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"I hope she's okay."



Evan hugged me after Kevin and Uwak left. Hinaplos niya ang likuran ko at nakahalik ang labi sa aking noo.


"She will be fine." Sabi n'ya.


I hugged him back. Kusang kumilos ang kamay ko para yakapin siya pabalik. Matapos kasi ang mga ilang araw na nagdaang busy ako ay siya na palagi ang nasa tabi ko kaya naman nakakasanayan na ng katawan ko na akapin siya.


"Are you sleepy? Do you want us to go home now?" he whimpered on top of my head while kissing it.


I nodded while burying my face on his chest. Hindi ko masabi ang nararamdaman ko dahil sa mga nangyari ngayon araw. It feels exhausted and tiring.


We get in his car a few minutes of checking Sunshine's house if she left something important but there's nothing. Seems like she will not study anymore, said by Evan. Isa siyang Mulawin na pumunta lamang sa kapatagan para sa isang lalaki. Sigurado raw si Evan na itatago ni Kevin si Sunshine mula kay Zyno.

Nagising ako ay umaga na, katabi si Evan at nakaakap pa sa akin. Today is holiday, no work and school. Tumayo ako at nagpunta na sa banyo. I stayed in the bathroom while checking my phone. Halos anim na buwan na rin para akong nasa puder ni Evan. I don't think I can stay more longer.


I came out of the bathroom seeing Evan talking with someone on his phone. Nakakunot ang noo niya at animo'y nakarinig ng masamang balita.


Kinuha ko ang suklay at sinuklay ang buhok ko. Evan dropped the call and came to me.


"Dashkov hotel and restaurant got ambushed," sabi ni Evan. "It was my friend's fault, Jacob Wang. Si Maria ang pakay niya."

Jesus, my forehead knotted while looking at him. I can still remember Jacob Wang's face. As far as I remember, he's a doctor.


"Oh my," sabi ko. "Will you go and check it? Can I come?"

Umiling siya at kumuha ng tuwalya. Hinarap niya ako at inilingan ako.

"It's maybe not safe there yet. The building is under investigation. Nasa presinto raw si Uncle para harapin si Jacob. Pupuntahan ko, I can't believe Jacob did this."

"I want to check Maria's situation-"

"It's not safe there," mariin niyang sabi. "Huwag makulit." strikto niyang sabi.

Tumayo ako at kinuha ang sling bag ko sa sabitan. Nakipagtitigan ako sa kaniya habang nakapamewang siya sa harapan ko.

"What if she got shot? God, she's Uncle Astro's girlfriend! I already met her, I'm curious and concerned about her," I explained.

Nanatili siyang nakatitig sa akin gamit ang strikto niyang emosyon sa mukha. Tipid akong ngumiti at inayos pa ang sarili ko.

"Let's go na," sabi ko.

Kinamot niya ang kaniyang kilay at napailing.

"Look at your outfit, baby," he shook his head while chuckling. "You're going out with those pink pajama set?"

Saka ko lamang naalala ang suot ko. Tiningnan ko ang sarili ko at natawa na lamang. I took a step towards to my closet when he held my arm to stop me.

"Come on, Evan," pagod kong sabi. "Ugh, holiday kasi, eh. Why are they letting their workers work on holidays?"

Natawa siya at kinuha ang sling bag ko.

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