Chapter 10: The Necklace

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Simula nung gabi when Shin told me and Vin about what happened before something was triggered in my brain because I started dreaming of what happened. And sometimes I could vaguely remember bits and pieces of my memory. That's how my weekend played out.

Its the start of a new week and hindi pa rin completely healed yung ankle ko. So Vin decided to be my designated driver for a while na ikinagalak naman ng mga magulang ko. So here I am in the passenger seat of Vin's car again.

"You okay?" He asked me while his eyes are still on the road.

"Bat mo naman natanong?" I asked back at him. Na mukhang hindi naman niya kinatuwa, his face crunch up with annoyance na nakapag patawa namin sakin. His annoyed face is still handsome as always. 

Stop it Mitch! Eto na naman tayo ehh. Ang dami mo pa dapat intindihin at isipin pero eto ka na naman thinking and drooling over one Vin Andrews Dela Cruz. I just shook my head in annoyance with myself.

"Ano balak mong gawin pag nagkita kayo ni Denise?" wika uli ni Vin.

"Di ko pa alam." I simply said shrugging. Totoo naman ang sinabi ko. Hindi ko talaga alam kung anong magiging reaksyon ko when I come face to face with Denise. In my mind she is subjected to suspicion, I don't think that its just a coincident na I met her in the University and then these things begun to happen.

We sat there in silence with only the radio as our background hanggang makarating kami sa University. He opened the door for me at tinulungan akong makapunta sa classroom ko. Kaya ko naman mag-isa since may saklay naman ako but he insisted on helping me at wala na kong magawa but to endure the glares na binibigay sakin ng maraming kababaihan.

Pasara na ang elevator na sinasakyan namin nang may humabol pa na babae. It was Denise. Pagpasok niya sa elevator nakuha agad namin ang atensyon niya dahil kami lang naman ni Vin ang nasa loob nito. 

Her expression changed from shock to worry nung tumingin siya sakin. Nag-aalala ba siya para sa kalagayan ko because I'm injured or nag-aalala siya na baka iconfront namin siya ni Vin. Pagkasara na pagkasara ng elevator she spoke.

"Are you okay Mitch?" she asked. Napatingin lang ako sa kanya and she looked at me with the same worried expression.

"I told you to be careful." she continued. Curiosity got the best of me, so I reluctantly asked.

"What am I supposed to be careful of? Sinabihan mo nga akong mag-ingat pero mag-ingat saan?" I asked her.

"Basta mag-ingat ka. Please." she said. Then the elevator opened on the second floor and she started getting out of the elevator and faced us again. 

"You too Dela Cruz and Shinichi. You better watch your backs." She said then walked out of the elevator. 

I looked at Vin to find him already looking at me. And we both know that she knows something. She knows something about sa mga nangyayari.

Bumababa kami sa third floor and hinatid niya ko hanggang classroom. 

"Text me when you're done." he said then went to his own class.

I slowly went to my seat ignoring the stares and murmurs of my classmates. May alam nga si Denise. And she's keeping it a secret. Kung hindi talaga siya ang nanghaharass sakin for the sake of what happened to Miggy ten years ago ay hindi ko na alam kung sino.

From what Shin told us, mukhang kapareho ng friendship namin ni Shin ang relationship nila ni Miggy, if not deeper. I couldn't focus on our lessons for that day because of all the thought that is swirling on my mind.

"Mitch, let's go!" nagulantang ako sa sinabi ng katabi ko at dun ko narealize that Angel was sitting beside me at tapos na ang first class namin. 

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