat me like I am a very bad person? To be honest, they are the one who brings out the beast in me.

I get the book that I brought to the bookstore earlier, this book is one of my favorites, even if I already read it a couple of times ago, I never get tired of reading this again.

This book thought me that everyone has a hidden kindness. Even though he is the worst person in the world, he still has a good side.

I know that this kind of stories is very common but I can't help but to read it always, I am a bookworm, I love to read, sometimes I made up some stories in my mind but I'm not writing it because I am not very confident about my works.

I opened the book at the start to read,

"the brain tells what to do, but the heart must decide if this is what to do" I read aloud when I read one of my favorite lines of the main character in the story.

This line means a lot to me,

Most people today use the brain when they make decisions so they often do bad things, they do not consider what their heart wants to say.

In every part of our body, the brain is the easiest to poison, so the brain also makes the wrong decision.

Decisions that can lead to a wrong way, that's why people can do such bad things, but when they use the heart, goodwill prevail in our will, no evilness can be done to others.

So I believe everyone has a good side, they just don't know how to use it. They do not know because the desire to retaliate, hurt, or happiness for themselves is more important to them, they do not think of other people.

I place the book at the bedside table and prepare myself to sleep, I already ate dinner at the mall when I bought the book so what I will do now is to sleep because there's a class tomorrow.

As I closed my eyes, what Janssen said earlier came to my mind.

"Did I say I don't like you?" after he said those words he never spoke to me again. The whole afternoon passed earlier and he did not talk to me. One of the reasons I did not bother to look for him earlier.

I wonder, does he have a girlfriend? If so, how long have they been together? maybe Janssen wants her, maybe he just doesn't want her maybe he loves her.

I suddenly sat down because of what I thought. Why am I thinking about his love life? I didn't even care about him.

Unexpectedly, my chest ached again, I had difficulty breathing again but it wasn't too much.

I stood up and went to the veranda of my room, just in case the fresh air could help my breathing back to normal and decrease the pain in my chest.

As soon as I opened the sliding door a cold wind immediately embrace my body. I looked up at the sky and saw stars there, as well as bright and round moons. The scenery was beautiful, I took a deep breath and I felt that my breathing was good again and there was no pain in my chest.

I stayed outside for a while, I enjoyed looking at the stars and the moon because of its beauty. When I felt drowsy I also decided to go to sleep, I was about to enter when I saw a black van not so far from our house. It has a light so you know there is someone inside.

I also looked at the others and saw that we were surrounded by black vans. I was suddenly nervous for some unknown reason. The pain returned to my chest and I could not breathe properly again. What is this happening to me? I was not like this before.

From inside the van, the men get out one by one. I tried to see how well they looked but I could not see it because I was far away and they were wearing a mask.

one of the people looked at my side so I quickly bent down and crawled to my room. When I entered, I locked all the doors and lay down.

I hid under the blanket but I still couldn't sleep because I was wondering who those men were. What do they need? Are they the ones who kidnapped me?

that's what I was thinking until I couldn't really sleep and the sunrise again.