In The City Of Ruffians

XXXI: Weird

CHAPTER THIRTY ONE: WEIRD

Mas naunang naglakad si Chandria kesa sa kanya. Iniisip ang rason kung bakit ayaw tanggapin ni Ishun ang sinabi ng ama ni Ayesha.

When she probably noticed she was now alone, natingin-tingin siya sa paligid at kinuha ang pagkakataon upang bumalik sa garahe nang biglang may humila sa kanyang pulsuhan.

She was alarmed and was about to pull her gun out when she saw Pierce's face. She sighed. "Bakit ka biglang nanghihila?" Pagalit na tanong ni Hennessy. "Ayaw mo?" Nanatiling matalim ang tingin nito sa kanya.

"Sige, ulitin nati-"

"Pierce!" Singhal niya at naikot ang mga mata. Pierce humorously laughed and took a step forward. "So, what did you find?"

Hennessy blew in the air and combed her hair backwards with her fingers. "Wala. I didn't find anything. I wasn't able to enter either." She replies.

Pierce's eyes widened. "What?" He exaggeratedly asked. "Why?" He asked more.

"May dalawang tao sa harap ng pinto, they were going in the door. And they saw me."

"Ano?!"

"Don't shout!" Singhal nito pabalik. "Hindi naman ako namukhaan but they do know that a girl saw them." She continued.

Napahawak si Pierce sa kanyang baba. "Namumukhaan mo ba kung sino sila?"

"No, they're not around our age. Matatanda sila."

"Intruders?"

"I don't know. But what was bothering me the most is they were saying na lagot sila sa 'boss' nila." Binaling niya ang tingin kay Pierce. "Sino sa akala mo 'yun?"

Pierced raised his one eyebrow. "Ishun?"

"Hmm?" She hummed, questioningly. "Why would it be Ishun?"

"Kasi siya lang naman ang may pinakamataas na ranggo dito sa isla. At alam niya ang pasikot pasikot dito. In my 2 years of stay in the island, kahapon ko lang nakita ang pinto sa likod ng garahe wherein I'm always staying at." Sambit nito.

"Maybe this island is more mysterious than you think." Sagot naman ni Hennessy. Nagkibit balikat lamang si Pierce at huminga ng malalim.

"So, what's your plan now?" He asked.

"I'm just going to have to go there again, poer sa ibang oras at araw. And I'll make sure na wala na talagang tao para makapasok na ako doon." She answered.

Madali niyang iniwas ang ulo niya noong guguluhin sana ni Pierce ang buhok nito. Ngunit hindi siya nakawala, Pierce caught her hair and ruffled it as messy as he can.

Tawa sila ng tawa at natigil lamang noong may umubo sa likod nilang pareho. They both looked at the person.

It was Ishun.

With his pair of eyes staring blankly and dangerously at them, his arms crossed beneath his chest, they both stop what they were doing a while ago.

"Why are you here again?" Ishun asked Pierce. Maangas ang tono ng boses nito habang nagtatanong. Pierce smirked. "Bawal ba?"