Veiled In Matrimonial Shadows

5

"Punta tayo sa National after this, I need to buy canvas for a painting kasi."

I payed for the clothes I got here in H&M. The clothes was just mostly plain t-shirt, cropped top, skirts, pants, long sleeve shirts, zip up polo shirts and lastly some sweater.

Sila Athena ay halos skirts and dresses ang pinagkukuha maliban kay Mafheia dahil halos parehas lang kami ng mga kinuha minus the skirts kasi she didn't want to buy one, fair enough dahil madami na siyang skirts dun sa bahay at halos lahat ay tennis skirts.

Halos kumpleto na kaming lahat kaso minus one dahil wala si Solana, sabi niya ay may pupuntahan daw siya or may sasamahan daw siyang kaibigan niya probably yung babaeng narinig ko nung tinawagan niya ako nung isang araw.

"Shet baka makilala tayo dito?" Tanong nila Irene, Sofia at Mafheia na halatang kinakabahan.

Oh my gosh! I totally forgot that we don't have bodyguards right now and we're all just in disguise, mga naka cap, casual outfit at sunglasses lang pala kami.

Kinabahan ako kaunti dahil naalala kong international model pala ako at hindi ordinaryong tao na kayang maglakad sa mall without being in a disguise, tangina mapapadasal pa ata ako na sana walang makakita sa amin ngayon.

"Calm down, act normal lang." I said even though I'm the one who's kinda panicking, the girl were just fine.

I closed my eyes for a few seconds before walking out of the store, the girls followed me while they're lowering their heads making them look like scared cats who are following their mother.

I didn't notice my own feet brought me in front of National Book Store, was I daydreaming to the point I didn't notice I was already in front of the store?

Aish stop with the nonsense, Arthellara!

I went inside the store but was immediately stopped when I saw familiar faces, even the girls stopped when they also saw the faces.

What are they doing here?

I looked at my side and I immediately realized that I was in the book area, I stayed here where my feet stopped and looked closely to the two familiar faces.

"Do we know her?"

"Is she the friend that she's talking about?"

"Who's that girl?"

"Is this the reason why she was not available?"

"Are they just friends or..."

"Oh shut up Irene, kabadingan mo."

The girls was almost talking simultaneously in their low voice, they removed their glasses and stared at the two who they were talking about. I saw them because I lowkey side eyed them.

The girls was as if confused while looking at the two, their brows was furrowed making me bit my lower lip because I was preventing myself from laughing at their facial expressions.

"Pano ako kukuha ng canvas? Malapit sila sa art section.." I said in my low voice.

I was about to go walk towards the art section when I was pulled by the girls. Pagtingin ko sa kanila tinuturo na nila yung puwesto ni Solana at yung babaeng kasama niya, yes it was Solana who we accidentally saw here sa National.

Solana was wearing a blue square neck floral ruched mini dress while yung kasama niya is I think wearing a blue pants partnered with blue soft linen vest and a black sunglasses. I know the girl na kasama ni Solana kahit pa naka disguise siya, halata sa height, pananamit at mukha kahit naka suot ng black sunglasses but my friends even her super close one doesn't know about that, just me.