Chapter 7: At Home
Zach filed a week’s leave, to spend more days with his family.
Once the admission test started, the training for the new recruits would immediately follow. And he would have to stay at the dormitory, inside the Military School, to monitor everything while he was not in the field.
He wouldn’t get a chance to be with his family by then.
He smiled as he recalled how his mother cried hard, during the ceremony of the Medal of Valor receiving. He was delighted to see how his family were proud of him.
He drove to their family home, located in the province. It was a three-story house, with seven rooms in a small villa. It was a simple villa if you compared it with the extravagant ones near their area, but it was big enough for them.
He also had a bachelor’s pad in the city, where he slept, if he needed to work and be focused on something important and confidential. But being in their province, he felt more at home.
He smiled with contentment when he was almost near their gate. It took years to finish their villa. Little by little, and just recently this year, it was fully completed.
"Big Brother, you’re here..." Rizie ran towards him and hugged him.
"Wow, presents, give me that. I’ll take care of it." Rizie said as she excitedly pulled the paper bags from her brother.