THE DEVIL'S DICE
Jourdan gains consciousness from a sounding sleep and just when she opened her eyes, she found no one with her in the room. Madilim ang silid at malamig, kaya agad niyang natantong nasa paanan niya na ang kanyang kumot.
Bumangon siya, saka tiningnan ang maliit na orasan sa bedside table. It is seven in the evening already, and when she found nobody with her, sorrow filled as she reckon Valdemar must be back in the city now.
Nang makatayo siya'y naramdaman niya ang pagkalam ng tiyan, at natantong hindi pa pala siya nakakapagtanghalian. When she touches her belly, she flinched in slight sore. How did this happen? Hindi niya matandaan na sinikmuraan siya ng rapist na gurong iyon.
Ah, she starts getting migraine with just the thought of that disgusting horny dude.
Ipinihit niya ang sirador ng pinto at lumabas doon nang suot ang kanyang night gown. She does not mind, at wala siya sa tamang katinuan pa upang magbihis ng mas "conservative" na damit, to ease out other nuns' paranoid asses here.
Ngunit papalapit pa lamang siya sa kusina ng kumbento'y may naaamoy na siyang kakaiba. Barefoot steps reaching for the kitchen door, she felt her stomach on a wild grumble as the very mouth-watering smell intensifies in her nose.
She can bet this entire house this is not Sister Marie's cooking because for all of hell's sake, the nun cooks very bad--- no offense, amen. Hindi rin naman ito si Sister Anna, dahil kabisado niya na ang potaheng alam nito, saka amoy canteen talaga parati ang mga ulam nito. Alam niyo na 'yon kung ano 'yon.
Stella? Fucking not, she's not sure if that bitch can cook either.
Oh no, hindi niya alam kung saang lupalop niya biglang nahugot ang galit na 'yon.
Yet, just when she pushed the door open, a loud chatter of women filled the room. They sound very happy and suddenly bubbly within those seconds-- only that it ended right when she came. Natahimik ang lahat at natuon sa kanya ang lahat ng atensyon ng lahat ng mga madre sa kusina. May mga church staffs din at mga tagapangalaga ng kumbento.
Her eyes, like hawk, instantly spots a man's wide shoulders with his back on her direction facing on the sink. Halatang hindi nito siya napansin nang makarating siya dahil abala ito sa niluluto nito. Jourdan narrows her eyes and tilts her head a little when she noticed the lace tied on his waist. He is wearing Anna's usual apron.
"Hija, Nath, gising ka na." gulat na sabi ng isang madreng nasa mid 40's.
Ilang na napangiti si Stella sa suot niya. Alam din nilang wala siyang suot na bra ngayon. Girls know girls.
"You could've--" turo ni Sister Marie habang sapo ang noo sa suot niya, ngunit agad namang itinikom ang bibig at ngumiti na lamang. "Nevermind."
Valdemar swung his head and turned to face all of them and flashed his never exhausted face, holding a pan with smoke coming out of it.
Gulat ito nang makita siya sa may pinto.
Tension arises as all of them quiets and Jourdan and Valdemar looks at each other. While Stella keeps notice their exchange of looks, nobody seems to notice that they know each other.
Jourdan broke the gaze, and Valdemar casually dangles the pan on the dining table and smiled. "For you all. Hope you enjoy." he simply says, but looks only at Jourdan Romano.
"Upo ka na Nath! Dito ka!" aya ni Maura na ngayo'y katabi si Anna. Anna stares at her painfully, and she knows it's the bruise on her lip. Wala naman siya sa sariling pumunta doon at tahimik na umupo sa upuan. She tries to look away to avoid Valdemar's look.
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