Third Person's POV
Her mother hugged his husband for the last time bago pumasok ito sa kaniyang mamahaling sasakyan. His sons also formally bid goodbye to her mother including Ged who was clearly faking it. Their separate cars pulled in front of them one by one bago pumasok sa loob. They drove off like crazy sa bilis nitong magpatakbo.
After they bid goodbye, Zelene immediately walk away. Not bothering to wait for her mother. She was so pissed of that Ged guy. Hindi niya man lang pinagtanggol ang ina sa mga sinasabi nito because she was also overthinking. What if he is right? What if her mother actually fool them? Tito Henry just mentioned before that they already knew each other since high school. There's some sort of possibility.
Napabuntong hininga siya at pumasok sa banyo. She changed her clothes to a comfortable one before jumping off of her bed. She was so tired of all the shits happening in her life. Kinapa niya ang kaniyang cellphone sa bulsa nang mag vibrate iyon. It was a message from him.
From: Butthole🖕🏻
Finished. Meet me at the place.
To: Butthole🖕🏻
K.
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As soon as she stepped on the place, wearing her white mask only covering her eyes with a tiny logo in it, she could smell the mixture of alcohol, smokes and stinky sweat took over the place. She didn't waste any more second before walking towards the back of the club. Hindi niya na lamang pinapansin ang mga lalaking lasing na lumalapit sa kaniya.
"She's back!"
"That's her?"
"Why is she here?"
Nakarinig siya ng mga bulungan sa paligid dahil hindi naman na ganoon kalakas ang musika. Hindi niya na lamang pinagtuonan iyon ng pansin at nagpatuloy sa paglalakad.
The two guys who was standing on a door makes a way when they recognized her. After opening the door for her, she was greet by another huge room that hundreds of people can occupied. This place was calm compared to the previous one na nilakaran niya pero kapag magsimula na ang laro, mas mabangis at mas maingay pa ito. She wandered her eyes to the place finding him.
"Here!" May biglaang sumigaw hindi kalayuan sa kinatatayuan niya. A smirk moves onto her face and walk towards him. She even heard a small gasps coming from she doesn't care who. Hindi na lamang siya magtataka dahil halos ilang buwan na din ang nakalipas simula nang huling nandito siya. She's sure that some of them even think that she already quit.
"I thought you are already dead." Bungad niya sa kaibigan bago ito pabirong sinuntok sa braso. He dramatically gasped and whimpered in pain causing her to rolled her eyes. He was wearing a mask that has the same logo as her but it was blue. Kinuha niya ang isang baso ng alak bago itinungga iyon. She sighs in satisfaction feeling the alcohol in her throat.
"You're still sadistic, yes?" He chuckled.
"Let's make this fast. My mom would kill me if she founds out that I am here again." She said before calling the bartender for another shot. A few shots isn't bad.
"Still mommy's girl, I see." He said earning him a glare from her. Napatawa siya saka itinaas ang dalawang kamay na parang sumusuko.
"Come on, Saint."
"Here, just read it. Tinatamad akong i-explain lahat." May inabot itong brown envelope sa kaniya.
"Thanks. Gotta go now." They nodded to each other bago siya naglakad pabalik pero may biglang tatlong babaeng humarang sa kaniya.
"You have the guts to come back here after leaving?!" The girl from the left shouted at her. She clenched her jaw, hindi siya makapaniwala na pinagsasalitaan siya nito.
"What?" She rolled her eyes.
"Why are you here?!" Exclaimed by girl in the middle. She rolled her eyes again in annoyance. Even though their faces is also covered with blue masks, she already recognized them.
"Cut the crap, Gel." Pagkasabi niya nito ay biglaan nagsitilian ang tatlong babae bago siya nito niyakap. They were even jumping in excitement. Gosh! What's with this girls?
Tumili bigla si Gel, ang babaeng nasa gitna bago muli siya nitong niyakap. "I missed you, baby ko!" Hahalikan na sana siya nito pero kaagad niyang hinarang ang palad sa pisngi.
"Why did you not tell us ba na you are going to alis here?" Kate, her conyo friend.
"Sinong may sabi na umalis ako?"
"Naku, girl! Simula nang hindi ka na pumupunta dito, naghaharian na ang iba dito!" Said by Jade, the girl on the right. Napataas ang kaniyang kilay bago tumingin kay Saint na papalapit sa kanilang direksyon habang may hawak na isang baso ng alak.
"How about them?"
"Hindi pa din sila nagpapakita sa lahat. Excited pa naman ako." Nakangusong saad ni Gel.
"Why didn't you tell me about this?" Seryosong tanong niya sa lalaki nang makalapit ito sa kanila.
"What? Hindi na din ako pumupunta masyado dito." Depensa nito. Kaagad naman kinurot ang lalaki ni Jade.
"Aysus! Sabihin mo lang na pumupunta ka lang dito kapag nandito ang crush mo!" Panunukso ng babae. Zelene on the other hand was confused kung sino o ano ang kanilang pinag-uusapan. Saint glanced at her, his ears was now bloody red.
Crush? As far as she remember he said that the crush word isn't in his vocabulary.
"Just shut up, will you?" He said, annoyed. Pinagtawanan naman siya ng tatlo nang lalo itong namula.
"Did I missed something?" She asked, confused on what's happening.
"Don't mind them, Zee. Let's go, ihahatid na kita sa inyo." Hinila na siya ni Saint patungong pintuan. Naririnig niya pa rin ang halakhakan ng kaniyang tatlong kaibigan. They shouted a goodbye na kinawayan niya lamang habang nakatalikod siya.
"You're still driving, huh." She smirked at him seeing the black ferrari parked outside of the bar. Hindi na kasi ito pinahihintulutan na mag drive ng kaniyang ina simula noong na aksidente siya gamit ang motor niya. It is because of how reckless driver he was.
"I snuck out everytime to drive until they gave up on me." He shrugged as he opened the door for her. She entered before fastening her seatbelt. Umikot naman ang lalaki at pumasok sa driver seat.
Saint loves driving especially that motorcycle which was now fucked up because of that accident. His father gave that to him kaya iyon nalang ang huling pinahahalagahan niya mula nang namatay ito. She witnessed how devastated he was when the motorcycle couldn't be fixed anymore. He made the motorcycle as a display though, it was covered with a thick expensive glass.
Pagkarating sa hotel room niya, she immediately took a shower. Worrying na baka kumapit sa kaniya ang pinaghalong amoy kanina. She did her thing and comes out of the bathroom wearing her hoodie.
She dries her hair off using a towel as she walk towards the table where she put the brown envelope. Kinuha niya iyon saka umupo sa kaniyang kama. She took a deep breath bago kinuha ang mga papel sa loob nito.
Nandito sa loob ang printed pictures ng year book kung saan nag-aaral noon ang kaniyang ina. Napatingin siya sa isang printed picture, there, nakita niya ang ina, ang ama at si Mr. Walton na nabibilang sa isang seksyon. She realized that they're not only school mates, they were also classmates.
She got even more curious about the first information. Tinignan niya ang iba pang papel, it was confirmed that there was already something between her mother and Mr. Walton during their highschool days.
But the question is, "Paano naging sila ni papa kung nagmamahalan na sila simula pa noon?" She whispered to herself.
At paano naging sila ni Mr. Walton ulit ngayon?