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Tuluyan nang tinulak ni Lilith ang pintuan at gumawa naman iyon ng malakas na ingay sa sobrang tahimik na paligid namin. Naging seryoso at nangangamba ang mga mukha nila simula nang makita nila ang ginawa ni Lilith.
"M-mukhang hindi na ata gagana yung ilaw diyan a-ah?" sinubukan ni Aiden na hindi mautal ngunit nabigo siya. Sobrang dilim na kasi ng paligid namin at ang tanging ilaw lang ay yung mga flashlight na dala nila.
"May flashlight naman tayo siguro kaya na'to." sabi ni Keane at nilabas ang isang flashlight na dala pa niya. Mukha siyang kinakabahan pero pilit niyang itinatago at tumitingin na lamang sa malayo.
"Tara na." sabi 'ko nalamang at nakita 'kong binigay naman ni Keane yung flashlight kay Caily.
"Malaki ang mansion, kailangan nating mag-pairs." seryosong sabi ni Charlotte. Woah, Charlotte?
"Woah, Charlotte, ikaw ba 'yan?" asar naman ulit ni Aiden sakanya at natawa naman kami. Na sa isang iglap ay bigla naming nakalimutan ang mga nangyari.
Bigla namang nawala ang pagkaseryoso ni Charlotte at nakasimangot na tumingin kay Aiden.
"Papansin ka?" pikong tanong naman ni Charlotte kay Aiden na pinandilatan pa.
"Hmm, medyo lang." pilosopong sagot naman ni Aiden at tumingin sa kung saan na kunyaring nagisip pa. Muntik namang magliyab ang mukha ni Charlotte.
"Tumigil na nga kayo, Jusko, kelan ba kayo matatapos mag-away? Pag-uuntugin 'ko na kayo e." singit naman ni Caily sakanila at naginarte namang tumalikod si Charlotte.
"Haha, tama na nga yan, tara na pasok sa loob." sabi ni Keane at tumigil naman na sila. Isa-isa na kaming pumasok at binuksan na ni Charlotte ang hawak niyang flashlight.
"Mag-ingat kayo sa lalakaran niyo ha, baka may matapakan kayo." dagdag pa ni Keane.
Nagsimula na kaming maglakad papasok, nanguna sila Keane at Lilith, habang si Charlotte, Caily at Aiden naman ay magkakalapit habang tinututok ang kanilang flashlight sa ceiling at kalawakan ng bahay. Nakikiramdam sa paligid ang lahat sa amin.
"So Aiden, who told you about this place?" rinig 'kong tanong ni Keane mula sa harapan habang patuloy kaming naglalakad.
"Uhh, I had old friends who used to live around this area. We were just hanging out one time and one of my friends told us about it. I actually just remembered earlier, haha.." sagot naman ni Aiden na para bang naghihinayang pa siyang sabihin saamin. "Well, I didn't expect the house to be a WHOLE mansion, though." dagdag niya pa.
"Hmm, that's not the real question though, Charlotte, how come you haven't seen this place before? Is that not your house?" singit na tanong naman ni Caily. That's true, Charlotte seem to not care about her "house" at all.
"Um well, it's one of my dad's old houses. We're rich, and I have Xavier as my assistant, so I just leave it to him." sagot ni Charlotte. She's THAT rich, well, her father is.
"Wooww, edi ikaw na." rinig 'kong bulong ni Aiden.
"What was that?!" iritang tanong naman ni Charlotte. Napahinto siya at napasunod naman kaming lahat at lumingon sa kanila.
"Uhhh, nothing!!" sagot ni Aiden while quickly waving both of his hands infront of his face. I heard Keane and Caily giggling.
"You guys always fight." said Keane while facing us now. There's enough moonlight from the outside to give our eyes enough light to see each other.
"Lagi namang may kaaway yan si Charlotte.." mahinang sabi ni Caily but enough for all of us to hear.
"What did you sa- Ugh, you know what, it's true anyways so i'll let you pass." sagot pa ni Charlotte but she accepted it and padabog na nagcross arms. "Hah, that's true that I always argue with people, but I'm not always like that, noh! I'm also quite friendly, and I'm kind to people who are not a bitch to me. But if you are, then I am." she sighed as she defends herself from us. She also emphasized the "I" as she mean that she will be more than a bitch to you.
