Niyakap ko si madam Esme sa labas ng pintuan nila nung paalis na kami. Kita ko ang pangingilid ng mga luha niya sa kaniyang mga mata ngunit sinusubuka niya itong pigilan habang sinasabihan kami na mag ingat kami.
"Mi iho, if you don't have a girlfriend yet I will introduce you to my daughter, yes?"
"Ye, madam." Simpleng ngiti na lang ang isinagot ko sa pagrereto niya sa akin ng anak niya at nagpatuloy na sa paglakad patungo sa Tambayan ng mga Ilokano sa Athens, kung saan kami susunduin ng aming driver patungo sa Athens international airport at ibababa kami doon. Pagkatapos, sasakay naman kami ng pribadong eroplano patungo ng Pilipinas.
Hindi man nakakapagod bumyahe, hindi man.
Walang imik kaming dalawa ni Faun patungo sa aming destinasiyon, kaniya-kaniyang isip kung anong gagawin namin ngayon at namarkahan kami ng yellow hat.
Prof Mill didn't even tell us what being marked by the yellow hat entailed us.
Are we marked for death? Execution? Destruction? Obliteration?
I know those are synonyms for death, but it's the only words I know when it comes to the word "Mark".
Umupo ako sa isa sa mga benches doon at umupo din si Faun. Ilang minuto muna kaming nandoon at naghihintay ng sundo. Pansin kong tinitignan kami ng mga tao doon, pati na din ang mga batang naglalaro sa playground.
Nagwagwapuhan siguro.
I hid a smirk that was threatening to come out of my lips as I looked for the red car that my father told me will pick us up. So far, none of the cars here had the color red in them so we waited. And waited... and waited.
Where the fuck is that fucking car?
My patience is dwindling.
Faun's right knee jerked up and down non-stop due to his anxiousness, and it's making me anxious too. I held his knee to stop him, and he did. He instead fiddled with one of the GPS' trying to make sense of something.
What if our driver didn't get us because he got ambushed? What if our enemies are surrounding us right now? Is that why everyone's looking at us?
I glanced at the children, taking longer at the boy who stealthily climbed the monkey bars as if he's a pro at it.
And since when did they start recruiting kids?!
Napatayo na ako. Umaasta na akong ilalabas ang baril na nasa baywang ko ngunit ang kotseng tumigil sa harapan ko ay dahilan para hindi ito ilabas.
Papakyuhin ko na sana yung driver pero lumabas na ito sa kotse.
"Well, well. Look who the cat dragged in." Hindi ko mapigilan ang ngiting lumabas sa aking bibig nang makita ang taong maghahatid sa amin ng airport.
Spade rolled his eyes at my statement. "More like dad demanded me to."
"Hello sir Spade!" magiliw na bati ni Faun kay kuya habang pumapasok ng kotse.
"It's nice to see you brother." He said while we clasped our hands together and hugged.
"I missed you kuya. Where have you been?" I asked while letting go of him. He just shrugged and went to the driver's side.
"Here and there."
I opened the passenger's door and went in, buckling up as I did so.
"Where to?" He asked, starting the engine of the car.
Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay bago sagutin ang tanong niya ng isa ding tanong. "Pumunta ka dito, sinundo kami, at hindi mo alam kung saan mo kami dadalhin? Aba kuya. Hahaha!"
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