Chapter 1

"Ate, wake up! You'll be late if you don't move an inch."

"Oh my gosh, Kyle! You're heavy! I'm awake, get off!"

"Yay! Finally, ate. Look at the clock you said you can't be late."

The moment I lay my eyes on the clock I literally threw the blanket to my little brother and rush through the bathroom. Its 7:30 AM and my shift starts at 7 AM, I'm dead! As I reach the bathroom I heard Kyle laugh like crazy. Oh God! Tell me he's not joking.

"KYLE JOHNSON!"

"Good morning, ma'am."

"Someoene wants to meet you."

"Who? I mean, do you know them?"

"What? Of course not! I don't care about those people related to you. Table 16, they've been here for an hour. Tell them if they won't order leave my store. They are giving us bad luck!"

I wasn't paying attention to my boss anymore when she said they've been waiting for a long time. Who could it be?

"What are you waiting for!? Go you little−"

"Sorry, ma'am."

As soon as I start walking through they're direction, I can feel what'll happen.

"Finally, I found you!"

"Excuse me?"

"You can leave us now. Wait for me in the car."

"What do you want?"

"You're assigned to our new client."

I took a sit while giving him an unbelievable look.

"Don't you remember? I'm done doing this shit. I quit."

"Hmm I see. So what can you offer me, then?"

"Nothing. Stop bothering me. I don't want anything from any of you. Leave."

I start walking on the opposite side but what he said made my world stop.

"How's Kyle? I heard he'll go to school this year. I want to see him."

"Fuck! Don't you dare use my brother to threaten me on your shits! Leave him out of this."

"You know what I can do. You know me too well. So if I were you, I will follow things silently."

I stay quiet and trying to calm myself while looking at him. I know what he can do and I know everything.

"I'm waiting, Miss. You'll go back or I will expose everything to your sweet brother?"

I saw him giving me a smirk. He knows this time I won't be able to say no or reject anything since he's using my brother.

"Here's my calling card. You know where to go. Within 24 hours you must show yourself or you know what will happen."

As soon as he left, I saw my boss checking me. Guess she's concern afterall. But she went in after meeting my gaze.

I finish my shift earlier than usual. 

Now, I am staring at my brother whose smiling sweetly.

"What are you doing, ate? I know I am handsome you don't need to stare at me the whole time. You don't want me to melt, do you?"

I was surprised after hearing those words from him. He's just 5 years old and he knew how to talk like that? He's better than those people living in the streets. Right we are surrounded by those people, I almost forgot. 

"Ate, do you know that I want to move to another house?"

He said while playing yoyo.

"What made you say that?"

"Well, I see things here, scary things."

He pause for a second and look around the house before asking me.

"Is this house haunted?"

"What?"

I almost laugh but I control myself not to.

"This isn't haunted, Kyle."

"Are you sure, ate?"

"Okay, now I'm curious. What did you see?"

He's now quiet. Agh, this won't do.

"What is it? Tell me! You have to tell me everything. I won't laugh at you."

He looks into my eyes intently before saying something.

"I see people here. A man and a woman, I think they are couple."

I felt the chill but I kept listening to him.

"Every night, they went to my room, to visit me. They were both smiling at me."

There's no possible way. It can't be.

"Since when, Kyle?"

"Hmm I think its already a year, why?"

No way! Two years ago since mom and dad passed away. I hope my intuition isn't right this time.

"Why did you keep this from me?"

"I'm sorry, ate! I didn't mean to. I just don't want to add on your problems. Are you mad? I'm sorry, I love you."

I let out a heavy sigh and hug him tight. 

"Go clean yourself and I will prepare your bed."

"Okay ate. I love you!"

"I love you more."

As I was thinking what could be the reason why they showed up on Kyle's I remember the conversation I had on my work.

FLASHBACK~

"Hey, I heard your conversation with this man earlier. Who's he?"

"What!? What did you heard!? Don't you know that eavesdropping is bad?!"

"Whoa, chill! I'm sorry. Its just that I got curious. I though he was harassing you."

I let out a sigh and start telling her some things.

"Oh Kaith, I don't know what to do anymore. I want to transfer Kyle to a decent place and nice school but I don't have enough money. I have lot of expenses and its hard to get him things."

"I don't know the whole situation nor your past but if that's the case then why don't you just accept the man's offer earlier? I mean look, you know how hard to encounter such opportunities in life and also work like this isn't easy. Sometimes you need to take risk in order to give your family what they need."

END~

Kaith was right. But I'm done with that job. What should I do?"

"A-ate? My tummy! Ate it hurts!"

I run to his room to check what's going on with him.

"Kyle! What happened? Oh my gosh!"

I saw him on the floor hugging his tummy, trying to stop the pain. I didn't waste anytime and I carry him on my arms and went to public hospital.

"Don't worry, baby. I got you!"

I saw him tried to smile despite the pain he's feeling right now. 

"I'm sorry ma'am but you have to wait here."

After an hour waiting a doctor appear from my brother's room.

"Doc, how's my brother? Is he okay? What happened to him?"

"Hija, your brother needs a liver transplant."

"What?!"

For a second a felt like I lose my sense of hearing. Liver transplant? That's expensive, where will I get the money for the operation?

"What do you mean? That he's sick? And he needed to have surgery as soon as possible? Huh?!"

"You have to understand, hija. Liver cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the liver. Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control.

"I don't get it."

"He has stage 2 liver cancer."

"What is the survival rate of stage 2 liver cancer?"

"For people with early-stage liver cancers who have a liver transplant, the 5-year survival rate is in the range of 60% to 70%."

"I-I don't understand, why?"

"Any liver cancer is difficult to cure. But we will do anything for your brother. I've seen you suffer before, I don't want you to experience it again."

He knew me? Wait, this isn't the right time to think about that. What I need to think is how will I earn money for his operation. I may not know what's going on or how this operation works or what illness my brother have but I need money. I can't let him die! 

Oh God, help me! I need a sign I don't know what to do!

As soon as the doctor left us I found a paper on my palm. A calling card.

Is this the sign, I'm asking for? I hope its just a coincidence.

'Cause I don't wan to use a dirty money to save my brother.

"Sometimes you have to take a risk for your family."

"Sometimes you have to take a risk for your family."

"Sometimes you have to take a risk for your family."