Chaining Lockets

Kabanata 9

Kabanata 9

"What is this, Miss Sandejas?" I stopped answering my test questionnaire when I heard my professor speaking from the back.

Sumulyap ako sa likod at nakita siyang malamig ang tingin sa akin.

"Po?" I asked.

"What is this paper under your desk? Are you cheating?!" her voice bombarded the room, stopping me.

"What?" I asked, confused. "Ma'am, I didn't cheat—"

"Then what is this?!" inilahad niya sa akin ang papel.

It looks unfamiliar to me, I can notice the stares my classmates are giving me, sa may likuran ko ay nakita ko ang palihim nilang ngiti.

"I'd never cheat, Ma'am." I told her. "Kahit bumagsak ako, hinding-hindi ako mangungodigo—"

"Look at this! Stop lying to me!" she almost slapped the paper on my face kaya kinuha ko iyon at nangunot ang noo ko.

"Ma'am, as you can see, this isn't my handwriting." I said calmly, kinakabahan man ay ayokong sisihin ako sa bagay na hinding-hindi ko gagawin. "I won't—"

"It has your name, Miss!" tumikwas ang kilay niya kaya tumitig ako ulit sa papel at nagulat.

Crest Veronica Sandejas

Just...wow?

"This is insane!" that made me laugh. "Honestly speaking, Ma'am. If I would cheat, I'd never think of putting my damn name on it." I smiled pero mas nagalit lang siya.

"Aba't...sumasagot ka?! Bastos ka, huh?" she gasped, almost massaging her head. "Tamang-tama nga ang sabi ng mga professor! Kung anong ikinatalino ng kambal mo at ni Atty. kabaligtaran ka!"

"With all due respect, Ma'am. I may not be smart like them but I would never cheat—"

"Ma'am, I saw her threw the paper behind her chair when she saw you approaching." Mahinhin na sabi ng sa likod ko kaya umawang na ang labi ko.

"What the hell?!" I exclaimed.

"Miss Sandejas!" the professor hissed.

"Ma'am! H'wag kayong maniniwala—"

"To the guidance office! Now!" sigaw niya na dumagundong sa buong classroom at mariing naipikit ko na lang ang mata, padarag na kinuha ang bag ko at halos magdabog na palabas.

"The audacity of this woman...what, santisima! Is that even a Sandejas?!" she even exclaimed kaya napairap na lang ako sa hangin habang nilalakad ang guidance.

Damn, people. I know I'm a slow learner but when I learned, tumatagal iyon sa utak ko! They just won't give me the chance to excel! Kapag mataas ako may pagdadalawang-isip sila! Kapag mababa naman ako sasabihang bobo!

Saan ako lalagay?

I even had just four hours of sleep just to study that damn subject pero sa huli ay ipe-frame lang nila ako ganyan?! I may be stupid at ang sabi nila'y bobo pero hindi ako madayang tao!

My father taught us to live in principle and truth kaya nasa huli ng listahan ko ang manloko ng tao!

I was livid and anxious, lalo nan ang pinatawag ang Dad ko sa guidance na kasama pa si Mom. Chiel was also there and he's been eyeing me but because I'm a hard-headed at iritado, hindi ko sila sinasagot.

My Dad was mad at me, hindi na rin ako sumubok magpaliwanag dahil nag eye witness pa ang mga kaklase kong may galit sa akin, even my professor herself testified she saw me throwing that damn paper under my chair which I never did!