"Hey, are you okay now? May masakit pa ba sa‘yo?"- iyon ang bungad na tanong ni Cassiopeia sakin pag kamulat na pagkamulat ng mga mata ko. Nakaupo sya sa tabi ng kama at nakatingin sa akin.
The room I'm in is not familiar, but it has the same interior design as her grandparents home, so maybe we're still in their house.
"What happened?"- I asked groggily.
"You passed out."- she spoke softly and straightened her back. "I heard you were about to leave the place when that thing happened. You're planning to leave me here?"
Hindi ko pinansin ang sinabi nya at mas pinili ko nalang bumangon at tanggalin ang comforter na nakabalot sakin. Pinagmamasdan nya lang ako hanggang sa maisuot ko ulit yung high heels ko.
"Where's the gorgeous woman?"- I asked while combing my hair using my fingers.
Her brows furrowed as she looked at me with her judging eyes. My eyes squinted as she looked away, standing up and crossing her arms.
"Louise is married."- she said, using her flat tone.
Hindi ko naman tinatanong ah.
"The other woman who helped you was her wife, Florence."- she added after exhaling.
"Great. You know them, so maybe you can help me go to them?"
"What for?"
I stand up and force myself to smile, even though there's still a bittersweet feeling inside of me about her lack of attention to me during the party.
"Gusto ko lang mag thank you."
She chuckled humorlessly, "Thank you? Gosh! I'm really not used to this new version of you."
"What do you mean by that?"
She stepped closer to me and pointed her finger at my chest. "This is not you. Stop it."
The sound of her voice is like mocking me. My jaw clenched as I slowly moved my hand to push her finger away from my chest. She didn't respond and just gave me that blank look in the eye.
"You stop this, Cass. I'm just being nice."
I walk past her, but she grabs my arm, making me turn to her again.
"You're not nice at all. Your amnesia was the only reason why you're being like this, so stop it!"
Ano bang pinaglalaban nya? At bakit galit sya dyan e hindi ko naman sya inaano.
"I'm so sick of your behavior!"- she said, irritation evident in her tone.
Marahas kong binawi ang braso ko sa pagkakahawak nya. Nakipagsukatan sya ng tingin pero hindi ako nagpatinag at mas lumapit pa sa kanya.
"Don't push my buttons. I'm also so sick of being clueless about why some of you don't like me. I know I have amnesia, and believe it or not, I want to remember everything so that I will know why..."- I gulp and clench my jaw. "Why, even you don't want to have anything to do with me! "
I left her in the room and made my way to the sea of people to look for a certain woman, but sadly, I could no longer find her in the crowd.
My shoulder slumped down as I made my decision to just leave the house and go home to get away from the noise and from the woman I like that I can't understand at all.
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"Burn it!"
Hinagis ko yung dress na suot ko kanina at gulat naman na napatingin sakin ang mga maid. Sumulpot din si Butler Joe at ganun din ang naging reaksyon nya nang makita ang dress sa sahig.
