CLARENCE
Nakatitig lamang siya sa message na narecieved niya from Kasey. And it was after a long time that he was able to blink
Hindi niya alam kung ano ang unang mararamdaman, matutuwa ba siya o madidismaya? he will start a way para malaya niyang masabi kay Kasey ang kanyang mga nararamdaman na Mahal na Mahal pa rin niya ito.
He didn't count on her to fall for him, Again
One of these days, hindi na niya maiiwasang hindi makipagkita rito.
Ano kaya magiging reaksyon niya kapag nagkita na sila at malamang kung sino talga siya?!
Would it erase every good memory she had of him?
At kung sakali, matatanggap ba siya nito sa buhay niya ngayon?
He, whom she believed, to be dead? What would he do? bumuntong hininga siya, tumayo siya at lumapit sa bintana ng kanyang silid upang tumanaw sa labas nagtagal siya sa puwestong iyon hinintay niyang magtext muli ang kanyang Mahal katulad ng ipinangako nito pagdating nito sa inuuwiang condo unit
He knew about her living in a condo unit. he knew her phone number at home, knew her cellphone number noon pa mang isang taon, he couldn't help himself investigate everything to know about her after watching her in one of her shoot.
Hindi niya napigil ang sarili na alamin ang lahat ng tungkol dito at sa buhay nito ngayon
He could get the private numbers of the presidents of any country in Asia. Why not the private numbers of the woman he loved?
Since then, bawat libreng oras niya ay nagugugol sa pagmamatyag kay Kasey
He watched her every performance in her shoot, he watched her when she celebrate her birthday in that club with her friends, he watched and wondered kung bakit wala pa itong boyfriend. At kung bakit sa kabila ng maraming taong nakapaligid dito, palagi pa rin itong nag-iisa. nais niyang itanong dito kung nakatali pa rin ito sa mga pangako ng nakaraan katulad niya.
And on that night of her birthday, he felt he couldn't just watch her anymore.
Ang pag-ibig na nararamdaman niya para dito ay nais nang sumabog sa tuwing nakikita niya itong nalulungkot, sa tuwing minamaneho nito ang kotse nito at umuuwing mag-isa going to that empty condo unit and imagining her walking, eating and sleeping alone on her bed.
"he text her,
That was how she came back to his life. By means of a cellphone and her text messages
Napahilamos siya ng mukha nang marinig niya ang hinihintay niyang message ng kanyang cellphone, bumalik siya sa kanyang desk at kinuha ang cellphone sa ibabaw niyon pangalan ni Kasey ang nasa inbox bumilis ang t***k ng kanyang dibdib binuksan niya ang message nito at in-scroll
"I'm home i'm safe,
Iyon agad ang pinadalang text message ni Kasey kay Dimple pagdating na pagdating niya sa condo unit, napabuntong hininga siya at hinintay ang sagot nito ngunit hindi na niya hinintay iyon. Nag-text ulit siya rito.
"I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
Ilang saglit pa ay dumating ang sagot nito.
Dimple : Text it again please
Kasey: WHAT?
Dimple: Say that you love me?
Napangiti siya, binigay niya ang hinihiling nito.
Kasey: I LOVE YOU
Dimple : You really really Sure?
Kasey : Nangungulit ka na naman Kulit gusto mo bawiin ko?!
Dimple : No, God! i wish i'm with you right now! I wish... just want you in my arms.
Kasey: thats the problem, Ha ha ha dont you think thats just Funny?
Napangiti siya
Dimple: Go to sleep I know its your big day tommorow
Kasey : will you be there
Dimple: wouldn't miss it but i'm not sure
Kasey: I want to meet you na, Dimple PLS!
Dimple: Not yet, Heart
Kasey : Why? your so Unfair
Dimple: Life is unfair but you know me soon enough, I promise
Kasey : Don't make promises i don't wanna lose you yet, promises make loved ones dissapear, DONT MAKE PROMISES
Dimple : I hvnt seen u for so many years my luv for u has never changed
U will see me, Kasey U will see me & feel me everyday even wen me not der. I swear.
Napahugot siya ng hininga sa matinding emosyon sa kanyang dibdib sa nabasa
Kasey: Yeah alright. But can you give me another callsign?!
Nagreply kaagad ito.
Dimple : I started calling you Heart awhile ago, why not that?
Kasey: Okay, Heart. It sounds sweet gudnyt Heart dream about me when your sleep..
Dimple : Gudnyt, i will, i Love you
Kasey: yeah i love you too..