CHAPTER 28: Gone with the Wind

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'Wala akong sinabi sa kanya tungkol sa atin. Hinding hindi ko magagawang ilaglag ka, lalo na sa kanya. Trust me. She doesn't know a thing.'

Nery recalls what Oliver said to her yesterday.

Yes.

It is official.

Si Nery na nga at si Oliver.

They're officially a couple.

But no one knows yet-- and she's not planning on telling anyone. Especially Paula.

Katatapos lang ng kagaguhang ginawa ni Oliver kay Pau, and until now, wala pa ring paramdam sa kanya ang kaibigan. And it's been three days.

That gave her the idea na baka alam na nga ni Paula yung tungkol sa kanilang dalawa ni Oliver. Normally kasi, Paula would go straight to her whenever she gets lonely or depressed of some sort-- kaya kinakabahan siya.

She did everything she can do -- call her, text her, even send her emails and messages on facebook . Para siyang fangirl halos sa mga pinag gagagawa niya.

Hindi ba't sinubukan pa nga niya itong sugurin sa bahay!

Pero pinagtabuyan lamang siya nito paalis.

Bakit naman niya ako hindi papapasukin kung hindi sya galit sa akin? Nery thought. At bakit naman siya magagalit sakin kung hindi niya alam na kami ni Oliver?

Pero paano naman nga niya malalaman kung hindi sinabi ni Oliver sa kanya?

We have been discreet as ever for the past months at walang ibang nakakapansin na may relasyon kami-- paano naman niya malalaman?

Does that mean that Oliver is lying?

No, he couldn't!

He would never do that to me!

Gulong gulo na ang isipan ni Nery.

This is wrong!

This is what she had been afraid of all this time!

At ngayon pa naman kug kelan nagiging maayos na lahat sa kanila ni Oliver at sa student council ... everything is falling apart between her and Paula.

So, with all the courage there is left of her, bumalik pa rin siya rito.

Sa Villa Isabella.

She hesitated before ringing the doorbell coz the last time she came here, she was chased out by the guards. Buti nalang at isang cute na batang babae ang nagbukas ng pinto bago pa man nya magawang pindutin ito. She was carrying a pink stuffed piglet half her size. "Ate Nery?" she says, scratching the end of her right eye.

"Sia," Nery steps forward, holding the gate bars.

Pinagbuksan siya ng gate ng dalawang gwardya sa magkabilang gilid nito.

Inirapan niya ang mga gwardya. "Himala? Hindi na pla ko off-limits sa Villa?" she sarcastically said, and the guards pretended not to hear.

"Bakit naman?" nilapitan siya ng bata at hinawakan ang isa niyang kamay. Hindi siya nagsalita.

Halatang walang kaalam alam ito sa pakakalabuan nilang dalawa ng ate Paula niya.

Sia pulled her in. Walang tanung tanong ay sumama siya rito. They travelled through the huge landscape in front of the house, bago marating ang mala-palasyong bahay sa gitna ng malaking compound na kinalalagyan ng Villa.

Kung si Derrick ay isang huuuuge ball of energy, Sia is the exact opposite.

Most of the time, she would sit quietly in a corner readig a book or playing tea party with her stuffed animals. Ang tawag sa kanya ng lahat ay 'living doll' dahil sobra syang cute at light brown ang mga mata at makikita mo ang Spanish features sa mukha niya.

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