Threatened By A Gangster [Under Revision]

Chapter 53 ♠ No One

3rd Person Point of View

The next day, when Ace got to the kitchen tapos ng magluto si Dwayne. Umupo sya sa tabi ni Dwayne and took a glimpse at Cath.

Nakayuko si Cath at tahimik na kumakain. He never got the chance to talk to her. Pero sa totoo lang hindi nya alam kung anong sasabihin. She doesn't deserve to get hurt and he felt guilty about it.

As Ace started eating napansin nyang wala pa si Sophia. He felt stupid when he said those words to her last night. It came out all wrong.

Kagabi, kumatok sya sa pinto ni Sophia para mag-explain pero hindi nya binuksan ang pinto, ni hindi nga sya nagsalita. She misunderstood it all.

"Hindi pa ba bumababa si Sophia?" tanong nya.

"Hindi pa, tawagin mo nga," sabi ni Dwayne.

Napabuntong-hininga na lang si Ace at tumayo para puntahan si Sophia.

'That girl's giving me a headache,' he thought to himself.

Alam nyang kasalanan nya ang nangyari kahapon. He lost his cool and blamed it all to her. He just got mad dahil hindi sinabi ni Sophia ang totoo. Nagtaka sya bakit nagagalit si Sophia sakanya pero wala naman syang ginagawa.

He never thought na may babae syang naiwan and no wonder he felt different with her. Honestly, he likes Cath pero nung dumating si Sophia nagbago ang lahat. He could have fallen in love with Catherine kung hindi sya dumating. Yun ang gusto nyang iparating kagabi and it messed up.

Nang makarating sya sa harap ng pinto ni Sophia and he knocked on the door.

"Sophia?" he called and waited for an answer... but nothing happened.

Kumatok ulit si Ace. "Sophia? Kakain na. Open the door." Nilapit nya ang tenga nya sa pinto... pero wala syang narinig.

"Come on, don't be childish. I'm sorry for what I did last night but you don't have to lock yourself in your room."

He paused pero wala pa ring response. Ganun ba kalalim ang galit nya sakin that she won't even want to see me?

"If you don't want to join breakfast with me. Fine, aalis ako." Hindi pa rin lumalabas si Sophia o magsalita man lang.

That's weird. It's like she's not even there...

That last though got to him like he's been hit by lightning. Kumatok ulit sya at nilapit ang tenga sa pinto.

"Sophia?... Open this door right now...Sophia?!"

He tried twisting the knob... at hindi naman pala ito naka-lock. Nang buksan nya ang pinto, wala nga si Sophia.

The bed was still made so she hasn't gone home. Pero sabi nya kahapon pagkatapos nilang magsigawan sa Central Park ay uuwi na sya. Hindi din nya nakita ang bag na dala nya kagabi.

"Where could she have been right now?" tanong nya sa sarili at bumalik sa kusina.

"Nasaan si Sophia?" tanong ni Dwayne.

"Wala sya sa kwarto nya. Sinabi nya ba sayo kung saan sya pumunta kagabi?"

"No... sabi mo umuwi na sya diba? I thought she was asleep already when we got home. Nag-away ba kayo?"

Kinuha ni Ace ang cellphone nya mula sa bulsa nya at sinubukang tawagan si Sophia. "We had a little fight last night. Sabi nya sakin uuwi na sya."

He ran his hand through his hair when he got anxious. Nagri-ring lang ang cellphone ni Sophia.