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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
I blink when I saw my reflection on the mirror. My hair is not braided, I have no tint on my lips, my eyes are shallow and dark circles are around it, and my nose with the freckles is now red due to some nasal issue.
It's Tuesday. The second day of the week, which when computed, is almost the week 2 since my suspension, even though it ended days ago. I didn't have the urge to attend class even if my punishment has ended, so I didn't.
And now, it's time for me to face reality. I know that sooner or later, I'm gonna be needing to move out of my corner and enter that shitty place again. At sa paglipas ng bawat araw mula nang mapagdesisyunan kong takasan ang reyalidad ay ang mas lalo namang paglakas ng kalabog sa aking dibdib.
Would the students attack me once they see me in the university? Would they be angry? In rage? Furious to the point that they would want to harrow my face with their fingers?
That kinda scare me. And what's more terrifying is the fact that Blue's parents might be there, waiting for me, for the almost murderer so that they could make me a victim, like what I did to their innocent son.
Nevertheless, we have two clues now: the date of February 14 of 2015, and the message on Nadia's tumbler.
What's it again?
I press my eyes shut, trying to remember what are the words that were written on a black ink on the surface of her tumbler.
I can't remember. Shit. Screw this brain of mine.
I sigh and just pace towards my own fluffy bed. It smells like lemon, Aki's scent. He never, not even a day, stopped coming over my house before and after school ends. Dinadalhan din niya ako ng pagkain araw-araw dahil alam daw niyang kung hindi niya 'yun gagawin ay hindi ko lalagyan ng laman ang sikmura ko.
Yumuko ako at kinapa ang aking mga sapatos sa ilalim ng kama. I put my socks on, and followed by my black shoes.
I stand up once I'm done. At nagkataong nandito na rin si Aki. I knew because I heard the doorbell rings.
But he didn't bother to wait for me to open it for him, dahil ilang segundo pa'y tuluyan nang bumukas ang pintuan ng aking condo. See? Napakawalang hiya.
"Who among us is the trespasser then, huh?" bungad na tanong ko sa kaniya.
His eyes find my direction and he smiles the moment he caught a sight of me. "Both of us, hehe."
I roll my eyes and restrain myself from inheriting the grin on his thin lips. Naglakad na lang ako patungo sa study table ko't dinampot ang bag ko mula rito. Yeah, Aki was the one who brought it home again. Who else would except for him? Maybe Blue, however, he's currently now in a coma because some madwoman pushed him out of the building for no valid reason, so he's crossed out of the list.
