Kabanata 19

Lost & Found

Lumingon ako ulit sa kan’ya at takang tumingin. Wondering what he said was for.

“Huh?”

Binalingan ko ang hawak niyang phone. Not really sure if he was talking to me or someone else. Pero nakababa naman na iyon at tapos na ang tawag.

He sighed and then walked towards me. Pareho na kami ngayong nasa hamba ng gazebo.

“I know you’re avoiding me. There’s really no point in denying it. I know. I just want to know why.”

My throat ran dry. Akala ko ay tapos na kami sa usapang ‘to. I’ve been trying to have a decent conversation with him pero siya naman itong nanahimik bigla kanina. This was what he’d been thinking?

I bit my lower lip and exhaled slowly. Pinag-iisipan kung sasabihin ko na ba sa kan’ya para matapos na pero hindi ko talaga alam kung papaano ko sisimulan.

If I honestly admit that I followed him last time, iyong sa ospital, hindi ba pangit iyong tingnan? What I did was really weird and off-limits. Talagang napangunahan lang ako nang hinala kaya ko nagawa. Pero hindi ko