Diving the Ocean Blue(Puerto Princesa Series 4)

Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Dear Precious Jemima,

       How are you? I just want to ask after what we've discussed last time. I hope you're doing fine though. Probably, you would read this letter by Tuesday and I want you to know that we are traveling there. I hope we can meet and I'm sorry for the confession the last time. I think I'm occupying your mind. Anyways, I miss you and uhm, I like you.

Admirer,
Mateo Hale

I folded the brown paper and sighed before placing it to my drawer where his other letters are.

"You shouldn't have done that Jemima." I scolded myself and beating my own hair like it did something bad to me. Tears of guilt started to flow down to cheeks as I tried to wipe them.

Hindi dapat nila akong nakikitang umiiyak. Hindi dapat nila akong nakikitang umiiyak dahil kay Wiliam, he is nothing but a friend to me.

I couldn't sleep last night, because of Wiliam, Hale, and also Arsen.

Is he really alive?

But the real question is, how?

My mind was clouded while I was going to school and looking at the window with full of thoughts until I was at the classroom and Bridget, and Bia was there already though I didn't talk much.

Everybody was still talking about William and how his funeral will be and I was just making myself busy by reading a book until everyone was murmuring about the new transferee.

That caught my attention a bit as my brows furrowed. Last time I checked about the transfer manuals, if in the middle of classes, students can no longer enroll, unless this student pulled some strings into it.

My hands clenched. How dare they do this!? Can this school even think about students who are knowledgeable than the student who is rich and powerful?

The teacher came up with full smiles in her face as I put my book down to give her the respect that she needs, and with all smiles, we a stood up and greeted her.

"Guys, I want you all to meet Arsen Jericko Manuel, ang transferee natin."

My heart was like going to explode the moment our teacher uttered those words. I gulped hard as some tears started to form inside my eyes the moment our gaze collides.

He is alive.