Chapter 4:ID
ROWOON KO
"Haist! Kainis!" frustrated kong sigaw.
Hindi ko na nahabol yung babaeng may ari ng bag. Sa bilis ba naman kasi niyang tumakbo miski dulo ng buhok niya hindi ko na matanaw pa.
"Buksan ko na nga lang 'tong bag at alamin ko baka may ID nakalagay dito, for sure meron, sayang naman ang bag kung wala diba?" hoping that I could find any.
Nagmamadali kong buksan ang bag ng babae at hinalungkat ang wallet.
"Naku wala man lang kapera pera sa wallet, ATM lang meron"
I searched thoroughly the whole bag and I saw her ID.
"Finally, may ID siya. I hope may address para I could return her bag"
Pagkakita ko sa ID bigla akong napa second look at bigla nalang ako nakatitig sa picture habang paulit ulit kong basahin ang pangalan niya.
"J-jamila Kay Lopez?" I exclaimed
Nag iba ang pakiramdam ko, nanginginig ang kamay ko habang hawak ko ang ID. The name written was, Jamila Kay Lopez.
I can not figure out what the heck am I seeing right now. I was startled and couldn't move. My body feels numb all over it.
"Am I dreaming?" asking myself repeatedly.
"What the heck, Rowoon?--- Why are you acting like this?--- What's wrong?" asking myself again loudly.
I was just there standing and staring at her ID for so long. Later on, nahimasmasan ako. I walk again for about a minute or so.
And, I stop for a while in the middle of nowhere. I take out my cell phone from my pocket and start to browse Randy's contact information. I clicked his number and started to call him. The phone is ringing "thank God '' bulong ko. But I called him so many times but no one answered. It's kinda annoying that I can't reach him now but I tried, again and again, several times, and finally, he answered.
" Hey, dude, where are you now?" tanong ko.
"Dude, I am here right now at the restaurant, eating cause I'm starving. I called you so many times but can't reach you, man. Where have you been?" sagot ni Randy na may pag alala ang boses.
"I'm still here stocked at the alley, dude. I don't know where I am now. It's a kinda creepy dude, I thought someone kidnapped you and killed you but thank God you're alive and well." sagot ko na honestly I was concerned and relieved that he is okay.
"Try asking someone if how can you go out there." sagot ni Randy sakin na impossible dahil wala akong makitang tao.
"Sure, dude! I'll continue to walk baka I might see someone here walking also, I hope so" sagot ko na may determination that I will be able to see someone.
"Just call me dude when you're out that alley already, okay?" sagot ni Randy na hindi man lang sinabi kung san restaurant siya ngayon.
"Sure thing, dude" 'yun nalang sinagot ko kasi nakaramdam na naman ako ng inis. Bakit nga ba?
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KAY LOPEZ
Approaching Joseph's house, "finally I'm here". Nasa harapan na ako ng bahay, "mukhang maliwanag na sa loob, parang nakauwe na sila." I chuckled.
Pressing the button of their doorbell 2 to 3 times. I heard someone opening the main door of their house and heard footsteps walking towards the gate.
Someone asking me with a deep tone of voice. "Who's that?" nakilala ko ang boses niya at sinabi ko, "Joseph, si Kay to." Sagot ko na nahihiya. "Pasensya ka na kung gabing-gabi na akong nambubulabog dito sa inyo. Wala na kasi akong ibang mapuntahan." dagdag ko
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