Scarcity of Chances

Chapter 29

My sobs and frightful screams probably reached the other family members' senses that they came rushing inside my room just to check what was happening. My sisters surrounded me as my mother here put one arm over my shoulders.

"What's wrong, Vine? Why are you crying?"

"Did something happen?"

"We heard you crying from downstairs!"

I could feel my entire body trembling in fear. My breathing is unstable as these tears continuously consume me. Mariin pa rin ang hawak ko sa telepono kung saan ko pa kausap kanina si Kylo, ni hindi magawang bigyan ng pansin ang nag-aalala nilang mga tanong sa akin.

Gusto kong tumayo ngayon at umalis ng bahay upang hanapin si Kylo subalit sa mga oras na ito ay hindi ko magawang igalaw ang katawan. Tila ba napako ako sa tindi ng pagkagulat. If it weren't for the forceful shake I think Ate Lyka did to my body, I would've passed out in great devastation.

"What's happening to you?!"

"K-Kylo..." that's all I managed to say.

"Kylo? Who's that?" Mama asked.

Walang habas sa pagtambol ang puso ko habang patuloy ang pag-agos ng mga butil ng luha mula sa aking mata. Nanginginig ang labi kong tiningala si Ate Amor.

"Ate, c-can you drive for me? I-I think my friend's in danger..." I uttered with my lips trembling.

She nodded in a heartbeat. "Of course!"

"I'll come with you," ani Ate Lyka.

I heard Mama release a sigh. "Where exactly are y'all going?"

Lahat sila ay bumaling sa akin, nagtatanong ang mga mata. Nakita ko 'yon sa kabila ng pagkalabo ng aking paningin. I inhaled before opening my mouth.

"I-I don't know... but he might be just somewhere near. H-He's actually the friend I was supposed to meet for d-dinner."

Mama actually didn't want to let us but I persisted and my sisters here backed me up. They all promised to take care of me, not permitting Mama to come with us because she might get stressed. I don't actually know what happened for all I could think about is Kylo's situation right now.

From the noise I heard, something surely happened on his way here. The loud screeching of his wheels, the disturbing car's brake sounds, and his words were enough to prove that he was not safe right now. I'm afraid to even think that he probably is in a critical situation.

"Calm down, Vine." Ate Lyka held my hand, all sweaty from the nervousness that fills me up, like a severe storm is quaking my entire body. At this moment, I feel like my heart's about to leap out of my mouth.

Her comfort was appreciated silently but it actually didn't do anything. Hindi man lamang nabawasan ang kaba at takot na nararamdaman ko. This is exactly what I felt upon finding out about that fire incident where Miss Bellinda died but just a hundred times worse.

Hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko kung may nangyaring masama kay Kylo. Siya na lamang ang mayro'n ako rito.

We drove through different parts of our town looking for any hints of Kylo's whereabouts until we stumbled upon the alarming sound of an ambulance. Pare-pareho kaming nagkasundong sundan iyon lalo pa't malakas ang kutob ko na para iyon sa kung ano ma'ng sinapit ni Kylo.

Pumikit ako at pinakawalan ang sariwang mga luha, kasabay ng ilang hikbi na hinibla ng takot na nadarama. Ang nakababahalang tunog na nililika pa ng ambulansya ay nakadaragdag sa pangamba.

When we got near the long bridge where we spotted the ambulance stopped, Ate Amor immediately parked her car. I was sniffing as I dried my tears up to somehow clear my vision even just a little bit. Magulo ang pagkaka-park ni Ate sa sasakyan pero wala na kaming pakialam, lalo na ako na mabilis bumaba.