Vow of the Dawn (La Carlota #2)

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"Ma'am.. Gutom ka po? Iwan ko nalang po 'yong pagkain dito."

Nanahimik lang ako at tinignan siyang ilapag ang pagkaing nakalagay sa isang tray. She's young, probably new here.. Or baka ngayon ko lang napansin because I don't usually pay attention to any of our helpers here. Kaonti lang ang talagang kilala ko. I gave her a nod and weakly pulled my sheets over my body.

"Where's my phone? Someone took it, where did you put it?" I asked coldly. She just looked at me with shock and decided to zip her mouth. "Where's my phone? My gadgets?" It's already 8PM, pero simula kaninang umaga, hindi ko pa nahahawakan ang phone o kahit anong gadget ko.

It's supposed to be enrollment day today, pero hindi ako naka-alis ng bahay.. They locked me inside my room.. I don't know what my Mom is trying to imply by robbing my off my rights. Siguro she's making me realize how disappointed she is, or how worst of a daughter I am?

Because if that's her goal, it's already too late, matagal ko nang na-realize 'yon. It's too late for punishments, honestly, I've already realized what I put myself into.

Now, I have no contact to my friends, nor my siblings outside. I don't even know if Jean's mad at me for ditching her today, I'm not so sure, too if my parents even bothered enrolling me for my last sem. I feel like they hate me that much, sa ganitong paraan nila pinaparamdam sa akin kung gaano sila ka-inis.

It's petty.. It's so tormenting.

It's so much worse that what I imagined.. They're cruel.. How can even my own Mom tell me.. To get rid of my own child? How.. Can she ask for my opinion? Or ask how have I been coping up?

But of course.. What did I even expect.. Of course before checking up on me, she'd lock and disown me first.. It's always been what my image would be. Parating ganoon naman ata.

I laughed inwardly. Tinignan ko muli ang helper namin but she's just shut. Hindi naman ata 'to magsasalita. "Where are my parents?" I asked her once more. "My phone? My gadgets, who took it?" Tinitigan ko siya at wala siyang ibang ginawa kung hindi lumunok. I shot my brow up. "Answer me, please," I pleaded.

"Sa.. Sa kwarto ho si Doña Emilia, si Don Joselito naman ho ay kasama ni Sir Gusto sa hacienda sa Dayang.. Ang.. " She stopped and fidgeted with her phone. "Ang telepono niyo naman po ay.. Kinuha ho ata ni Doña Emilia.. Hindi ko po sigurado.. Mauuna na ho ako.. Pumindot nalang po kayo sa bell kung may kailangan kayo.. " After her nervous statement, she left my room.

After the confirmation that my mother took my gadgets away, agad nag-init ang tenga at gilid ng mga mata ko. My blood rose to my cheeks in frustration. Kinuha ko ang unan at tinapon ko 'yon sa pader.