The Campus Paparazzi (On going)

Stalker's Identity

Photo 13

Exactly 4:00pm ng hapon dumating si Linda sa restaurant kung saan sila nagkita nung isang araw.

"Right on time Lind!" bati ni Khourt sa babae.

"I wouldn't be late for this Khourt, so what have you got?"

Khourt grabbed all the pictures from her bag and laid it on the table, pointing on the bracelet.

Linda gasped. "Oh my, she's ..", hindi makapaniwalang sambit nito.

A phone's ringtone was heard. It was Linda's.

"Hello babe?", sagot nito sa cellphone nang makita ang pangalan sa screen.

Babe? Khourtney's face turned very suspicious.

"What? Magkikita tayo? .. No, I didn't left any note on your locker".

Nagkatinginan sina Khourt at Linda at sa picture.

"Where are you Kira? Saan? ..Umalis ka diyan, hindi ako... Kira? Kira? Babe!?"

"What happened Lind?", alalang tanong ni Khourt.

Tears races down on Linda's cheeks. "I-don't know Khourt, naputol bigla ang tawag", hagulgol na sagot nito.

"Calm down, did he tell you the place?"

Linda gave a nod.

"Then let's go. We need to kick some ass at i explain mo sa'kin between you and Kira and the stalker", sabi ni Khourt then drag the crying journalist outside.

***

Si Khourt ang nagda-drive nang itim na Honda City ni Linda. Wala kasi ito sa focus simula nang paglabas nila sa restaurant.

"Okay Linds, hit me", sabi niya rito.

Linda cleared her throat. "Kira and I .. we're in a relationship for four months already", pasimula nito.

Hindi na na-shock pa si Khourt. She already figured that out. Tumango lang siya para alam nito na pwede na nitong ipagpatuloy sa kwento.

"We kept it a secret for you know what reason. Maraming kaaway si Kira at hindi niya gustong mapagdiskitahan ako ng mga ito. So instead, she bullied me at campus. Pero pag nasa labas na kami, he is the very caring and loving boyfriend",

"And the stalker?", tanong niya.

"She's Beth, my bestfriend. She has a red bracelet like those in the picture kaya alam kong siya yun", humikbi uli ito.

Khourt handed her a tissue from the dashboard.

"Thanks Khourt", pasalamat nito sabay pahid sa mga luha.

"So, let me stitch this up. You're bestfriend, Beth, had no idea about you and Kira. Ang alam lang niya ay lagi kang binu-bully ni Kira so she made this threats to get even."

"More like it", sang-ayon nito.

"Or more than that." it was a statement instead of a question. And Khourt wanted to figured it out.