TMH (Prequel): Love is War

10: GET TO KNOW

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Chapter 10 || Get To Know

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      AFTER what happened, Don Martin insisted na hindi na sila umuwi. Georgina was too upset after hearing that. It means makukulong siya sa lugar na iyon kung saan naroon ang mga taong kinaiinisan niya. Kapag minamalas nga naman.

"Kanina ka pa diyan tulala, Kim." ani ng isang tinig. Si Reichen iyon, he has two cups of brewed coffee in his hands. Inabot nito ang isa sa kaniya. Tumambay muna kasi siya sa teresa na nakita niyang walang tao.

Tiningnan lang naman niya ang inaabot ni Reichen. She heard him chuckle.

"Hey, walang nakahalong kung ano diyan. Base sa mga tingin mo, parang wala kang tiwala sa ibinibigay ko sa'yo. I'm not that kind of person."

She gave him a blank stare. "Just give it to her," sambit niya. Ibinaling ang tingin sa isang direction. Napatingin din si Reichen sa tiningnan niya.

It's Savannah. She's leaning against the wall habang nakamasid sa kanilang dalawa. Ngumisi ito sa kanila bago umalis sa pagkakasandal at lumapit din sa kanila. Nakiupo sa silyang bakante roon at inagaw ang kapeng dapat ay para sa kaniya.

She took a sip. "Hmm. Your coffee is good," she complimented and took another sip again.

Reichen smiled at her. "Thank you. Buti ka pa, iyong iba kasi diyan akala mo naman lalasunin."

Savannah put down her coffee and laughed. "Hey! We couldn't blame her. We all came from a well-known clan, so it's possible that we sometimes encounter people who want us to die. Truthfully, I was hospitalized recently for taking in something with poison."

Reichen gaped at her. "Seriously? That's terrible. How are you now? Maybe that's why I noticed you're kind of pale."

"I was asleep for two weeks. My blood pressure dropped down. If you just saw me back there- everyone is telling me I definitely look good as dead! Thankfully, our family has an antidote to cure me, though it took a long time for me to recover from that." naiiling na sambit ni Savannah. "But you know what, how I wished I just died that time after knowing who's behind that incident." napatingin ito sa kaniya. Her green eyes express something like sadness and betrayal..

"Sino daw? Nahuli niyo ba? Nasaan na?" Tanong ni Reichen dito.

"It was your father," sambit ni Georgina. Napaang sa kaniya si Reichen dahil sa sinabi. "Am I right?" dugtong pa niya. Nakatingin ng deretso kay Savannah.

Savanna let out another laugh- a bitter one.

"Yeah. I wasn't surprised after he told me that. Actually, only the two of us know that fact aside from his right-hand man." isang malalim na buntong hininga ang pinakawalan nito. "I- I am really not surprised, but you know, I was really hurt knowing that he really can kill me like I was nothing to him."

There's a moment of silence after that.

Georgina felt sympathy for her. Their life is almost the same. A father who only sees them as a weapon or thing thay they can easily leave behind when it's not useful at all.

Si Reichen ang unang bumasag ng katahimikan. He cleared his throat. "Dapat pala beer ang dinala ko hindi kape. Wait, I'll go check if may stocks pa si uncle Martin." tumayo ito at iniwanan silang dalawa.