Kabanata Dalawampu't Siyam

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"Hey El, Tita Irene's been calling you since we left. Why don't you answer it first, maybe its important" Tim told Eli while driving

Parang walang narinig si Eli, nakatingin lang ito sa bintana.

Figuring things out, kung bakit ganun nalang siya magreact sa nangyari kanina. She's not like this, hindi siya basta basta nagdedesisyon kagaya ng ginawa niyang paguwi ng bigla.

She really know the reason why she ended up deciding to go home but she refused to accept it.

She's jealous, pero anong karapatan niya?

"If you didn't answer that, ibabalik kita dun Eli. Im telling you" napairap si Eli sa narinig kay Tim.

Dinampot niya ang phone niya at akmang sasagutin na ang tawag pero binaba na ito ni Irene.

She heard Tim sighed.

"Nagpaalam naman tayo ng maayos, why is she still calling me? For what?"

"Maybe to tell you something? Malay ko, why are you asking me? If you answered her call edi dapat you already know the reason why" napailing iling pa ito.

"Why are you being grumpy?" She asked.

"I'm not, ikaw nga diyan e. You're acting like a spoiled brat" natahimik siya.

Is she really acting like a spoiled brat?

When they told the girls kanina na uuwi na sila ay alam niyang nabigla ang mga ito. She understands, why is it so sudden?

Eli told them that she has to do something with Aya. Hindi naman na nakahindi sila Dawn dahil she has some reasons naman. Hindi na nagkaroon ng pagkakataon na magpaalam si Eli kay Irene kanina dahil as one na ang pagpapaalam niya sa mga ito. She just went to them one by one and kissed their cheeks before going out.

"Me? Acting like a spoiled brat? What are you saying tim?" Maang-maangan niyang tanong.

"Why aren't you answering tita Irene's call then if you're not acting like a spoiled brat?"

"Im thinking of something Tim, I can't focus kasi iniisip ko yung sinasabi ni Aya" she reasoned out.

"As if I don't know that you just reasoned out your friend para makaalis dun"

Napatingin siya kay Tim.

"Can you stop the car then? You're being grumpy, kung ayaw mo akong ihatid sana hindi na lang. Not like this na you're acting na nararamdaman kong hindi mo naman ako gustong ihatid" she told him

She knows na sumusobra na siya, Tim is just doing her a favor pero inaaway niya pa.

Emotion consumed her, at hindi niya mapigilan yun. She knows na she's silently hurt on what she've witnessed a while ago.

Tim stopped the car somewhere na medyo maliwanag. Eli was about to go out when the car door is locked.

"Unlock it Tim" nawawalan na ng pasensyang wika nito.

"No, I didn't stop the car for you to go out. I stopped it for us to talk" napailing siya.

"Wala tayong dapat pagusapan" parang bata niyang wika.

"Eli naman, diba I told you na pwede mong sabihin lahat sa akin? If you're going through something you can count on me. What's wrong ba?" He told her.
This time its more calm, hindi na grumpy.

Eli didn't speak, iniwas niya ang tingin at humarap lang sa bintana. Minutes later, she was silently crying.

Hindi na rin niya maintindihan ang nararamdaman niya. Halo halo na lahat and she can't take it anymore.

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