SIX
VENNA'S afternoon classes passed by quickly. Nothing special happened, typical boring classes. Sinubukan niyang halungkatin ang mga ala ala niya pero wala siyang maalalang Kalyk. Is he someone from the past?
"Argh! I don't know," Venna quietly whined while the teacher was discussing in front. "I don't sense danger with him but he's starting to get suspicious."
At night she would check and update the profile she's making. She assumed that Andrea is clueless about the Mafia because she talks carelessly and she really looks innocent.
As she spends more time with Andrea, she finds Andrea's face familiar, at some angles, it looks like someone. She just can't figure out who. Are her skills getting rusty?
It is Thursday night and she's just staring at the words written on her notebook while spinning her pen. Blue eyes. Brown hair. Same eyes and nose. Think Venna. Think! She closed her eyes while thinking. Kumunot ang noo niya nang maimagine ang mukha ng isang lalaki pero sa kulay ng buhok at mata ni Andrea, tapos nag iba iyon at ibang mukha naman ang pumasok sa isip niya.
The first one has the same features as Andrea's face. Not the same eye or hair color but the features look alike a lot. When she accidentally imagined him with Andrea's hair and eye color, they looked almost exactly the same!
'Yong isa naman ay suspicious ang galawan pero hindi kamukha ni Andrea. Andrea has a very Tuwesnan face, habang iyong lalaking 'yon ay mas Giguntean ang mukha.
Napatayo siya ng mabilis nang makapag desisyon. She opened her eyes and stared at the wall. If she'll consider the odd things. When he suddenly appeared behind her that day in the parking lot without her noticing. Transferred school last Tuesday. The wall portraits in Andrea's house suddenly being cleaned when she visited the house.
Then the most suspicious is him. Arthevin Matisse. He might be using two identities, kaya nasabi ng kaibigan nitong nagpakilala siya sa dalawang pangalan noon. That's also why Andrea was familiar with his name. Gamit niya rin ang maiden middle name ng nanay nila.
While Kalyk Padenton, ang suspicious lang sa kanya ay alam niya ang totoong pangalan ni Venna. He could be someone from Gigunte that she met before and she just can't remember. But his initials are not helping. Why does he have the same initials as Kier Drystan!?
Napabuntong hininga na lang si Venna. Guess she doesn't have a choice but to sneak into the admins office tomorrow. Uunahin na niyang iimbistigahan ang mas suspicious siya. Sobrang lakas ang kutob niyang si Arthevin si Kier Drystan dahil nakikita na niya ang resemblance nito kay Andrea.
Kinaumagahan ay maaga siyang pumasok sa school. Hindi siya dumeretso sa room nila. Instead, she entered the college campus and entered the admin office. Maaga pa kaya wala pang masyadong tao sa loob.
Pupunta na sana siya sa file room at hahanapin ang documents ng mga business major college students nang may makasalubong siyang dalawang students.
"He's really so handsome!" a girl student exclaimed as she entered the room with her friend. "Too bad we need to review for our test later, if not I would've stayed there and watched him try out."
"Guess Kier Drystan is the new School Prince now," sabi naman ng kasama nito.
"Oh no! He's the King! Kale is the Prince."
Nakakunot lang ang noong nakatingin si Venna sa likod ng dalawa. Dali-sali siyang tumakbo palapit sa dalawa para magtanong. "Uhm, excuse me? Where did you see Kier Drystan?"
"He's on the basketball court, I think he's preparing for the try outs." Kibit balikat ng isa.
"You can't get close to him though," sabi ng kasama nito. "There's a million girls thirsting over him there," she exaggerated.
