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KABANATA 23

"Blaze! Matthews you said? What is the whole name of the guy? Any Information about him?"

"Jaxon Matthews. 22 years old, I don't know a lot about his family. Sesearch ko pa mamaya. Why? Is there a problem Margaux? Do you know that guy?" he asked

"Oh my God!" I exclaimed. Napatakip ako sa aking bibig dahil sa gulat. "So that was the reason kung bakit niya ako pinapalayo kay Jaxon!"

"What? What do you mean?"

"Jaxon Matthews. I know him. He is my classmate." sagot ko sa kanya at ikwinento ko sa kanya lahat from the very first time I encountered Jaxon, noong enrollment hanggang sa paglapit ni Marriah sa paguusap nila ni Astin kanina.

"Okay? So are you saying that Marriah is jealous that is why she wants you to stay away from Jaxon?"

"Maybe. But the thing I can't understand is, why does she warned me not to trust too much, she said that traitors are everywhere and she's acting like she knows something that I didn't know about my past kung meron man or issue niya lang talaga dito is about Jaxon?"

"I think she knows something. Hindi ka naman niya babalaan kung wala siyang alam. Margaux, Ingat ka sa Jaxon na yan, baka may masamang balak sayo yan. Marriah is right you don't know that guy too much" Seryosong sabi niya

"Uhh o-okay?" alanganing sagot ko sa kanya.

Nagulat ako sa pagiging sobrang seryoso niya ng biglaan. Naalala ko tuloy yung araw na una kong nakita si Jaxon. He is somewhat familiar to me.

Pagkatapos naming kumain nag-ayos na ako at bumalik si Blaze sa harap ng computer para alamin ang background in Jaxon at pinahanap ko na rin background ni Astin.

"Hey you done?" I asked

"Not yet. It's hard to find information about them. Nakakapagtaka lang, their backgrounds are too private. Halos wala akong makitang Infos about their families lalo na kay Jaxon. As for Astin ang nahanap ko lang is he is 22 years old, same age as Jaxon and he has a younger brother named Luther. One year lang ang pagitan nilang dalawa.

"One more thing about Jaxon, Astin and Luther. Based on my research they are closed to each other before. Those three are best of friends"

"Luther?" Mahinang tanong ko sa aking sarili.

Bigla akong nahilo at nawalan ng balanse dahil sumakit rin ang ulo ko. Akala ko babagsak ako sa sahig ngunit naramdaman ko ang bisig ni Blaze na nakapulupot sa bewang ko upang alalayan ako.

"Hey what's wrong?" Nag-aalalang tanong nito. Agad naman akong nakabawi kaya tumayo ako ng maayos.

"Nothing. Bigla lang akong nahilo but Im okay now"

"You sure?"

"Yeah" I gave him a reassuring smile to let him know na ayos lang talaga ako. Nagtungo itong kusina at kinuhanan ako ng maiinom.

"Hahatid na kita sa condo niyo Margaux. I think you need to rest." Tumango ako rito at naglakad na patungong elevator.

"I'll just call you nalang if ever na may makuha pa akong informations about sa mga pinapahanap mo alright? Don't worry babalitaan kita agad. And about your car papahatid ko nalang siya bukas dito." Malumanay na sabi ni Blaze

"Thanks Blaze. Take care alright? Text me kapag nakauwi ka na sa unit mo" I said with a smile bago bumaba ng kotse niya at nagtungo sa condo unit namin ni Tresha.

Sigurado akong tulog na si Tresha kaya dahan-dahan akong pumasok sa loob at nagtungo na agad sa aking kwarto.

Pagkatapos ko magshower I opened my phone to checked kung nakauwi na si Blaze.

"Im at home already. Have a good rest alright? Take a med kung nahihilo ka pa. Goodnight Margaux :)" 

Napangiti ako sa kanyang mensahe. He's sweet as always.

Ramdam ko ang bigat ng aking katawan kaya humilata agad ako sa aking kama.

Naisip ko lahat ng mga nalaman ko ngayong araw na ito. 

Too much information to handle kaya siguro ako nahilo kanina hindi ko na kinaya mga nalaman ko. Am I really suffering from selective amnesia?

Kung oo bakit wala manlang nakapagsabi sa akin ng tungkol doon. Gusto kong malaman lahat-lahat. Kung ano-ano at sino-sino ang aking mga nakalimutan.