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Nadia Valiente's disappearance has always been a mystery to her friend, Marina. By how her alleged suicide took place, up to the position that she was in whilst on that river, soaked to death, felt like an unsealed package...
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MARINA
The car stops in front of my apartment.
The guy sitting on the driver's seat glances at me. The area is now dark, but I can clearly see his burning red eyes directly staring at my face. Nagpapawis din ang kaniyang noo at malalim ang kaniyang mga paghinga.
"Aki—"
"Don't talk for a moment, please," he mutters before resting his forehead on the steering wheel of the car. "I was sick worried about you."
I remained silent and just stare at him. He keeps on sighing like he's running out of air. Ganiyan na siya kanina pa.
The moment we got out of school, he kept on murmuring stuff to himself that I wasn't able to hear because his voice was inaudible. Nanginginig din ang kaniyang mga kamay habang nakahawak sa manibela ng sasakyan.
"I'm, I'm sorry—"
"Next time, don't act by yourself, please. Do you know how awful your situation was when I saw you in the library?"
My face show confusion. "What? What do you mean? I just passed out."
He finally raises his head and glances at me. I noticed his eyes sparkling.
Wait, is he crying?
"Yeah, you passed out. But more importantly, you were surrounded by the librarian, who was talking suspiciously on her phone with two masculine guys that I couldn't recognize the faces."
I blink, and then my jaw slowly drop. "W-what—"
"She knows, Marina. Whatever we are doing, she knows about it. The librarian knows, and based on the way she was behaving a while ago, I don't think she's an ally."
I sigh. "Maybe, maybe she was the killer—"
"Or maybe you could tell me your decisions before you act upon them!" he raises his voice, and that made me flinch.
For almost a month of knowing each other, this is the first time that Aki yelled at me.
I lower my head. "I know... won't happen again."
I heard him sigh, and after a few seconds, I felt his hand stroking my hair. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," he mumbles. He's starting to cool down.
"I, I understand you, tho."
"Let's go inside?" pag-aaya niya na tinanguan ko naman.
