may I episode 75 & 76

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(R0m-nce is a Meal)

By Sommy Pearl F.

Chapter 75&76

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“Sh*t! Stop with the stupid tears and tell me the Fu-ck is going on? Where’s May? Where’s she?!” Ryder hollered, still holding Raymond’s collar ti-ghtly,, not minding the talks and stares of p@$$erbys.

“I… don’t just know. I’m worried sick about her. She hasn’t been picking my calls,, either has she be answering my texts. I asked Coral since she was the only one with her last… but she claimed she didn’t see her. What am I gonna do now?” He kept on crying loudly, with shaky voice.

Ryder punched him ha-rd on his face and Raymond fell down on the ground. He looked at the sky from where he laid.

Tears still continued flowing from his eyes. He slowly used his right arm in covering his eyes.

“May… where are you?” He kept muttering,, which Ryder heard.

“So much for being her boyfriend! You are just gonna keep on hurting her!” Ryder snapped, entered his bike and rode off.

As he rode along the road,, he couldn’t also help but cry loudly,, from being emotionally hurt to hearing a bad news about May’s sudden disappearance.

“Where are you, May?” He whispered.

Ryder suddenly remembered Percy and Sandra. They ought to know,, or they might know what happened to her.

Percy’s Apa-rtment**

“What are you doing here?” Percy voice shook when Ryder barged in.

His eyes met with Carlos sitting down on the sofa, watching TV and eating popcorn.

The popcorn which he was about to drop into his mouth, fell down from his hand.

Apparently,, Carlos was shocked to see Ryder and so he was too.

“Aiish! How am I gonna explain to Ryder now?” Percy thought.

“What’s he doing here?” Ryder asked, looking at Carlos shockingly.

Percy inhaled dee-ply and Carlos quickly stood up.

“Ryder,, He’s my-

“Ryder. How are you doing?” Carlos muttered.

“But what are you doing here? How… How did you end up here?”

Carlos swallowed ha-rd. He was also confused. Ryder quickly turned to Percy.

“What’s going on? Why’s Carlos here?” Ryder asked her.

“You both know each other?” Percy asked.

“Well,, yeah” He replied.

“What? Really?? Carlos? You know him??” Percy asked, and quickly looked at Ryder.

“Yeah” Carlos answered.

“How? I don’t un-derstand” Percy shook her head.

“Who’s he to you?” Carlos asked.

“He’s Ryder… My brother”

“Whoa. He works for my brother and they even live together”

“Oh really?” Percy beamed.

“Not anymore” Ryder snapped.

“Why? What happened? Did you two fight?” Carlos asked.

Percy looked at Ryder quickly.
“Wait,, Is Carlos brother the one whom you told me,, betrayed you?”

“That’s a story for another day” Ryder exhaled.

“For now,, I nee-d your help” He added, sitting down.

“What’s that about?” Percy sat close to him while Carlos slowly sat down on the opposite sofa.

“May… You know her, right?” Ryder asked.

“Sure,, That’s if you are talking about Sandra’s daughter”

“I think she’s missing” Ryder muttered.

“What!” Percy raised her voice.

“Sshhh! Be quiet” Ryder cautioned.

“I think May kind of didn’t go to Italy,, like her mother explained” Ryder explained.

“Huh? How? Hey,, stop saying nonse-nse” Percy warned.

“I’m serious. May never went to Italy because she also stayed with me… at Ray’s Italian Cuisines”

“May? That May working for my brother is Sandra’s brother?” Carlos asked.

Ryder nodded.
“You know Sandra?” He asked.

“Well, yeah” Carlos answered.

“Well,, May is actually Sandra’s daughter

“Whoa! What a Fu-cking coincidence” Carlos remarked.

“Hold on. Do you mean Sandra lied to me? She lied she se-nt May to Italy when her daughter worked and served in a restaurant here in Korea?”

Ryder quickly shook his head, and waved his hand relentlessly to Percy’s face,, meaning a hu-ge No!.

“I never said that. I think May stayed back instead of going to Italy while her mother thought otherwise”

“Geez, why would May do such a thing?” Percy gasped.

“Aiish! She didn’t do it purposely. I know the reason why she didn’t go” Ryder retorted.

“Why didn’t she?” Carlos curiously asked.

“She got scammed of her life savings. No penny was spared. Then, she cried and cried like her own life was the thing scammed of. Having no money simply means no travel,, don’t you agree?”

“Hmm… I guess you’re right” Percy replied.

Carlos simply nodded.

“As I was saying,, May’s missing. I want you to help me”

“How are you sure she’s missing?” Carlos asked.

Ryder looked at him for a while, before replying.
“Your brother… he told me. I guess he isn’t so good with R0m-nce and girls”

Carlos blinked his eyes.

“She has been missing for 3 days and 12 hours now”

“Ohhhh my!!

“Yeah sis,, Anyways,, Can you call Sandra… Let ask her-

“You crazy?!” Percy yelled.
“She might run mad if she hears her daughter was in Korea, after getting all her money frauded! What more will happen if she hears her daughter is missing? You want her to die cause of shock!”

“So, what am I supposed to do now? I’m Fu-cking worried about her now that I might turn insane”

“You know what,, just chill,, okay?… Rest here for today and tomorrow night,, I’m gonna go to her place for you,, I promise. I’m gonna take it easy on her so her blood pressure won’t rise. You know what I mean right?” Percy asked, arching her brows.

“Yeah… Tomorrow night it is then… Well, I guess its okay then. This is just 10pm” Ryder said.

****

Raymond was outside,, standing and stretching his ne-ck and straining his eyes still searching for May.

He had been like that since Ryder took off with his bike.

“May,, where are you?” He kept muttering, with tears filling his crystal eyes.

“Raymond?” He heard a small voice call.

He quickly looked in front.
“Huh? You’re Sasha?… May’s friend?” He asked.

Sasha’s eyes were filled with tears too. She nodded quietly and walked up to him. She wore a ha-rd fluffy sweater over black ti-ghts.

Her bag was str-apped over her che-st,, while her hand lazily clenched onto the str-ap.

“What are you do-,,,
“Wait,, Have you seen May?” He asked, bitterly,, cutting himself short.

Sasha’s eyes released the tears immediately.
“I’m sorry” Her voice trembled.

“What do you mean?” He asked.

“I’m really sorry. It’s my fault. Cause of me,, she got caught” She kept crying.

“I… don’t un-derstand”

“May has been caught”

“What?”

May’s Room***

May’s stomach kept rumbling and Gr0-ning.

“Aiish! Keep quiet,, you!” She warned and tapped her stomach, like it had ears.

“Darn it! I’m so hungry” She muttered, and glanced at the tray of food behind her.

“No! I’m not gonna eat. I rather die of hunger!” She said, and laid on her bed.

May slowly bit her fin-gernails.
“I really miss you, Raymond” She said.

****

West carefully laid Sandra on the bed and sighed heavily.

“She’s drunk again… When will she stop drinking,, seriously?” He said to himself.

“I really nee-d to talk to May before her mother dies cause of depression and alcoholic drinks” He said again and left to her room.

****

May couldn’t hold it anylonger. The hunger was at the peak and her stomach was now many thun-derous noises.

She ran to the tray of food, and took a spoonful of rice. She swallowed ha-rd as she raised the spoon to her li-p.

“I’m hungry” She muttered, and opened it. She was about to shook it into her mouth when she heard a knock.

She hurriedly kept it back and behaved like she was cool. She stood up quickly, dusted her bo-dy, brushed her hair down with her palm and cleared her throat.

“Yes,, coming” She said, and walked to the door.

She opened it half way and looked outside. It was West.

“Mr West? What do you want?” She asked, politely.

“Let’s talk” He said, slowly.

“About?” She asked, bending her ne-ck,, slightly a bit to the left.

“About your Dad…About why your Mother wants you in law school”

“….What?” May slowly said, in a low manner.

“You don’t wanna hear it?” He asked, keeping a straight face.

May blinked her eyes twice.

He sighed and took a step, ready to leave….

“Wait,,, Hold on,,, Come in” She muttered, and opened the door wi-dely.

West inhaled dee-ply, and looked at her for a while. Her eyes were looking down at the floor, yet,, he knew how sad and nervous it looked.

He slowly walked in. May sighed dee-ply before shutting the door.

TBC