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Chapter 9: Personal Talk

"Oh. So you decided to come here?" Ray asked the Shredmaster siblings.

"Is Rhea here? I need to talk to her," Razzy replied. Her voice sounded more calm and collected than their previous interactions.

"Oh, she's..." he turned to his right side, then back at the siblings. "...still eating dinner with her family." His body swooped to his left and the way was open for the Shredmasters to come in. His hand gestured them to come in. "You wanna come in?"

Razzy nodded immediately.

With that, both Razzy and Seth entered the tour bus. Ray shut the door behind them.

Ray's body pushed forward to the lead while mumbling "Excuse me." Now being in front of the Shredmaster siblings, he walked his way towards the dining room. Following behind were Razzy and Seth.

Once they entered the dining room, they could see the Daniels still eating dinner. Rhea's head was the first to turn to her dad. Next was Diona, then Ralpha.

Surprised expressions were shown, but Ralpha raised his eyebrow in confusion. "Uh, what are they doing here?"

"They're asking for Rhea. Well, more likely—"

Ray gestured to Razzy...

"—Razzy is asking for—"

...then to Rhea.

"—Rhea."

As soon as Rhea heard her dad's words, her food was immediately swallowed naturally, emptying the features in her mouth. "I'm sorry, you're asking for me?"

"Yeah. I am. We'll talk about it after dinner," Razzy said.

A pang of surprise punched through Rhea. Just like her dad, she never knew how calm Razzy's voice was. Even Diona and Ralpha.

"Well, do you guys want any dinner?" Rhea heard Diona asking Razzy. "We have Pork Sinigang."

"Yes, please," Razzy answered immediately. "Any food you'd give us is fine with me."

Diona nodded in reply. "Okay."

With that being said, Diona prepared two more platings for both Razzy and Seth. Ray was also seen walking his way towards the stacks of plastic Monoblock chairs located in the far northeast corner of the dining room. He grabbed two chairs and placed one between Rhea and Diona and another between Rhea and himself.

Razzy sat between Diona and Rhea while Seth sat between Rhea and Ray.

With thag being done, the Daniels and the Shredmaster siblings ate dinner.

Later on, after dinner, the Daniels did their usual nighttime routine before doing additional important things. Most especially Ray and Rhea. Ray and Seth were sitting on the bed in the Master bedroom while Rhea and Razzy sat on the bed in Rhea's bedroom. Diona and Ralpha were in the latter's room himself. They would be staying there for entertainment. Ray promised Diona to inform her about what he had heard from Seth.

Inside Rhea's bedroom, you can see the latter herself sitting on the bed with Razzy sitting next to her on her right.

"So you wanna talk to me about something?" Rhea asked her.

"Yes," Razzy replied.

Rhea nodded. After a few moments of silence, words came out of her mouth. "Look, I know it's a bit pushy, but... what is it?"

Razzy turned to her. She had a blank expression on the outside, but her eyes were full of concern and reluctance. She shook her head. "Okay, before I start, no. It's not pushy. I'm just ready to talk about it with you."

Rhea nodded in understanding.

"Growing up in New Jersey, our parents didn't care about money. What they need, what they have in our house is all that matters. They believe having a lot of money will result in greediness. By the time we ran out of food and water, they realized that..." Razzy sighed. "...money is important. They also realized that there's a difference between needing money and loving money. And so, we formed a band. We called it 'The Mighty Hurricanes.' We worked under the management of a man who's really into rockstar music. Especially in the '90s and '80s.

"All around the world, we performed in concerts, so that we can raise money and have enough to provide for everything we need. Right now, it's still in process. Then, one day. When we're performing in the Philippines, something... tragic happened."

Rhea could see the sparkles in Razzy's eyes. This impacted the inside as empathy started building up inside of her.

"Flashlights ontop of the stage were dropped on our dad." Rhea could hear a broken whisper as a tear managed to escape Razzy's eyes. Her head shook. "His neck broke. And we had to get him to the hospital. Then, I decreed that the concert is cancelled. One of them asked when will it be back. My mom answered, 'When Ronny is recovered from the hospital.'"

"That's the name of your dad?" Rhea asked Razzy in a soft, calming tone.

"Yes. Anyways, after this, I saw a person in a black hood."

The words "person in a black hood" immediately caught Rhea's eye and mind. Her ears were now in caution as she continued to listen to Razzy's words. Carefully.

"I chased after it without him knowing it. And soon, I lost him. But I found a clue that would lead me to finding out who's behind that incident."

"What's that?" Rhea asked Razzy.

"This."

Razzy then, pulled out something from her jacket pocket. And when she pulled it out, her hand was already formed in a fist. And when she handed it to Rhea, her fist opened. It was revealed to be a piece of black cloth with the D-Tribe logo on it.

"What?"

A whisper of shock was heard from Rhea upon seeing the cloth. Rhea reached her hand for it and scraped against the cloth with her fingers. Smoothness ran across her fingers.

No wonder Razzy accused us in the first place! Rhea thought.

A broken whisper was heard again. This time, sniffs were added. "I'm sorry."

Rhea turned to Razzy once again.

"I'm sorry... for jumping to conclusions. I'm so sorry for getting revenge on you. I was just so heartbroken about my dad being in the hospital that I... got completely carried away. I even convinced my brother Seth to come with me since my mom is not that much active. I'm so sorry. I'm... so sorry."

With that, Razzy broke down in tears.

"Hey." Rhea said in a soft voice as she immediately wrapped her arms around Razzy and pulled her close to her body. "It's alright. I forgive you. Look, I know how you've been dealing with... a lot in your life and I know I haven't experienced a thing or two about it. But believe me, I—"

"You have a friend. I know. You told me that a few weeks ago," she heard Razzy telling her. A pause occurred in Razzy for a few seconds. Then, a curious question popped into her head. "Is it a male or a female?"

"Male," Rhea answered simply.

"What's his name?"

"His name is Robby. Robby Keene. Growing up, he had no father and his mother wasn't that active as well. Not only that, but he also lived a rebellious life with his two old friends. He went to do some... bad things."

"Like what?"

Hesitation struck through her. Then, after a few seconds of deep thought, she knew it was now or never. "Can you keep it a secret?"

"Of course. You have my word."

Razzy's voice seemed a bit calm, but it sounded slightly broken.

Rhea took a deep breath and exhaled. "He did drugs, some stealing, anything related to those things. But now, thanks to the LaRussos — most especially Daniel — he changed into a good person. We even talked through text and videochat."

"Have you talked to him recently?"

"Not since I received a message from him a few weeks ago. He said something about being on the run because he did something wrong. He also told me how much he loved me. As a sister. I asked him questions like 'What happened?' and 'Are you okay?', but... no response was received. That makes me... worried about him. I wish I could find a way to help him, but then again... he's in America and I'm in the Philippines. So, that's far."

"Yeah. I get it," Razzy said. Rhea could feel her nodding her head as the latter said this.

Then, Razzy became the first to pull away the hug. "Thanks, Rhea. I really need that."

"No problem," Rhea replied with a small smile on her face.

Seeing Rhea's smile somehow widened Razzy's lips into a slight smile.

After a few moments of silence, words from Razzy somehow surprised Rhea. "I heard you singing 'Stuck In a Moment you Can't Get Out of.'"

"You did?"

"Yeah. That's what made me come here in the first place. U2 is one of my favorite bands," Razzy said with a smile.

"Yeah, same here. Although, I still have a lot to learn about those guys."

"Well, maybe if you come over to mine and Seth's apartment, I can show you the rock songs I know of and help you get to know of the rock bands."

"Sure."

Giggles and chuckles escaped their mouths.

The moment lasted until they heard the door open. The two girls' heads snapped towards the direction to the door. It was revealed to be Ray Daniels.

"Did you know about her backstory, dad?"

"Yes. I did. I came here to tell you that there's someone outside the tour bus," Ray said to his daughter.

"What is it?" Rhea asked.

The scene switched to the girls following Ray to the exit door of the tour bus.

Right now the tour bus was no longer in the parking space at SM Pampanga, but there's a parking space within a hotel building. Once Rhea and Razzy got out, their faces were in a mix of surprise and disbelief.

Theywere now face-to-face with the same black-hooded person.

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