Case 8: The Mysterious Friends
of Little Slyvia (The Hidden
Memory Chapter, Part One)
ROSALINDA
"THAT idea of yours really makes me want to puke," kunot-noo kong sabi na mas lalo niyang ikinatuwa. "I don't like being clingy or trying to get someone's attention just to get them. I would rather be ignored."
"Come on Rosalinda, he might look like a rock, without a care of the world. But I am telling you, he is such a baby!" Natatawa niyang sabi, napapatakip pa ito ng bibig habang tahimik na tumatawa. "You will know what I meant if you are going to hang out with him everyday." Dagdag pa nito. Well, based on what behavior Harley shows to Augustus. I can imagine it.
"I don't believe you," even if he is right. I'm not going to act like a clingy person just for him to give his attention to me. "Let's drop that idea of yours, and focus on what we are going to do this week. You must have forgotten that this week is the school's festival club." Pagpapaalala ko sa kaniya.
"Oo nga pala noh, wala pa tayong nagawa sa plano na'tin." Aniya saka siya'y tumayo mula sa kaniyang kinauupuan. "It's already too late, our plan is not going to work now."
Napatingin ako sa pintuan ng bumukas iyon. Nakabalik na 'yung tatlo habang may dala-dalang mga papel, para saan naman ang mga 'to?
"We seemed to interrupt your conversation," bungad ni harriet, nakaguhit ang seryosong ekspresyon nito sa mukha.
Umiling ako. "Don't mind it."
"Since both of you are not always around, especially you Doyle because you got kidnapped. We decided that we are the one who's going to take care of the club. Both the president and vice president were not around." Ani ni Harriet saka inilapag ang nga papel sa lamesa kung saan sa harapan ni Doyle. "These are our contestants, we tell them to create a short story and appropriate to any age. Lalong-lalo na pwedeng makapasok dito ang ibang tao, or ibang estudyante, lalong-lalo na ang elementary. That's why we prohibit them from creating a graphic story or appropriate for kids. Malay mo makikinig ang mga batang 'yon sa atin." Mahaba-haba niyang salaysay.
"So, we are doing a story telling our club?" Patanong kong sabi saka tumango naman si Harriet bilang sagot.
"We will have a little story telling in our clubroom, but first shall we decorate our room?" Harriet suggested but Doyle refuses.
"Let's just start your little story telling, no need for such decorations for our clubroom."
Clark stepped in front of Harriet. "Decorations can help us to engage people to enter our clubroom. Also, we have to engage people in order for them to convince us to enter the room, and listen to the narrator's story telling. Also we need as many listeners as possible, in order to have votes for our contestant and let's hide the author's face to avoid biases."
"To avoid biases?" Paguulit ko.
"Yes, I must say that our authors especially the two man authors are attractive. We don't want the listeners going to vote for them because of their faces."
"Did you tell them to not tell others that they are going to be our contestants?" Tanong ko na sinagot naman ni Clark.
"Yes," aniya. "We told them beforehand and I hope that they did follow the rules."
Tumango lamang ako sa tiningnan ang buong kapaligiran, inagaw ko mula kay Doyle ang mga papel. Naka-print ang limang making kuwento. "Let's just make simple decorations, but it's a dreamy decoration." Mungkahi ko at sila nama'y sumangayon, mabilan kay Doyle. He didn't reject my suggestion, but he never showed any reaction about it.
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