CHAPTER 9
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HARRIET'S POINT OF VIEW
"It's you?!" Nanlaki ang mga mata ko ng makita ko ang lalaki na nakaupo sa tabi ko.
"Hi! Neighbor." Nakangisi nitong bati sa akin.
Nagsimula na naman ang bulungan nila kaya naman mabilis kong sinukbit ang bag ko at mabilis na ibinigay ang papel ko sa examiner ko na malagkit makatingin.
Hindi ko akalain na ang kapitbahay ko ay ka-eskwela ko pala. And worst, sikat pa siya sa mga kaklase kong puro kolorete ang mukha.
'I'm doomed!'
Mabilis akong nakakuha ng sasakyan papunta sa bahay ko. Mabilis lang din ang byahe ko pauwi.
Dahil tapos na ang final examination, magkakaroon na ako ng sapat na panahon para makapagpahinga at magawa ang trabaho ko. Magagawa ko na ang gusto ko, maliban sa pagbalik o pagbisita man lang sa templo.
"My life sucks." Bulong ko sa sarili ko ng makahiga na ako sa sofa sa sala.
CROW'S POINT OF VIEW
It's been more than a week after that incident happened between us. Until now, I don't know how to face her due to my impulsiveness.
But... I do not regret what I did.
At last, I kissed her lips. I kissed the lips of my long-time 'lover'. I know its creepy. But, she is mine.
"Master. We can do this alone. Just leave us the list. Master—"
"Shut up."
"Master, she hurt you. We are merciful enough that we didn't fought back that night!"
"Are you threatening me?" I can't help being upset with what Robert— one of my bodyguards— have said. He now have the guts to threaten me?
"N-no Master. I-its just tha—"
"Stop giving me that nonsense explanation. I'm not interested." I cut him off.
"Affirmative." -Robert
Habang tulak-tulak ni Warren ang shopping cart ay ako naman itong namimili ng mga brands ng mga pagkain at iba't-ibang necessities. I search online whenever I don't have the idea for a certain usage. After all, it is my help for Harriet.
Alam ko kasi na tapos na ang examination nito at may halos tatlong linggo pa siyang bakasyon bago bumalik sa trabaho. She is working at home that's why I am worried that she have no time for some affairs like shopping.
Well, half of this are the truth.
To be frank, I am guilty for what I did.
We are friends and also boss-employee, yet with her simple gratitude to my guards for protecting me, I think, I misunderstood him and made a mess.
But until now, my lips trembles and longing for another second of that kiss.
I touched my lips as I take a flashback with what happened. I can still feel the—
"Crow? Oh! Crow! I knew it was you!" Naputol ang pagmumuni-muni ko sa isang hindi inaasahang kakilala— si Bernice Taylor, isang demi-human.
She started to run towards me yet I dodge it and walk as if that I didn't see nor hear her.
"Crow? What's the matter?" Huminto ako sa paglalakad ng bigla itong lumambitin sa braso ko.
"Crow! Why are you avoiding me? Don't you remember me? It is me! Bernice!" Napangiwi ako sa tinis ng boses nito na halos nakatapat lang sa tenga ko.
I clapped my hand and glared at my guards. "What's the use of keeping you? You are letting a stranger come near me and even touch me? I think you want to lose your job? As far as I know, you still do remember what will happen if you lose your job?" I scolded them, coldly.
They hesitated and looked down. They slowly walk to Bernice to take her away but... I am impatient.
Mabilis kong binunot ang baril ni Warren at Robert at saka sabay kong tinutok sa mga noo nila. Nanigas sa kanilang kinatatayuan ng maramdaman nilang nakatutok na ang baril sa kanila.
"Sino ba ang boss niyo? Lalamya-lamya kayo. Ingat na ingat pa kayo sa hindi ko kakilala kaysa sa girlfriend ko?" Yes, I acknowledges Harriet as my girlfriend kahit hindi pa.
I know it's wrong to make other people's name as a shield. But I am not making her as a shield, I am confessing.
"What? How could you treat me like this?"
My face twitched when she started to talk again.
"Are you a parrot? Can you please shut your mouth and scram? You're giving me a headache."
Bernice is one of my father's friend's descendant. To maintain the good relationship between our families, they are struggling to find the suitable candidate between their friend's children for their offspring. And one of my father's friend is the person Harriet despised the most— President Top.
I also despised this system so much especially when I first encountered Harriet's work. I feel like, I can't live without her, and no one can make my life complete but her.
Unfortunately, Bernice's eyes fell on me. But... The final decision will be from me.
"But—"
"No buts! Scram already! You're an eyesore!" I am really irritated whenever I can't see Harriet or anything that is related with her.
And I don't want to be gossiped with Bernice because I don't want Harriet to be disappointed with me.
"You don't want tp? Okay. I'll scram myself. Ciao!" Dire-diretsong naglakad ako at nilagpasan si Bernice na sinimulan ng pag-chismisan.
"What a pity. That guy seems have a girlfriend already, yet that woman is still chasing him publicly?"
"Don't she have any shame? What a brat."
"Shameless."
Those gossips will not affect me. Because first of all, she did it to herself. And second, I don't recognize her to anyone else, because she is a... Nobody.
I came here in the shopping mall for Harriet and not for her. Do she think I'm a fool? It is obvious that she is stalking and following me.
"May I know," I paused and turned to my bodyguards. I looked at them coldly and continued, "who is your Master?"
The two of them stunned with my sudden question. They both answered in unison that I am their Master. I sneered at them and put my hands in my pocket.
"No one knows in the house that I am visiting and doing this to Harriet. No one knows my movements and schedules because my route is always in office, Harriet's and house. Only... The both of you. So how come Bernice learned that I'm going to shopping? Tell me the truth, maybe I can save you from being fired in your post."
I watched how the two of them widen their eyes, evade my sight, gulp for a numerous times and tap their feet anxiously. I may be a simple editor of a publishing company, but I do know what people are thinking by their body language.
Maybe, people who lies or hiding a secret is like the two in front of me. But everything has flaws, there are always a blind spot in every word and movement of a certain person.
I am not a fool to not know that these people have betrayed me.
After for a long time of being silent and playing dumb in front of me, I chuckled that made the two stunned. I looked at them with a smile in my lips and said, "don't worry."
I heard them sigh in relief. I turned from them and continued with, "after this, I don't want to see you again... Permanently."
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