The Accused (A Series #1)

Chapter Sixteen

Hindi niya alam kung pinaglalaruan siya ng tadhana o sadyang napakaliit lang ng Manila para magkita na naman sila ng mga taong iniiwasan niya.

Sa isang linggong nagdaan, apat na beses sa bilang niya silang nagpangkita. Ay no, siya lang yung nakakakita pala kasi pag namamataan niya ang dalawa ay agad siyang nagtatago at kahit gaano pa niya kagustong sundan ang mga ito ay pinipigilan niya ang  sarili.

And now this, she's on a convience store which was the nearest from her condo, naubusan na kasi siya ng chips at nagke-crave din siya ng ice cream kaya bumaba siya, just to found out na andito din yung taong laging kumakatok sa diwa niya kaya di siya laging nakakatulog ng maaga. Buti sana kung mag-isa lang ito pero kasama na naman nito yung girlfirend nito at masayang namimili sa lane kung saan siya dapat pupunta. Pati ba naman dito?

Is this what her mother said na magpamiss? Eh mukhang di nga siya sumagi kahit minsan sa isip ng lalake dahil andito yung girlfriend. Her heart tightened to the thought that was why she slowly shook her head. Imbes na magpatuloy sa pagbili and answer her cravings, minabuti nalang niyang umalis at maghanap nalang ng ibang mapagbibilhan.

She was lying on her bed doing nothing. After her work kanina ay dumiretso na siya sa condo niya. She was finding a nice movie for her liking pero mukhang pinagtitripan din siya ng tv niya dahil halos ang nakaplay ay puro romance. Ang iba naman ay horror which she never found interesting ever since. May mga talk shows na boring. On the end, wala siyang nagawa kundi ang isuko ang sarili sa kama niya.

She sat up and looked for her cellphone nang may maalala siyang gawin. She just found herself looking at his stolen photos taken by her. She was indulged with the moment. She was miling like crazy remembering all the memories behind the photos. Oh, how she loved lookung at him every minute. Ahe could live a life like that. She was in the middle of reminiscing when her phone beeped. New message recieved.

Kasalanan mo 'to.

That was what the body of the message said. Kasalanan? Ang alin? And who was the sender, anyway? Wala naman siyang maalala na may nagawan aiyang masama. Siguro ay nag random sent lang ito at nangtitrip lang. She shrugged her shoulder and deleted the message. Hindi siya iyong tipo na pumapatol sa mga trip ng mga nanggogood time lalo na pag di niya naman kilala.

Nawalan na siya ng gana na magbalik tanaw kaya ay naisipan nalang niyang i-turn off ang kanyang cellphone at magtalukbong. Matutulog nalang siya.

"Ma'am, lunch time na po."

She raised her head from reading some important documents on her computer sent by the accounting department kaninang umaga. To her too much engrossment, she, for the nth time forgot again that there was still this break they called lunch break. Simula kasi nang di niya nilalapitan si Calev ay binababad nalang niya ang sarili sa trabaho dahil sa ganung paraan, panandalian niyang nakakalimutan ang binata.

She smiled at Cathy. She was her constant reminder everytime nakaklimutan niya ang oras ng tanghalian. "Okay, bababa na ako."

Cathy gave her a nod before leaving. She was about to  arrange her things when her personal phone beeped. Her brows knotted when she saw an unkwon number again. Hindi niya alam kung ito ba yung nagtext sa kanya kagabi kasi di niya naman nakabisado ang number nun at dinelete niya nalang kaagad. Out of curiosity, she opened the message.

Selfish ka.

Hindi niya alam kung bakit kinabahan siya bigla sa nabasang laman ng mensahe. The sender could not be the sender last night. That was all just a coincidence siguro. Maybe the sender have sent her or his message to a wrong number and happened na ang dapat ay reciever has almost exact compilation of numbers like her. Right. She shook her head to erase thoughts na namumuo sa utak niya which was leading to somewhere she would not want to think. Hindi dapat siya nakakaramdam ng kaba because it was just a chain text sent by some random persons na walang magawa. Again, she deleted the message.