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Chapter 14 Stolen
"Hey Aidan. Wait for a while."
I stop walking when I hear my mom's calling my name. I'm turning my back to her who now standing up and heading towards me.
"Please make me some money."
Mom suddenly raising her hand towards me. It's like she ready to take the money from me. I look at her strangely.
"I thought I already make a lot, mom?"
"It's all finished. Make another." She said it without any concern.
"I don't have any." I splurts it out of my mouth without thinking.
"Hey, do not be stupid. You draw the money like you did before. It's not that hard, ain't it?" She's order like it is so simple.
"Where's all the money went too. I don't think I make a small amount last time."
"This, all this. I used up all the money on this." She's showing her clothes, her phone number by meaning it's from my money that I created.
I stay silent. I am unable to say anything. She's easily using all the money to buy all those things.
"There's no need to ask anymore. Just keep on creating the money. Make it a lot this time." She's order.
"Mom, it's not good to keep doing this. Later or soons, it will have consequences." I added before her eyes glaring at me.
She's really mad at me and her hands are grips tightly.
"You don't have to teach me. I am your mother. After all, it's not like I wants to use that money for something ridiculous. This is all for my family too!
I stuns in front of her. I am unable to protest because she was the woman who had given birth and taken care of me all this time.
So I have to agrees and obey her orders.
I then walk to my room. Once I arrive, I take out my backpack. In that backpack, there is a sketchbook that had a RM100 on it. I actually already made plenty of copies because I know this time will comes when they run out the money.
Once I open the backpack, there's something strange. The sketchbook is not in there. I get up my sit and looking at every corner of my room. Adraid it has slipped off somewhere. But it can't be seen.
As far as I remember, I never once took out my sketchbook from my backpack since that day. This is really makes me frustrated. Does my sketchbook has been stolen by anyone?
I get out of my room and run towards Mom's in the living room. I feel bad because I am afraid that the person who stole my sketchbook will misused it.
"Mom... Mom.."
Mom turned back and complained.
"What else? Does the money ready? Where is it?" She ask.
"Mom, I can't find my sketchbook. I think someone has stolen my sketchbook that I have drew a picture of the rm100 note on it."
Mom frowned.
"So what? Just draw the new one. You are good at drawing. Don't bother me anymore. I want to learn how to use this new mobile phone."
She then continue sliding her mobile screen. I am not satisfied with mom's answer. Although it is true that I can redraw it, but it is dangerous if it becomes public knowledge.
I then walking up to my room. I look up at Arifi's and Intan's bed room door.
"Could it be that Arifi's took it? Or even Intan's? Or maybe that guy that going to Intan's room earlier?"
I wanted to stalk my brother again. But suddenly I remembered something that my teacher had told me at school.
"God's will curse those who think badly and slander others."
I turn off the pace. The words echoes in my head. I canceled my intention to stalk my brother. I don't want to accuse them. Or maybe this is all my fault for my clumsiness.
I walk my way to my room then I open annew sketchbook. I hold brush given by Mr. Razak.
"Hopefully this is the last time I do this."
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"What did you bought this time, Nab?" Ask dad to his wife who suddenly comes home with a few shopping bags on her hands. She's even go to salon because now her hair has change it colour from black to dark brown.
Mom grinning in front of her family. She's wearing a new clothes again.
"What did you buy, mom? Is there anything for me?" Ask Intan who now walking towards mom's. She's look at designer bags at mom's side.
There are all kinds of clothes and items that I've never seen my mom bought before. It's all branded goods, of course the price is really expensive.
"It's not much. Just a few pairs of clothes and stuffs. Here, take this. This is all for you guys.”
Dad get up from his seat and heading towards Mom. He look at the clothes bought by his wife. We take the bags that she's handing out. I look at the contains. A few clothes in it.
"Oh wow. This is all are a branded items. Definitely expensive. Where did you get the all the money to buy this stuffs, Nab?" Ask dad.
Mom just grinned. I knows this is all from the money that I've given to her earlier. How could she can afford such luxury items if not from my money?
"But Nab, didn't you cook today? I'm hungry."
Dad suddenly spoke up. Yes indeed we are starving. We're waiting for Mom to come home. Before, she's left the house as soon as I gave her the money. And now it was almost dusk, and the dining table is empty without anything to eat.
"Yes, Mom. We are hungry.” Intan says it too.
"I'm not in the mood to cook today. Let's go eat somewhere. Come on!”
Dad's and Intan looks happy.
They running upstairs to change into the new clothes that Mom had bought. Mom looks happy with the items that she had bought. She's then take out the branded make-ups that she had just bought and smiling to her cheeks.
"Mom, we don't need to eating out. We can saves the money." I stop by her rooms while she's getting ready.
Mom looked at me angrily.
"If you don't want, you don't have to follow us. Eat whatever is available in this house."
Following my heart, I don't want to follow. But at the insistence of my stomach asking for food, I then walk to my room and continue to change my clothes.
I didn't want wear the clothes that my mom's had just bought because they looked too expensive. I felt like it should be wear on special occasions.
After I've done changing my clothes, I then walk out of the room.
I look at Arifi's room which was closed tightly.
I knocked on the door to invite him to eat together. But the is no answer from inside. I turning the door knob and it turn out to be unlocked. The room is dark and quiet. I switch on the light. The room looked very messy, faulty smelled and very musty. It may be due to the smokes that accumulates from inside the room that causes this smell.
But the person that I was looking for was not there. Arifi's may be out. When I wanted to leave the room, I suddenly see a big bag next to Arifi's wardrobe.
I take a step and approaching the bag. It's not locked and then I try to open it. Once the bag is open, I just too stuns and suprise on what I just witness.
Inside the bag that is an undisclosed amount of moneys. And all of them are rm100 notes. And there was another bag in it. Aidan opened it and there was a plastic bag filled with roots. But I'm not sure what it was.
"Aidan, do you want to join us or not?"
Suddenly I heard my dad's voice from downstairs. I quickly close the bag and left his room. I'm running downstair and they looks stunning wearing a new clothes that mom's bought.
"What are you wearing? Why don't you wear the clothes that I just bought?"
Mom's furious when she see me not wearing the clothes that she bought for me earlier.
"But these clothes are comfortable, Mom. The clothes you bought looks too expensive. So, I wants to wear it only at special events."
"What are you talking about? You look poor, Aidan. I hate it! Go change the clothes that I just bought for you."
I obey her order and then quickly run upstairs again to change the clothes that mom's had just bought.
After done changing, I'm going down and get into his father's old Honda car.Download Novelah App
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