Chapter 34 : A trick

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Louise (POV)

" Ate Gab??!! "

Sabay-sabay pa kaming napalingon sa pinanggalingan ng tinig na iyon.

Then there was a boy standing and staring at us.

Must be one of my girlfriend's relative, dahil kagaya nito ay taglay din ng binata ang chinitong mga mata at obyus ang resemblance sa mga nakakatandang kapatid ng katipan. Kung tutuusin parang younger version ito ni Kuya Gael. But unlike him na laging nakangiti at napapalibutan ng pagiging charming, this boy is too serious na animo hindi kakitaan ng pagiging playful, idagdag mo pa na ang suot nitong casual polo shirt and not so big reading glasses ay nagbigay ng nerd style at simpatikong aura dito.

"Nyel? What are you doing here? I thought you are in the hospital at bi---- "

"Gabby?!" a husky voice na nanggaling sa likuran ng binatang tumawag sa amin ang muling pumailanlang at iniluwa nito ang isang dalaga in her boyish outfit. Hindi kagaya ng binatang tinawag ni Gabby sa pangalang Nyel, the lady has deep set of eyes, pixie haircut with a bold feature of pagiging cool. Her fashion statement was more similar to Dreek in a laid back style.

She wear a fitted v-neck gray shirts, tattered jeans, a pair of sneakers and few leather trinkets on her arm. I don't know what is the exact definition of sexy but this human is highlighted the word "sexy" in different forms.

"Nate??? " kunot noong bigkas ng katipan " what the..?!!!" narinig kong dugtong nito sabay marahas na baling sa pinsang si Dreek.

"oh-oh!" tanging usal ni Dreek then flash a wide grin kasabay ng pag-taas ng dalawang kamay na animo sumusuko. Unti-unti itong umatras habang binabato pa rin ng nakakalokong tingin na may kasamang paumanhin si Gabby.

"the hell you were thinking?!! ?!!! " hiyaw ng katipan and started to look pissed off.

"i'm sorry, couz.. i just did it because ---- "

"because of what?!" galit na putol ng katabi ko "alam mong madami akong upcoming commitments right? which i quickly set a side because you told me that Nate is in critical condition! and then what??!" asik nito throwing her death glare kay Dreek. Her face quickly turned red kasabay ng paniningkit ng mga mata at pagtikom ng mga bibig.

"pasensya naman, wala na kaming ibang maisip na pa--- "

"don't blame him, Mia."malumanay na singit ng ina ni Gabby

"at bakit hindi Ma?! that jerk made me worried because of his stupid lie!!"

"ah! ah! " Dreek calmly interrupted ,waving his fingers as a no sign, not minding her cousin na halos mag-apoy na sa galit ng dahil sa kanya "who say's i'm lying? eh na aksidente naman talaga yang si Nate" sabay nguso nito sa tinutukoy "why don't you show them your injury?"

Bumaling ako sa kausap nito and saw Nate's face in confusion. Naka-kunot itong nakatingin kay Dreek na animo walang maintindihan sa sinasabi ng pinsan.

"come on, show them the small scratch on your palm, nung binuhat mo yung natumbang motor nuong nagsemplang ka" sabay ngiti ng nakakaloko. Pati si Nate na natigilan kanina at nanatiling nakatayo sa kinatatayuan shake her head while smiling after she silently mouthing something like a "stupid" ng mapagtantong ng aasar lang si Dreek.

For a while ay naaliw ako sa mga ito kung papaanong tratuhin si Gabby when suddenly i felt my girlfriend's arm na nagbadyang kumawala para sugurin ang pinsan nito.

"Gabby?" sawata ko in a low voice na ikinatigil at ikina-kalma nya.

"lumubay na nga kayo" pukaw ng ina ni Gabby " hindi naman mangyayari ito if I didn't give them my permission to proceed on their plan. I let them do it , dahil halos lahat ng tao dito ay namimiss kana." dugtong pa kasabay ng pagbaling sa katabi " and for god sake, anak. do we really need to do this para lang mapauwe ka dito? mas matimbang ba talaga ang trabaho mo sa kumpanya kaysa sa aming Pamilya mo?" sita nito ng may himig ng pagdaramdam.

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