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Crystal's eyes were twitching and her eyes were sharp as she saw the text Xyrene sended her. She crumpled the paper in her hand as hard as she can until the paper were falling off from her hands.

She held her phone to the point that it was going to be crushed.

"No way" she said as she threw her phone out of the window

Alystra's POV

I read Xyrene's text and I couldn't rest after that. Ako yung huling kasama ni Lira and I couldn't help but blame myself with her missing.

Pero ang importanteng malaman ay kung nasaan nga ba si Kalira.

Sumama ako kay Xyrene at Iron para magtanong tanong sa mall na pinuntahan namin nung araw na yun. Only to find Crystal already there.

"Crystal!" We called her but she didn't bother to look back at us.

"Grace!" Rinig naming sigaw, si Larkin.

"Bakit Grace?" Tanong ko kay Xy

"Her full first name is Crystal Grace. Only Larkin calls her that" sabi ni Iron

"Ganun?"

When Crystal looked at Larkin, she has a dark expression on her face but when she looked at him, her expression soften.

Lumapit na rin kami kay Crystal at napayuko ito.

"I already asked! Pero wala silang matandaan! May amnesia ba mga tao dito?!" Galit na galit na sinabi ni Crystal

"Have you asked for the cctv footage?" Iron asked

"I have it" sagot ni Neivan na nasa likod pala namin

"Oh here's Mr torpe, buti naman at may nagawa ka para kay Kalirea for once" sabi ni Crystal

"What do you mean?" He asked

"Manhid ka kasi, but since may naitulong ka I'll let you pass" sabi ni Crystal at naglakad palayo at bigla nalang itong lumingon sa amin.

"But just this once Neivan" sabi nito and continued to walk. Hinabol siya ni Larkin at napabuntong hininga nalang ako

Nagpunta kami sa food court at tinignan ang cctv footage.

Kalirea walked out of Watson holding a small plastic. She went to a stationary shop at lumabas din. But after that she went to the fire exit. Walang cctv footage dun and after that hindi na siya nakita inside the mall.

"Anong sabi ni Kalirea na bibilin niya sa watson?" Xyrene asked

"Face mask" sagot ko

"I highly doubt that" sabi naman ni Xyrene

"Why?" Neivan asked

"Kakabili lang niya last week and bibili lang yun kapag naout of stock na siya." Sabi naman ni Xy

"And the plastic is too small for  a face mask" sabi ni Iron

"And knowing her, papasok talaga siya sa stationary shop. But it was unusual for her to go inside the fire exit" nagulat kami nang may nagsalita sa likod namin na si Crystal pala.

"Kanina ka pa dyan?"

"Nandito na ako before kayo nagpunta dito dahil alam kong wala kayong pera pangstarbucks" sabi ni Crystal

"Malamang kinuha mo kaya wallet namin" sabi naman ni Iron with a (--,--) expression.

"Puntahan na kaya natin yung fire exit baka nandun lang siya" sabi ko

"We need a permission to do that" sabi ni Xy

"I already got their permission. Tara na" sabi naman ni Larkin

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