WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
Chapter 28
We managed to get back before the sun finally set completely.
“We should set camp here” Salvador ordered.
“Who made you a leader here?” Dad asked, if there’s one thing I remembered about my dad and I love it so much is that he doesn’t tolorate bullying or any form of disrespect.
“Are you challenging me?” Salvador asked. Dad dropped his bag and faced Salvador.
“Isn’t it enough that you kidnapped these kids and brought them here, now must you order them around as if they are your slaves, when was the last time you asked them how they were faring, if they are hungry, or ask them if we should take this path or not?” He fired at Salvador.
“I’m not asking which path we are to take because I have the map, and we are in this situation right now because you and your colleague Ricky insisted we take the middle path and I didn’t object, if I had told you the path to take, we would have passed this stage you idi©t” Salvador fired back.
“You are not a leader here, right now we are all a team, and we will all contribute to whatever we want to do here, you won’t be the only one making the decisions anymore, we all have a say here.” Dad barked, he turned to us and ask. “What do you want to do kids, would you like to keep going or would you like to rest?”
“There’s no way you can take over my crew you ba$tard” Salvador snapped and pointed his gun at dad, but before I could blink, dad snatched the gun and pointed it back at him and his men.
“Sit down” dad commanded.
“How dare you” Salvador yelled.
“I said sit down” dad screamed at him, Salvador shuddered and sat down, his men joined him. Mum patted dad on his back to calm him down.
“Wow, I love you dad right now” Dave whispered to me and I laughed.
“Watch this, he’s gonna sigh now” I said to him, and just like I said, dad sighed. “Now he will rob his temple” dad robbed his temple. “Now he will give the gun back to Salvador with a pep talk” dad started his pep talk, and then finally gave the gun back to salvador. Dave laughed his heart out.
“You know your dad too well” Ruby commented. I didn’t know he was listening.
I smiled lightly and replied. “I used to, but now, I just want him out”
“Do you really want him out or you are just simply angry” Bathny asked me but I couldn’t reply.
“I’m sure he’s sorry for leaving” Kira stated.
“Well..” Dad nudged Salvador, he sighed and looked up at us before asking. “What do you kids want to do?”
“Wow, Salvador just…..” Kiwi whimpered.
“Girl, your dad Is my hero” Kira commented.
“Actually, I think we should rest” Michael stated.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
We all sat down and brought out our sleeping bags to inflate it.
“Right, sleeping bags, ours were destroyed by the village leader” mum complained.
“It’s OK, you can stay with me” Ricky said to her.
“Really, thanks” she replied, as she was walking to him, dad dragged her back and she accidentally wrapped her hands around him, I was expecting her to get off immediately but the crazy woman had something else in mind, she held him tightly and sniffed his body, David laughed.
“It seems like Romeo and Juliet still wants each other” he mumbled, I hit his arm and he giggled.
“They look cute together” Kiwi cooed.
“Clearly we are not on the same page” I mumbled.
“What do you want from them” Bathny asked.
“I want them to feel what I’ve felt all these years, is it so hard to as for?” I asked.
“You want them to feel hurt for leaving, I get you girl” Kira started. “It always hurts me each time my parents go on business trips for months without checking up on me, they hardly call, they only send money as if thats all that matters, when we graduated from middle school, you were there, my parents were the only parents in our school who didn’t attend the ceremony, your mum was there, when I go for competitions, I call them to be there, but they won’t even think about it, they will only tell me that they are busy but our buttler will be there. Day By day I live like a rich orphan yet I have parents, it hurts, really bad” she cried.
“My dad went to Spain for a business meeting 5 months ago, till today I’ve not heard from him, my mum always says he called and asked of me but I was at school” Ruby confessed.
“My dad has been in Afghanistan for the past one year, he has only called three times” Kiwi whined.
“My dad goes to work before I wake up, he gets back home when I’ve slept off, I only see him every easter, Christmas and thanksgiving” David stated. What?
“I don’t know my parents, my aunt told me that my mum died when I was born, my father couldn’t take it, he left all his documents and accets in my name, he Locked me up in the house, called my aunt to come and babysit me, before she could get there, dad was gone. My aunt told me this when I was ten.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
I found him a year ago, he has another family now, am I hurt? yes, shocked to my bones but I had to move on, only David knows about this” Michael confessed.
Wow. And I thought I have the worst parents.
“My parents rented an apartment for me just so that I’ll stay off their part while working at home, I like to play loud music and they don’t like that, so they got me an apartment” Henry breathed out.
“My parents come home everyday but I feel like I live alone, we don’t communicate, we don’t eat together, my dad spends most of his time in his study and my mum literally lives in her office near the garage” Bathny confessed.
“What we are trying to say here Marichuiy is that parents screw up a lot” Kira said.
“Especially Beverly hills parents” Kiwi added.
“Sometimes they act like they don’t care, but most times they are just scared because they don’t know what to do, Beverly hills parents are basically the most confused parents on earth, but don’t reject the good things life can bring to you and your parents because of your anger. Let things go” David advised.
“As rich kids of Beverly hills, we can’t crucify our crazy, annoying parents, all we have to do is to keep forgiving them, understanding them and supporting them” Bathny stated.
“We don’t have a choice” Kira added.
“So please, forgive them, they’ve realized their mistakes and they are sorry” Michael mumbled.
I sighed and hugged all of them. “Thanks guys, y’all are the best” I breathed out.
David cleaned my tears and pecked my cheek.
“Awwwwwwwwwww” everyone cooed.
“Hey don’t misunderstand it, it’s just a friendly kss” I said to them.
“Yea, whatever that helps you sleep at night sweetheart” Ruby retorted and we all laughed.
We brought out some snacks, traded the ones we didn’t want with the ones we wanted amongst ourselves.
As we were eating happily, Kiwi asked. “I wonder what we will be facing in the other remaining two paths tomorrow.
“Whatever it is, we will make it across” David assured us, he looked down at me, I nodded and smiled at him.
WHAT A JOURNEY: Chapter 21 – 30
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