He was lying on his bed when he decided to call Rovi. It was fifth ring when he was about to end his call.
“Yes?” asks Rovi on the other line.
“I have a good news.” he said.
“Really?” he heard him a bit excitement.
“Yes. The good news is I’m about to unfold her case.”
“Can you verify that?” he asked.
“Of course, but I can’t tell you right now.”
“I see…” he heard him say. “By the way…” he said then sighed. “Are you sure you can solve it? If not, I can just search for someone else to do it for me.” he said.
“I’m sure I can. What do you think of me, a weak? Besides, I’ll be working for free, so you won’t have to worry about the payment.” he asked.
He heard him chuckled. “As if you’re going to do that…” he said then laughed.
“What’s so funny? I’m serious, Rovi.”
“Hey! Are you sure?” he ask.
“Yeah, just make sure, she’ll be mine.” he joked on reply.
He heard him paused. “There’s no way I would do that! I’ll just hire someone then.” he said.
He laughed. “No! I’m just kidding, dude.” he said between his laughter.
He heard him sigh due to frustration. “That’s not funny. It’s not funny at all. If I were you, I’ll just do my job instead of messing around with the happiness of other people.” Rovi said then end the call.
He can’t help but to laughed. He sighed. “When it comes to you Grace, his soft and his over-protective, he never fell out of interests on you.” he whispered unto the air. “You bring out the best of him. I never thought he would fell in love so deep with you, Grace. You made his life more colourful than I expected.” he added.
He decided to visit his mother before he’ll attend his class. He also missed hanging with his brothers. He parked his car unto the garden. He first saw his younger brother sitting on the garden bench. He was reading a book. “Yo!” he greets to get his attention. He sat down near his younger brother. “You seem so busy, uh… Where are they?” he asked.
“Dad is repairing bro’s car while brother is assisting him. Mom is cooking for dinner.” His brother replied without looking at him. “So…” he said and closed the book he was reading, he faced him. “How’s being alone?” he asked.
“Although I miss all of you but its fine; how’s work?” he asked.
“Fine, it’s stressful but it’s alright.” Ran smirked. “How’s being a professor on a big university?”
He smirked. “You’re starting to tease me, uh… Well, it’s fine even though I’m not really into it.”
“The last time you told us, you’ll never pursue to be an educator. Why sudden change your mind?”
He chuckled. “Uh, that’s because I have something to investigate, it’s for the sake of investigation.” he replied with a sparkling eyes.
“Whoa! How come you’re here?” someone asked from his back.
He turned around and he saw his elder brother. He smiled. “I just miss seeing this beautiful garden.” he joked on.
“Nice. Are you going to stay for dinner?” Archie asked.
“Uh… no I just came to visit. Next time, I’ll have my vacation here to play some board games with all of you.” he said.
When his father saw him, he hugged him tight. They were about to enter the house when his mother suddenly stop due to shock. He smiled. “What Mom? You looked pale as if you saw a ghost out of me.” he joked on and hugged his mother. “I miss you, Mom.” he whispers.
“Are you going to have a dinner here?” she asked.
“No. I just came here to see all of you. I must go after thirty minutes because I have my class.” he said.
“Then, I have to packed some foods for you.” she said then ran to the kitchen.
“Mom, you don’t have to do that.” he said but it’s hopeless, his mother doesn’t even care what he says.
“Here. Make sure you eat this, okay?” she said.
“Mom, it’s already time. I have to go now.” he said.
“No! You can’t get out of this house unless you have this.” she said with authority.
He had no choice but get the box his mother prepared. Due to the argument of getting the box full of meal, he was late five minutes on his class.
“It’s okay to make a big impact but never forget to miss one clue. Being a lawyer or a prosecutor isn’t an easy career but all of you had impressed me this day. Group yourselves into three and make a report next meeting.”
After his class, he stayed at the room and relaxed himself. He’s been thinking about Grace after the incident of his house. He knew what kind of reaction he might be going to see on Rovi’s face when he confessed it, even though his terrified but he must say it. He decided to come to the hospital and visit Rovi to confess. He decided to go to the hospital after he calmed himself and he straight drove to the hospital.
“Hi, where can I find Doctor Jimenez at this moment?” he asked the person on the information desk.
“Do you have your appointment or an—, oh, sorry sir but it’s already nine in the evening, you have to consult him early.” she said.
He begun to stare at her then nodded. “Okay, since you’re pretty, I’ll make you pass this time.” he said then smiled. He called his friend. “Where are you? I’m at the lobby and this lady on the information desk didn’t let me in.” he said.
He chuckled. “What are you doing here?” he asked.
“Stop laughing. By the way, guess what–”
“You have another girl friend.” he interrupts to answer his question.
“That’s not it, dude. Guess, what do I brought with me.” he said.
“Okay, I’ll be there.” he said.
“Hurry.” he said then ends the line.
“Hey, what makes you bring here?” he heard from his back.
He smiled. “Nothing, I just want to see you.” he answered. “Rovi, you look haggard today. Is everything okay?” he asked.
“I’ll tell you, follow me.” he said unto him while inspecting the box he was holding.
They were heading on a hallway then stopped in front of a white door. Rovi gets a key on his pocket and unlock the doorknob. He went inside, put the box on the table and lay down on the bed.
“Wow! Feel at home, uh?” Rovi commented.
“I’m sorry, I feel a bit dizzy. By the way, open the box.” he said.
He saw him opened the box. “What are these?” Rovi asked.
“Well, it’s from Mom; she said ‘You can’t get out of this house unless you have this.’ And she’s serious about that!” he said.
He heard him laughed. “Wow! This looks so delicious.”
He saw his eyes sparkling. “Not only with looks, it’s really delicious. You can take half of it.” he said.
He saw him sat on the chair near the table. “So, how’s your investigation?”