Chapter eleven

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"Ate,really,hindi na kailangan"

"Chan,we already made an arrangement,nakakahiya kay George,I know you don't want someone with you,but I'm more comfortable if he's with you,isa pa,today lang naman iyon,you are leaving for Caribbean tomorrow,,just give it a try,okay?" Mahabang lintanya ng kanyang pinsan

"Pero ate,nakakahiya don sa tao,he don't have anything to do with us pero heto at maiistorbo pa natin" katwiran niya.

Wala siyang nagawa ng sunduin siya ni George sa hotel na tinutuluyan niya,kinaumagahan. If he is staying at the same hotel as I am,iisipin ko talaga na sinusundan ako nito. Mabuti nalang at hindi,sa isang low class hotel ito tumutuloy. Napataas ang kilay ko ng marinig iyon mula rito. How come a rich businessman like him stay on a low key hotel? She herself stay on a middle class hotel,where she can afford using her personal income.

Anyway! It's not her problem to think about.

"Nakikinig ka?" Nilingon niya ang nagsalita.

Nakalabas na naman ang mga ngiti nitong nakakamangha. Nasa kanya ang buong atensyon nito,na para bang kaabang abang ang anumang sasabihin niya.

"I am,kaya huwag mo akong kausapin" at muli kong ibinalik ang atensyon ko sa tour guide na ni-hire nito para mas maintindihan namin ang mga nakikita namin.

She don't want to be rude to him,pero hindi niya maiwasan ang hindi ito tarayan.

Mag iisang oras na kaming naglalakad dito sa Colloseum. Pero walang ni isang impormasyon ang pumapasok sa aking isipan tungkol sa history ng lugar.

"At please lang,stop calling me my queen"

"Ang sungit" parinig nito,hindi ko nalang pinansin.

"So,how many entrances is there in this Colosseum? I was not quite sure" patagilid na inirapan niya ito "and do you know what gate is Porta Libitina? I'm so bad at history since I was a kid" he made a disappointment look and sound as if he really was not good at history.

Is this guy trying my patience? Because he's really getting into my nerves.

"Hey come on,tell me" para itong bata na nangungulit,tinutusok pa nito ang kanyang tagiliran.

Naiinis na siya dahil parang normal lamang dito ang ginagawa nito sa kanya. Pero siya? Hindi na niya alam kung paano pa haharapin ang binata dahil,naiilang siya dito. Ito ang reason kung bakit ayaw niyang pumayag na makasama ito ngayong araw.

May binubuhay itong damdamin na ayaw niyang maramdaman.

If she's really true to herself,he likes the attention he's giving her. But at the same time it pain her because she made a promise to someone very special to her heart.

"Seventy six,happy now?" Side way grin drew on his lips,hindi siya sigurado kung ngiti ba iyon o ngisi talaga. Side view lang ang nakikita niya at hindi siya tanga para sulyapan pa ito para lang makasigurado.

"Nah ah,you are wrong,my queen,there are eighty entrances all on all in this Colosseum,seventy six are common and another four is for the grand entrance only use by the high ranking officials,and Porta Libitina is the death door where they threw dead gladiators or dead participants from the match and th,,,,"

"Okay,I get it,manahimik ka na lang pwede ba? ng makapakinig naman ako ng mas maayos" naiirita kong sambit dito,muli akong nakinig at pilit na ibinabaling ang atensyon sa tour guide na kasama namin,na nauuna na.

Tatanong tanong,alam naman pala ang kasagutan.

Great! Now I'm lost,,I couldn't understand what was our guide was saying.

Into the eye of the greek godTahanan ng mga kuwento. Tumuklas ngayon