Change Me

Chapter 15: Justin and Seige

[ CJ's POV ]

"CJ, it tickles!" Seige laughed uncontrollably.

Seige bought me something again. It made me squealed when I saw she bought me nail polish. It was a set. It meant a lot. Wala akong ibang magawa dito sa bahay na nakakalibang (bukod sa pang-iinis kay Justin by greeting him good morning every single day). I'm usually bored as hell, lalo na 'pag wala sya at busy si Lola Percy, but a set of nail polish would do. I swear to God, mahal na mahal ko 'tong babaeng to.

Nakikiliti sya kase nililinisan ko na ngayon ang mga kuko nya sa kaliwang paa. Mine's done already, silang dalawa ni Lola Percy ang nagkulay ng sakin.

"Seige, for Pete's sake, don't move." I laughed, keeping her foot still.

"Mag-ingat kayo. You could hurt yourselves." Lola warned us.

"God, I can't fucking do this." tumawa ito sabay  ang pag-iwas ng paa nya sakin. Tumayo ito at nagtungo sa katabing sofa.

I groaned. "You know what? Ang kill joy mo."

"Whatever." she playfully rolled her eyes. Lola Percy joined us laughing. "Speaking of kill joy, asan ang apo mo Lola?" she asked, referring to Justin.

"Nasa kwarto nya, signing papers." Lola answered.

I kept forgetting na may business pala syang pinapatakbo. I nearly wanted to laugh. Walang alam ang buong Pilipinas na ang hinahanap nilang most wanted serial killer was currently signing papers in his room right now that has something to do with the clothings that they're probably wearing at the moment. Well, that could be possible. I'm a huge fan of Drew House and I'm pretty aware that people's feedback about their merch was doing pretty well. People were going nuts about it, specially the girls.

The picture of Justin wearing tank top suddenly went inside my head again. Hindi ako nakatulog ng gabing 'yon. What happened that day kept replaying in my mind. The feeling of his strong arms around me still even lingers on my skin right now.

So, ayun nga, 'di ako nakatulog dahil sa pag-iisip tungkol sa kanya. Who in their right mind would do it? I should be thinking of how to escape here. I should be thinking of how to convince Justin not to kill me. I should be thinking of saving my life. Pero ano ang ginawa ko nung gabing 'yon? I let myself be bothered with the thought of him. And what bothered me the most was the scar on his wrist and the way he acted when I saw it.

"Napansin ko, may peklat pala si Justin, no? On his wrist? Mukhang malalim ang sugat doon before it healed." I nonchalantly said, putting the nail cutter down. I did that on purpose though, trying to catch some information about it without looking so desperate.

The room suddenly froze. Seige stopped typing away on her phone and Lola Percy stopped stirring the soup that she was currently cooking. That said it all. There was really something.

"Care to share what happened?" I continued, praying to God na sana sabihin nalang nila sakin.

It seemed like God immediately answered my prayer because Lola Percy and Seige were exchanging looks that told me that they were about to spill the truth out.

"Lola, I think it's time for her to know." Seige said quitely.

"What?" I prompted.

Lola cleared her throat as Seige shifted awkwardly on the couch. "Sweetie, I-"

Napatingin kaming tatlo sa may hagdan nang may marinig kaming pababa. Who else?

When he reached the bottom of the staircase, his hand went to his hair, running his fingertips through it. He looked stressed. Stressed and sexy.