Chapter-72

Denzel

Jay-jay's POV

When Aries already scolded me and then Kuya scolded me. They weren't
satisfied yet, I was planning to ground him. Luckily, Kuya Angelo took pity. I was currently waiting at our
corner. David texted me and said he would pick me up. It was still far but I saw his car. When it stopped in
ront of me, I immediately got in. "I talked to Denzel." He opened the door for me. He started the car. "What did
you say?" "I think he should explain to you." David replied. Oh, it was thrilling. I just kept quiet and waited for
the ride. Maybe it would be better if Denzel said it. I just looked out the window and watched the houses. Until
I noticed something. This is not going to school. "D-david... Where are we going?" "They say Denzel... He's not
going to school today." I looked outside again. It was like we were in a different place. This was not the
environment I expected of Denzel's place. The houses were close together, some were patchwork and some
were cemented but not finished or only half of the house and the other part was patched with wood. Some
had only sacks on the windows. There was also garbage scattered around. We stopped in front of a house. It
was half wood and half cemented. David got out and so did I. People were looking at us. I think they had just
seen someone beautiful and handsome---Charot! David was the first to approach the door of the house.
"Denzel... Man!" He called. A girl opened the door. She was like Denzel's mini-me. How cute! That girl was it.
"W-who are you?" The boy asked us. "We are Denzel's classmates... Is she there?" I asked. The boy nodded
and motioned for us to enter. When we entered, the house was clean. The wall was painted and fully
urnished. We sat on the wooden sofa and waited for Denzel's little mini me. He entered a room and when he
came out, Denzel followed him. "W-why are you here?" He asked us. "You need to talk to Jay." David replied.
Really?! Is it me? Denzel looked at the child next to him. "Play outside first." The child nodded and ran outside.
Denzel sat next to me. He seemed to know where I was going. "I understand if you judge me after I tell you the
truth." Denzel said. I held his hand and forced a smile. "I just used Grace." He said quickly. My brain didn't
process it quickly enough. What was that? Why was it used? "You saw our place, right? Would you want to live
and die in this place?" He said while looking around the house. As I grew up with what I had and got what I
needed. I will say absolutely not. Even when I was with my grandmother, it never crossed my mind to live in a
place like this. "What did you use?" I asked. "It's impossible for someone like me to get into HVIS. Even Eren,
whose father was abroad, had a hard time getting in. Is it me?" He explained. "Mom works at Grace's house.
She doesn't have any parents anymore, only her aunts look after her. I said before that I wanted a life like
hers." "That's why it crossed my mind that I would find a way to get rich." He added. "And your answer was to
court Grace?" I asked and looked at David for a moment. "At first, no. But I was jealous of what she had.
Before high school, she had a car even though I didn't have a bicycle. That's why I became friends with her, I
would tease her even though she often teased me. Until I caught her. I convinced her to let me into HVIS too."
"He did. But you got into a fight in your senior year so you were put in Section E." David added. Denzel nodded.
"When 
I entered HVIS, I stopped Grace. I felt guilty about it. But Grace didn't stop me, she gave me things that
were hard to refuse. Cellphone, branded clothes and shoes. I thought Grace would get bored on her own so I
let her." He took a deep breath. "We became friends but we kept it a secret. Of course, many would object.
When we were about three years old, I planned to break up with her but I couldn't. I was scared, I was afraid of
losing her." "Because you love her." I said. He nodded. "...Why don't you want to be responsible for the child if
you love her?" There was a hint of irritation in my voice. "I thought Grace wouldn't get pregnant so I broke up
with her. I felt guilty about what I did. But the day you and Freya fought, she told me she was pregnant." He
washed his hands. "..I was scared! I can take responsibility for the child but Grace won't forgive me if she finds
out what I did." I wasn't in the right place to lecture Denzel. He needed a friend who would give him advice on
what to do. That's not me, I don't know what to do about things like this. When my classmate got pregnant, I
just told her to go to the clinic for a checkup. Because I don't know what to do in this situation. I looked at
David. I motioned for him to speak but he didn't get what I meant. We looked like idiots talking with our faces.
"What are you doing?" Denzel and I asked each other so we stopped. "Sister, who do you need?" We both
stopped. It was the voice of the girl who greeted us earlier. Who did Sister tell us outside? The girl came inside
ollowed by a woman also in HVIS uniform . Grace! She was crying and looking at Denzel in the eye. She heard
what we were talking about! "You're a liar!" Grace shouted at Denzel and ran out of the house. I followed her, I
saw her get into a car parked next to David's car. I turned to Denzel but he didn't even move. "Aren't you going
to follow her?!" I asked her annoyed. "W-this is better. I can't be a good husband to her." She said and entered
the room. I looked at David. He didn't react. I wanted to be annoyed with him because he didn't say anything
but I was too. I took my bag and left the house. David followed me. We both got into the car. "What's up?
What's the plan?" I asked David. "Let's go to school first." David said. He started the car. I was quiet the whole
trip. I wanted to think about what could happen to Denzel and Grace but I didn't want to make assumptions or
give myself hope. We were almost at a bridge when I saw the same car that Grace was driving. "David! Stop!" I
ordered. He stopped the car just near Grace's car. I got out and immediately looked inside but there was no
one. I looked over and saw Grace on the edge of the bridge. "David! It's Grace!" We quickly ran towards Grace
but she looked at us angrily. "Grace! Let's go here!" I shouted at her while holding out my hand. "Grace... We
can talk about this." David said. Suddenly he started crying. "If something bad happens to us, will Denzel and I
be held responsible?" "The situation will only get worse if you do that." David replied and tried to offer his hand
to Grace. "I love Denzel. But what he did to me hurt." He said while crying. "He regretted it! He knew it was
wrong so he tried to fix it!" I explained. I looked under the bridge. The bridge was very high. The river current
was also quite strong. Maybe it would take Grace to the sea if she fell. "Repaired? For breaking up with me?!"
Grace asked, crying. "GRACE!" We looked at the one who shouted. Denzel, with our classmates . Why are they
here? Denzel came to our place. I can see his concern. Are you scared now?! "Grace! Come here! Let's talk!"
Denzel shouted. "You're a liar! You just used me!" "Yes... I did that but I regret it! Believe me!" Yuri and Keifer
came to me. The others followed them. "What happened?" Yuri asked. "We tried to talk to Denzel, he told us
the real reason. Then Grace was just outside and listening." I explained too quickly. Keifer looked at me evilly.
"You're interfering again." "I just want to help." I answered him. "...Why are you here? Huh?" "David called me.
We went to Denzel and followed Grace but we saw you here." Yuri explained. I don't remember David calling
anyone. I must have been so deep in my thoughts that I didn't notice. "Grace! For our baby, let's talk first!"
Denzel pleaded. Grace shook her head while crying. "Shh. We're only going to be here for a while!" Keifer said
angrily and suddenly approached Grace. Even closer to Denzel's place. "Don't come any closer!" Grace
shouted at Keifer. Keifer stopped and crossed her arms. "What? You're going to jump? Then jump! Jump!" My
eyes widened at what he said. What an idiot! Is he trying to encourage me to commit suicide? "Keifer!" I
shouted. He just gestured at me with one finger. "Jump now! You're a coward! You thought that was Grace
Miller, Freya's friend. She's just a coward!" He added. I almost slapped my own forehead because of what he
was saying. He was just fueling Grace's resentment. "I thought you were good at torturing! The braver the
more fun to torture! But you? Just one problem, you'll give up! You're a real coward!" Keifer added. Grace just
looked at him silently. She wiped her tears and seemed to realize something. She slowly left the side and
walked closer to Keifer. "I'm not a coward. This problem won't bring me down." She said firmly to Keifer and
walked closer to Denzel. "...Follow me, let's talk." Denzel immediately followed and got into Grace's car. I
looked back at Keifer. Should I be surprised by what he did? We almost got angry when he shouted at Grace to
leave the side but she just fought him. "Let's go inside! The scene is over!" +