3 Chapter 3: Favorite Child (2/2)

When Novie entered her room, she saw that they have painted it to light blue. Suddenly, she can feel the tears forming in her eyes after realizing that her parents painted her room just like how she wanted it.

She sat on the bed and noticed the new mattress.

”Goodness, papa's salary was not much and yet, they still bought me a new mattress” she feels touch by her parent's love for her. Even she didn't call or message them, they still looking after her.

After changing her clothes to a short and plain t-shirt, she lay on the bed.

Ken's figure appeared in the ceiling, and once again, a pain pokes her heart.

She wiped her tears and fall asleep.

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Her mother's scream and the commotion downstairs woke her up. Her body lifted and immediately run downstairs.

Her eyes widened to see her father chasing her brother who was hiding behind her mother.

”Papa, I told you, it was a mistake, they didn't have any evidence” her brother insisted while avoiding all the slippers and shoes her father was throwing at him.

When her father almost caught him, her brother runs towards her direction and hides behind her, Novie flattened her expression.

”I don't think papa will stop chasing you just because you're using me as a shield” she walked to her mother's direction but her brother was like a squid encircling his big body around her.

”You are their favourite child so yeah, you're the best shield I can use” he replied.

Seems like her father had calmed down, he throws the shoes on the floor and sat down.

”What happened to you Brent?” she asked, though she already has an idea.

Her brother sat next to her and crossed his legs.

Novie could see that his body became bigger, even his muscles. He loves going to the gym not because he cares about his body but to use it to get a woman. He had his own apartment, but he only brings his girlfriends there, he never once introduced his girlfriend to them.

He often stays at their parent's house especially when he's hiding from the women who want to murder him for breaking their hearts.

Unlike her, Brent has a brown skin just like their father, her mother always says that Brent's face was just like my father when he was young, while her features, they said she got it from her mother.

”What are you doing here?” her brother asked rudely, she creased her brows and turned to him.

”I live here, why are you here?” she replied, yelling at him.

”I live here too. You're 25 Novie, you need to move” he messes her hair which she hates the most. She clenched her fist and punched his arm.

”You're older than me, why don't you go and starts a family” her brother took her arm and wrestled her, while Novie tried to fight back using her small body.

The two continued wrestling and hurting each other while their mother went to the kitchen to prepare the dinner.

Their father sat on the single sofa and turned the television on, but because of the yelling and screaming coming from Novie's mouth, her father could not concentrate, he slammed the remote on the table and turned to them, fuming.