"I keep myself busy with things to do, but everytime I pause I still think of you."
Chapter 6
Americ's POV
I walk to his bed and check if he's sleeping under the blanket pero wala. No one is in the room!
Lalabas na sana ako ng mapansin ko ang hindi pamilyar na gamit sa kanyang bedside table.
Maingat kong sinuri ang pitakang iyon, it has some blood in it and it's a woman's wallet. Hindi pa ako nasiyahan at pinakealaman pa ang loob niyon.
I saw a card and I almost lost my grip with that thing when I read the name of it's owner.
Angelica Marie Vasquez
It also has a picture of her on the side. 'Eto ba ang ayaw ipakita sa akin ni apollo?
But the question is why is it here? And what's the meaning of these blood marks all over her wallet? Did she get into an accident?
Napapitlag ako ng tumunog ang isang bagay malapit sa akin. Napayuko ako dahil sa smartphone na nakalapag sa sahig ng kwarto. Nakataob iyon doon at mukhang nahulog.
I picked it up and saw that it was a call from an unregistered number. Nanginginig na pinindot ko ang answer button.
"Hello--? Sir? Ipapadala na lang din po sana namin yung ibang gamit ng biktima diyan sa iyo? Ayos lang po ba--sir? Sir--" Hindi ko na tinapos ang sasabihin nito at ibinaba ang telepono.
What happened to her? Victim? Why would they send her belongings here?
Mabilis akong naglakad palabas ng kuwarto.
"What happened--"
"Do you know where thorn is?" Wala sa sariling tanong ko kay adler ng makita ko ulit siya.
"I heard him talking to his phone a while ago, parang meron 'atang sinugod sa hospital. Maybe a friend or something kasi ang bilis niyang tumakbo paalis eh." Napatulala ako dahil sa sinabi nito. I'm trying to process things.
After realizing what I should do ay mabilis akong tumakbo paalis sa condo. Hindi ako mapakali habang nasa elevator. I'm literally flooding Apollo's number with texts, asking him where the hospital's location is. I know that he knows where it is.
After some more texts ay mukhang napikon na ito at sinend sa akin ang location, Mabilis akong sumakay sa kotse at nagdrive patungo sa ospital na iyon.
No, not this time. Kung kailan malapit na kaming magkaayos ni thorn, please not again..
Paulit-ulit kong sinasabi sa aking isip ang mga salitang iyan, praying that angelica is okay even though it will surely hurt me.
After arriving at the entrance ay mabilis akong naglakad papunta sa receptionist.
"Where is this woman?" Kalmadong tanong ko at ipinakita ang Card nito. She looks at it and starts finding something on her computer.
"I'm so sorry miss but that woman has been transferred to the morgue. Sorry for your loss--" Napailing ako sa sinabi niya.
"No! Check it again, please." I asked but she just looked at me with her pitiful eyes.
"Where is that? Where did you transfer her?" I asked and ran into the stairs to get into that floor.
Hindi ko na napansin pa kung paano ako nakakapag-isip ng mga oras na iyon. Basta nakapokus lang iyon lahat sa bagay na nangyayari ngayon.
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