COPULA TRILOGY: Her Vengeance

Frame #18: Museum

Soundtrack for this chapter: Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens

[Chapter Eighteen: Museum Date]

After I saw Louise beside my chopper, inaya niya akong pumunta sa isang Pancake Shop; it is a small shop but it is known all over the city.

Nagdalawang-isip pa akong iwanan ang chopper ko sa tabi ng flower shop dahil baka mawala ito, he just made a promise that my motorcycle will be alright. Pagkatapos ay dinala niya ako sa puting kotse niya, ang kotseng sinakyan ko papuntang Morwittz.

When we reach the Pancake shop, sabay kaming pumasok sa loob. The shop is not that crowded so we easily found a table for two beside the glass wall. When the waitress gave us the menu, I just eyed at it while my mind was processing. The word 'pancake' almost occupied the whole menu, akala ko naman ay may slices of cake rin silang binebenta.

"So?"

Tiningnan ko si Louise habang hawak ko pa rin ang menu, kumurap-kurap ako bago nagsalita. "Whatever you desire to order." Nilapag ko ang menu bago sumandal sa upuan.

Pumikit nalang ako habang hinihintay na maka-order siya.

"I couldn't stay there for weeks so I left."

I hummed, "Okay."

I opened my eyes and looked outside the glass wall where I can see several people walking in different ways on the sidewalk, the streets are busy too.

"So, why were you at the cemetery earlier?"

Tiningnan ko siya nang magtanong siya, "Why are you so nosy?" kunot-noong tanong ko.

He chuckled, showing his perfect white teeth. "Why are you so pissed when someone would ask something about you?"

I rolled my eyes, "Then why are you so talkative?"

He shrugged, "I'm just asking."

"And I'm not gonna answer it, we're not close." Wika ko bago umayos ng upo.

"...Then why did you agreed to come with me?"

Pinikit ko nang mariin ang mata ko saglit bago muling iminulat iyon ulit at tumingin sakanya, "I don't want to owe someone." sagot ko.

Tumango-tango siya, "I see." inayos niya ang napkin na nasa lamesa. "I heard you started to stay at your boss' building."

Bigla akong nagtaka sa sinabi niya, "You're a pilot, how can you know that?"

Mukhang nagulat siya sa sinabi ko dahil bahagyang lumaki ang mata niya, when I felt something suspicious, I slowly held my swiss knife in my back pocket of my jeans. Nanlilisik ang matang tinitigan ko siya at hinintay ang sagot niya.

"Tell me." I ordered him.

Ilang segundo siyang hindi nakasagot.

Nang hindi na ako makapagtimpi, malakas na hinampas ko ang lamesa. The customers near us started to look at us in a worried way, I ignored them.

After some several seconds of silence, he sighed heavily. "My Mum works there."

"Where?"

"She's the boss."

"What?" My brows furrowed deeply.

"She's at the top." Pag-uulit niya.

"What?" I gave him a ridiculous look, "Who?"

Inikot niya ang mata niya bago nagsalita, "Headmistress."

Ilang segundo pang nag-proseso sa utak ko ang sinabi niya, I was looking at him with a confuse face. I examined his face, Headmistress and his eyes are the same, ngayon ko lang iyon napansin.