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she had wanted to say to Charlie.
The three soon sat down.
“Our country was once a beautiful place…”
“Not again,” Angeline thought, while looking at the Kyoto Tower
through the damaged wall, but Lucas seemed to be interested since it was his
first “class”.
“30 years ago, when animals still existed, humans didn’t depend on
energy liquids to survive. But due to the lack of resources, our leaders became
desperate to find new energy sources. And so, human labour was needed for
more excavation to be done…”
“Although we succeeded in finding a new energy source, it’s still
limited. To ensure the survival of the people who own most of the resources,
walls were built to separate the rich from the poor, but the rich still use us as
a labor force to enhance their technology, like what they did to your father,”
Mr Giorno said, glancing in her direction.
“Yeah yeah, and what’s left was this dumb watch of his,” Angeline
sneered with disdain, leaving Lucas a little clueless.
“Grandpa… We agreed not to talk about this, didn’t we?” Charlie
inquired.
“We should never forget what those people did to us,” Mr Giorno
retorted. “If it wasn’t for them, maybe Kayden would’ve-”
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“Grandpa!” Charlie exclaimed, trying to stop the geezer from completing
his sentence.
“Fine, fine, let’s move on to Math class, shall we?”
With the skies turning dark, and the air cold enough to condense the
water vapor exhaled by Angeline’s deep, damp breath, she stopped walking
and glanced over her wrist.
“Oh it’s 7p.m. already. Mum should be home for dinner,” Angeline
mentioned while walking home with her younger brother.
After class, Angeline was constantly thinking about her father, but all she
remembered was her father leaving the house, never to return. After months,
she was told that her father died in an accident while carrying radioactive parts
of a ship for work, which paid more than any other job offered in the slum.
Angeline knew it was for their family’s sake but she could not understand
why her father would leave her for the money. She did not ask for money, all
she wanted was…
Her father.
Soon enough, they reached a building. It was the same as those around
it, but held more meaning than any other.
“Yayyy, we’re home! Mum, guess what I learned in my first class
today!” Lucas exclaimed, his face beaming with joy, but no one responded…
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