Chapter 9
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Chapter 9
Her phone rang for the nth time and for the nth time too—she didn’t gave any damn.
She continue to barbecue her marshmallows to create smores. She is giggling because of excitement as she kept rotating the stick with marshmallow at the end to prevent it from burning. The moment she saw that the marshmallows are starting to melt she immediately pull it out from the stick and placed it to a graham crackers and tada! A smores!
She giddily eat it like a baby.
She never had it when she was young and she randomly saw it in youtube as she watching random videos so she got the fire, marshmallow and the crakers.
But then again, the phone rang. She sighed because it won’t stop calling unless she answere it. So, kinain na muna niya ang smores bago tuluyang sinagot ang tawag.
“Finally! Hallelujah!” the other line seems so glad but sarcastic.
“What?!”
Tumikhim sandali ang tao sa linya bago siya sinigawan ng sobrang lakas dahilan na malayo niya ang cellphone sa tenga. “Just in case you forgot! You need to submit your works for this month publication, Sam.”
Her always annoying editor. “No good morning. no greetings. Direct to the point.” She mocked. “Hi Daniel.”
The line giggled. “Oh! I am so sorry Ms. Samantha if I was being rude to you. But—don’t you think answering the call after I have called you 108 times—is waaaay ruder?”
Samantha rolled her eyes. She always hated her editor but she can’t change to another editor because there is no editor that can sustain her attitude and flexible time to pass for the next publication of book. But she never seriously hated him—he is just annoying and diligent to the publication schedule.
But suddenly when she realized something—the f*****g smores—ay bumara sa lalamunan niya. “Are you choking?”
She audibly cough through the line. She can’t breath because of the smores.
“You are really chocking! Yehey!”
WHAT THE f**k??
“I hope you f*****g die, Samantha! See you in hell!”
Actually there is no mockery on his tone—it was almost a playful and there is no hint of seriousness when he wish her to die. If that makes sense.
Then the call ended and also the moment she spit out the smores from her throat. “I will f*****g kill you with my bare hands, Daniel Choi, the moment I step in New York!”
She was tired because she was choked but it was a second also to remember that she didn’t have her camera with her.
She left her camera to that Governors Hacienda.
But she really worked hard to get the pictures on that camera too. “Tangina naman kung sinuswerte ka talaga.”
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“I am fine, Jan. Calm down your ass.” It was already two days after the shooting incident and they are both in Peter’s hospital room.
His situation are getting good too and his oxygen level are getting stabled. He also wake up this morning and Alejandro might try to be subtle at first but he did really shed a tears when he saw him wake up.
It is a worst nightmare.
He should be the one to blamed. If it wasn’t because of him—letting that Lacson escaped—Peter shouldn’t be in the bed right now and just escaped death.
“I am sorry.” Alejandro can’t help to whisper and his bestfriend was taken back at napatingin sa kanya.
“What are you talking about?”
Umiwas ng tingin si Alejandro sa kaibigan at napatingin sa labas ng bintana. “Kung hindi ko lang pinakawalan yung Lacs—”
“How come it is your fault? It was Santiago not you. So get grip off yourself.”
Hindi maiwasan na tuluyan na ngang mapatingin ang gobernador sa kaibigan. “I was just so scared that I might not able to see you again, Pete.”
“Ako rin, Jan. I was so scared na mamatay ka during the ambush. I don’t care if I will die—but your mom will hunt me to hell—so I cannot die until you have someone by your side.”
Napailing na lang si Alejandro dahil sa kakornihan ng kaibigan. “I am just happy you are alive, Pete—”
The door scandalously open at pumasok ang napaka pamilyar na imahe ng isang babae. Alanganing napalingon si Alejandro sa kaibigan at binigyan niya eto ng ngiti.
Peter doesn’t look so happy kaya agad na napatayo si Alejandro and left the room. Leaving the girl and Peter alone.
“You are alive.” Her tone is in mockery.
“f**k you, Athena.” He spit but he also hissed as the stitches on his body are aching the moment he spill the words.
“Someone might.”
Peter roll his eyes. “When the news said that one died during Alejandro’s ambush—I panicked. I thought Alejandro died. Good thing he is safe.”
“Excuse me, Athena?? I am the one who was in the coma for a day? And you are worried to him? Who is your biological brother here?” peter screamed.
She fakely gasp and her eyes widen. “Were you even my brother?”
“Ah! I think not—wala akong kapatid na—”
“Ugh! Whatever. Just shut up!” may kinuha sa bag ang kapatid ni Peter at padabog na itinapon niya iyon sa lalakeng nakahiga. Wala na siyang pasabi kaagad at agad na siyang lumabas ng kwarto leaving Peter alone this time.
But at least with a plastics of Puto at kutsinta. The specialty of Csilla City.
Mahinang napatawa si Peter sa kapatid. Hindi man sila gaano ka-close ng kapatid dahil bata pa lang sila ay iniluwas na ng Papa nila si Athena at pinatira iyon sa lola nila sa Csilla City habang si Peter ay naiwan sa Probinsya ng Mirasol pero kahit ganoon ang sitwasyon ay alam niya na nag-aalala ang kapatid sa kanya.
Lumuwas at bumyahe pa ang kapatid sa kulang kulang tatlong oras papunta sa Mirasol kaya hindi maiwasan pa rin ni Peter ang matawa. Dalawang taon din niyang hindi nakita ang mukha ng kapatid niya simula lang nang makapag trabaho iyon bilang software manager sa isang NFT Game ay mas dumalang na ang pag bisita nito sa kanya.
Binuksan na niya ang plastic ng puto at hindi mapigilan mag laway ni Peter dahil kung may isang bagay na ipagdadamot ang mga taong hindi nakatira sa Csilla ay malamang ang puto at kutsinta nito. May kung ano na para bang gayuma ang mga eto na kahit sa huling kagat ng kakanin ay hindi mo maiiwasan na gustuhin pang bumili at kumain nito.
Akmang kukunin niya na sa plastic ang puto ay bumukas ang pinto ng kwarto niya at napatingin siya sa pumasok—isa iyong nurse at nanlaki ang mata niya sa nakita.
“Sir! Bawal ka pong kumain!”
Kung minamalas ka talaga eh no!
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HAPPY 2022 EVERYONE!! I LOVE YOUU!!!
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EDITED: 12/11/2023 10:07AM
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