164 Adventure Begins! (1/2)
Everyone went on their own ways after the meeting ended. Jun chatted with his sister but immediately felt a wall between them. Though both of them tried acting familiar with each other, unlike dogs who had loyalty ingrained to them, humans tend to change and adopt in its surroundings.
Anna cared for her brother as a family. But now that they were in front of each other, she couldn't think of anything to say.
Jun accepted the truth that his relationship with his sister was now an awkward one. He further realized this when she chose to side with her friends instead of him. They may be family but they weren't depending on each other.
The warmth that he thought that a family member could give him didn't come. He only felt cheated for expecting a warm reunion.
Adrian and the others gave them some time. The group went out and left the building.
Jun and Anna sat on a bench near the stairs that lead down to the first floor.
With an unknown heavy feeling in his chest, Jun asked Anna the question he was most curious about. ”Are you alone?”
Anna realized what he meant and shook her head, ”I'm together with Chloe and Grandma Teresa.”
”Ohh.”
Silence again.
Jun scratched the back of his neck and softly mumbled, ”Mum... where is she? Did she...”
”If you're asking where she is now, then I can ony apologize because I don't know. She went with uncle to deliver the finished products in Taytay. Mom established a small tailor shop and it was enough to support us for our daily needs.”
”Do you know why she left? Why you guys left me?”
Since they were both not looking at each other, Anna didn't notice Jun's current state and replied, ”I don't know. But I know that mom misses you. You and dad. Sometimes, when I wake ups at the middle of the night, I would hear her sniffing beside me. I can think of a fee reasons but I can't guarantee that it is true. If you want to find out, you need to ask mom about that. For the record, I hated dad for a time when we left the house. I hated him for bullying and making mom cry. That's why I didn't talk to him after a long time. I just recently got close to him when I learned to become practical. How is he, I didn't see him back at your place.”
”Dad got injured from his work and he was one of them when things started.”
”Ohh.”
Jun stiod up and stretched a bit before facing Anna. He then said, ”If you need anything, you can come find me at the mall. If I'm not there, look for Bernard. He's the easy-looking old man.”
Anna stretched her arm towards him and said, ”Can't you just give it now? I need money.”
Jun scoffed, then took a blank black card. ”Where did you learn to become thick-skinned? You weren't like these when you were younger.”
Anna smirked, ”I learned to be practical. Didn't I just told you about it?”
Jun shook his head as he went down the stairs, but halted when his sister called for him. Anna wrote something on a piece of paper and gave it to him.
Later that day, stacks of paper were placed on Evo's desk. The PNP's sheet of papers even had confidential stomped on its top right corners.
Evo's expression says that he wasn't willing to waste his time dealing with this mess and so he called for reinforcement. Most of the girls had experience with data entry, so they accepted the call for help.
Each page had detailed descriptions of the individual. Some had titles, while others don't. During filing, they also found out that people with the same jobs mostly have the same skills. The only difference were the individual traits and some additional skills.
As they finished tabulating the information, it became evident that your genersted skills depend on what your job was. Even though everyone roughly guessed it, having a confirmation was still better than hoping.