Masked Glamour

Chapter Two

Ferula

My eyes sting while looking at every corner of our house for the last time. Every moment I spent here still feels like fresh in my memory. I let out a heavy sigh and smiled.

"Ready?" My head snapped to where I heard the voice came from. Mystia were standing in our house's main door.

I nodded. "I am."

Bawat hakbang ng aking mga paa ay tila kay bigat sa aking pakiramdam. Mas lalong nag-init ang sulok ng aking mga mata nang tuluyan na akong makalabas ng bahay.

Sa labas ay naroon ang bagong magmamay-ari ng aming tahanan. Iniabot ko sa kanya ang susi.

"Kayo na po ang bahala rito, Aling Melva," sabi ko habang nakangiti.

"Maraming salamat, Ferula. Mag-iingat kayo sa byahe," aniya.

"Opo," sagot ko naman. Bumaba ang tingin ko ng maramdaman ang kamay na humihila sa dulo ng aking damit. Napangiti ako ng makita si Myrelle.

"Huwag pasaway kay nanay, a?" sabi ko saka yumuko at bahagyang ginulo ang kanyang buhok, "mamimiss ka ni ate."

"Ako rin po," aniya habang nakalabing nakatingin sa akin. Nginitian ko na lamang ang bata.

Muli akong umayos ng tayo. Sa huling pagkakataon ay muli 'kong sinulyapan ang aming munting tahanan bago tuluyang tumalikod at tinungo ang sasakyan ng aking kaibigan.

A single tear fell from my eyes the moment I closed the car's door. I heave a deep sigh and then chuckled. I felt her hand caressed my back.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry," I mumbled while wiping my wet eyes, "I'm such a drama queen."

"It's okay. You just got too attached with them that it's already too hard for you to leave," she said. Sympathy laced her soft voice as she caressed my back again.

I smiled and sighed. "Alis na tayo."

Mystia only nod before she starting the car's engine. My eyes still moist while the car's running. I just leaned on the car's window, watched the sceneries where I grew up, slowly changing into new surroundings.

In no time, we reached the town of Rosewood. We passed by the green arc of the town where the town's name was sculpted. One thing about my bestfriend's town I love the most was the overlooking crystal blue sea. Mystia's house were also built to some higher part of the cliff where the sea is just below the verge of the cliff where the house was built.

Mystia stopped the car infront of their wooden house. I really love their house. Para iyong bahay-bakasyunan. Ang lamig at presko ng pakiramdam. May mga puno at mga halamang namumulaklak tulad ng rosas at iba't-ibang uri ng mga hanging orchids sa paligid ng kanilang tahanan.

"Mamaya na natin ibaba iyong mga gamit mo. Sa loob na muna tayo, naghanda si Frius ng makakain," sabi niya saka itinulak ang pinto ng sasakyan sa kanyang tabi. Sumunod naman ako sa kanya palabas.

"Salamat. Nag-abala pa kayo," nahihiyang sabi ko.

Isinukbit niya ang kamay sa aking braso. "Sus! Para namang iba ka sa amin! Ngayong nandito ka na, ayaw kong nahihiya ka sa amin ni Frius, ha!" aniya.