DEVIL ON HIS KNEES | by Robin @Robin_Blue
23
His Don'ts and Promises
She can't text him,she can't call him...basta hindi niya maaaring kontakin si Devin. He hates it and Mari doesn't want to anger him more lalo na at nagkakasundo na sila nito. So she's trying her best not to stick her nose where he doesn't want it or keep dipping her finger to test how warm he has become from being cold to everyone. Siguro ay dahil gusto lang ni Devin na magtiwala siya.
But another day goes by without any trace of him. Nag-alala na siya. So she set out to look for him. Pero iisa lang ang nakukuha niyang sagot mula sa mga taong inaasahan niyang makakaalam bilang kaibigan nila si Devin.
A shrug and 'I don't know'. Even Sean whom she expected too much.
"What kind of friends are you?!" Nagpupuyos sa galit na bulong niya sa sarili habang paalis ng engineering building.
"Maricar,wait up!" Habol sa kanya ni Sean nang siguro ay makonsesya,tila wala kasi itong pakealam kanina nang tanungin niya.
"I don't know where exactly he is right now but...all I know is he isn't showing up because of the trouble he did."
Nawala ang galit sa mukha ni Mari at natakot. Marami agad ang pumasok na senaryo sa isip niya mula sa nakaraan. "W-What? What trouble? Is he okay?" She thought of the goons and guns,the drugs...
"I thought you already knew-"
"No,I don't. Ano ba nangyari?"
"He punched an instructor-"
"Ano?!"
"-but it was outside the campus and-"
"Kahit na!" Fuming, Mari started on her foot to look of the jerk.
"Saan ka pupunta? Are you going to look for him?"
"Yes."
"I'll go with you."
"Okay."
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Hindi sigurado si Sean na sinamahan niya si Maricar but he's glad at the same time that he did. Because look at it,the place where Devin live portrays danger. A picture he thought he could only see in movies. Matao at ilan ay masama pang makatingin sa kanila dahil siguro sa naiiba nilang hitsura. Actually,Sean was holding his wristwatch to cover habang halos dumikit na naglalakad kay Maricar na tila wala lang naman dito.
Narating nila ang isang bungalow. Bukas ang main door niyon at may maririnig na ingay mula sa bukas na TV.
"Dito siya nakatira?" Sean curiously asked Maricar.
"Yes."
"I think it's unsafe-"
"Tao po!" Tawag ni Mari mula sa mababang gate na dati ay gawa sa kahoy ngayon ay yari na sa bakal at bago lang.
Isang pamilyar na babae ang bumungad sa pintuan at sinino sila.
"Magandang hapon po,ate. Nandyan po ba si Devin?" Marahang pagtatanong ni Maricar na nagpabago sa kunot na noo nito.
"Sandali lang." At pumasok muli ito sa loob ng bahay at ilang sandali ay pumalit ang mas pamilyar kay Maricar. Ngunit mas masama naman ngayon ang hilatsa ng mukha katulad ng palagi nilang pagkikita.
Pero tinitignan lamang sila ng tatay ni Devin.
"Goodafternoon po,Mr. Gomez,si Devin?"
"Pumasok kayo."
BINABASA MO ANG
DEVIL ON HIS KNEES (COMPLETED)
Roman pour AdolescentsMaricar thought she had seen evil in Devin Gomez but as she come to cross with him, she discover a lost soul in need of affection and decided to save him.
