Cradles 14

Peng still standing at the edge of the stair case staring at Rina says, "Rina, please can I just get in, not like I did anything wrong,"

"Influence," Rina had already found herself a seat on the handle of the staircase, "you have done many wrong Pengman,"

"First, I'm your senior brother, second when did you start learning English,"

"I have a dream for my life and it's not running on the streets,"

"Are you serious now?" Peng walks up the stairs blinking at Rina, "would we discuss this now,"

"Then when?" Rina said curiously, "I won't be involved in anything that involves drug cartel and stealing anymore, mom and dad didn't die for this,"

"So I'm suddenly the cause of our downfall,"

"No you're not," Rina said, "but you're just making me fill in the space of the senior brother,"

"Seriously," Peng chuckled, "no one gave you such position and in fact, I thought I gave you an option and you made it clear that you want to be on the streets with me,"

"There's chips in the Kitchen, this is a long one," Rina gave way and Pengman walked up to his apartment, opened his doors and went straight to the kitchen. Then he took a few minutes to clean up and head back to the sitting room. "You were saying," Peng said

"Don't worry about it, you won't consent anyway,"

"Who said anything about that?"

"Peng," Rina turned fully on the long slender couch and said, "are not suddenly thinking about the future anymore,"

"There's no future for us, we just survive and that's it,"

"What happens when destiny keeps calling,"

"Rina!!" Peng shouted, "we've had this conversation before we won't be throwing away our future in school if that's were you're heading. So forget it,"

Rina stays a bit after much lapse of heavy breathing, "...maybe we can collect loan, I won't fail you,"

"Rina, shut up and watch the television, it's fantasy you're favorite,"

Rina grumbles and walks out of the room saying, "I'm in my early twenties, I won't squander my life like you, never,"

"What are saying, slut,"

"I'm not a slut and I'll prove you wrong, I'll stand up to my fears,"

"That's sounds like a line from a novella, someone has been up to something,"

"Uhh, I'm out of here,"

"Hey, where do you think your going?" Pengman quickly runs to the door, "I have a break out to plan and I need your help,"

"Jes, I'm talking about important issues and all you keep saying is a fuckin break out,"

"Five million bucks is important to me," Peng peeps out the corridor on his skivvies, "you're really not going to have my back this time,"

She already went far unto the edge and didn't pay any attention to what he was babbling, "I know you'll be back," he says

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Lobos and TBC and IC got locked inside another room with glass walls and two guards out the front entrance, "if we take out this two guards," IC kept pointing his fore finger, "it will take them half a sec to spot us, and we'll get back to square one,"

"Iron condemn, you're certainly not thinking of running are you," T said

"I second T man, you can't in your little skull think of getting out alive,"

"Are you serious, well, I'm not gonna die in prison,"

"I can manage and leave when my times up," Lobos said, "... I won't be risking more years,"

"Seriously, are you guys gonna leave me here," IC said,

"I don't care if you rut, my years is twelve or thirteen at most, I'll just do my time and get out afterwards," T said

"Gosh, I knew I would be betrayed by all of you," IC

"You call it betrayal, well, I side with the science that says survival of the fittest, I believe in fight for yourself," Lobos chuckles, "I hate to say this but if there's anyone who has betrayed us it's Pengman,"

"You're seriously not putting the blame on a clean slate like Peng, he did everything for us," T tries defending Peng, "he himself was suprised like us,"

"I hate when you see the truth and don't want to accept," Lobos yells at T, "he sold us out from the very beginning,"

"He was offered a choice and kept the windows of his apartment open for recording, I don't see anything wrong with that,"

"You're such a funny pig," Lobos says standing up from his seat and pacing a couple of times,

"What do you just call me?

"Guys, that's the last thing we want to do now, fight,"

"Mtcheew, like your opinion is needed," Lobos said,

"I guess I'll just leave you to yourself then, but I think you guys should know better that they're listening to you,"

"This is absurd," T sat and felt his hands slam his laps, "what made me so foolish to follow five million bucks? I swear if I ever get out of this place I'll never do drugs or run any illegal anymore,"

"You're seriously not thinking about letting our five million dolls roll away," Lobos ran and held T on his shirt, "don't ever say that. We are the rightfully owners of that sum,"

"I don't care man," T shouted, "let go of me, we are in this shit because we followed the wrong path and teachings of Man Power,"

"Wow, is this what this is," Lobos left him and walked double steps backwards, "that old punk,"

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Pengman was all over himself for resenting his only living family from a better world. Although he tried so much to sneer toward Rina it held no attention as she had gone to her usual spot for a friendly conversation with her soul. An abandoned playground, with two empty seats on the swing. Rina sat on one and other kept moving freely, "I hate being thrown out of my own life as if I don't have a say in it. I want to go to school that's what I want,"

"I know and I'll support you," Peng appeared from behind her back,

"I don't want to see you," she said, "I hate and I'll continue to hate you…"

"Until what? I support your impossible and stupid dream of going to school,"

"I don't need your help, so leave me alone,"

"Well, we've been together for what? Almost ten years, that's enough time to know you'll come begging immediately we are done with this discussion,"

"Then you don't know me well,"

"I can bet on that,"

"Ahh, you really do know me aye," Rina stood up angrily and walked towards the open field exit,

"I'm not done with our discussion,"

"I don't care about it, you won't support my dream anyways,"

Peng immediately shook his head and said, "that went well. She'll be heading to the house, so predictable,"

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"Don't call him that?" T turned fully and looked Lobos in the eyes angrily,

"What do you say? I shouldn't call that little slog a punk. And what would you do if I call him uh,"

"I said don't call him that,"

"So what if I do, you'll kill me too,"

"Break it up guys they're listening," IC said,

"I don't care man," Lobos shouted all through, "we are in this shit because of Pengman and if it actually takes you long enough to realize Peng is a slut like your old boy Manpower, we'll be in more deeper shit than this one,"

"He saved my life from Sharon, it's me that owes him not the other way round,"

"IC, can you please go to the pharmacy someone really needs drugs here,"

"Oh yeah I would except that," IC turns around and looks at the two guards at the entrance, "those two are boring as hell,"

"Peng saved me, which means he saved you two L," T pointed his hands at L's face, "and you IC," he pointed at IC,

"Well, I can understand L's part of saving but mine is quite not understandable, or I'm I missing something,"

Lobos after trying so hard to keep his mouth and hands from reaching out to T, because he thought of it as inappropriate. Would he ever come to the light that he's fucked for twelve years? Will he understand the situation he's in right now? Should I tear him apart?

He wondered all this thoughts in his head for a while then said, "T, I don't really understand why you clinch so much to the fact that Peng is your guardian angel or some but we are in a situation that needs our help not Peng's, he betrayed you, kept his window open and closed his mouth all this time,"

"That won't let us out," IC said, "neither will any other thing else, so just seat, keep shut and travel into twelve years time while I travel into fifty,"

"Woo, and of course that won't happen if we don't tell them all we know about the five million bucks," T said

"Eww, the water is wet, that's TBC I know talking, so what do we do,"

"Well, I second who soever say we are telling the truth, I mean I don't wanna leave long in prison," IC said,

"I stand strong with that opinion," Lobos said,

"So what do we tell them?" T ssid,

"Everything…" IC and Lobos chorused. IC then said, "not like we'll have the chance to face reality and look for the sum on time,"

"As guys know Tancredi is a snoot, I won't be messing around with him," Lobos said,

"We will just go straight to the point and hit the nail, agreed," T said, "if you have any objections you can bring it up now,"

"Someone actually realized his life is in his hands," Lobos' says,

"That was a snobbish way of thinking I know, Pengman is no better than any of us sitted on this table,"

"Yeah, brother," Lobos walks up to T and greeted him like always, hands jambing on one another, cheek to cheek, while Lobos bowed and whispered some words unto T's right ear, "love you bro,"

"Always, man," T replied,

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Peng walked into his apartment, slammed the door behind him, his first eye spotted Rina in the kitchen breaking garlic with her palms, "you left me to break the little garlic,"

"That's what you're fun of doing despising little things,"

"Firstly, I'm sorry, if I offended you secondly we have a more important thing to do than quarrel,"

"If it's not about my future in a better place, I'm not involved,"

"Well, we'll start with the profit of the market Lobos kept in your possession before we left,"

"That's why you came back right, the cash and that's it,"

"Rina, we've talked about this, no insults whatsoever,"

"You insulted my future first, and now I'm repaying the favor,"

"Ohh, I see where this is coming from," Peng chuckles loud, "which motivational book did you read this time,"

"I hate you and all the stupid things you do,"

"Don't let me cross the line, I won't take it kindly,"

"You have squandered all the years in your early twenties, managed to call yourself a graduate in engineering…"

Peng stood still like a bot on Twitter, but was not about to admit what Rina kept pouring out her gut, "I said shut up,"

"Why don't you want your younger sister to go to school and have a degree and work in someplace worth the cash I spent," Rina said, "why should I let that happen?"

"School is expensive in this part of the world,"

"I don't care," she said, "people of even more low status are going why shouldn't I,"

"I won't be spending twenty thousand dolls every year on a petty shit like school,"

"I know like the children game, "Simeon says"…I'm tied down to your decision and way of thinking,"

"What choice do you have?"

"I'll prove you wrong," Rina leaves Peng in the kitchen and moves to the bedroom,

"Seriously, are you going back to that stupid playground,"

"Thought you knew me," Rina paused and giggled,

"Ok, you got me. Where to?"

"I'm going to stay with my friend Pearl, guess I'll see you later," Not long Rina moves quickly in and out with her bag, "take care of yourself,"

"We just got reunited after a bumpy one week plus we have my an escape to plan,"

Rina slammed the door.