Wretched Choices

Chapter 22

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Chapter 22
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"Wait, Keia! Your finger is bleeding!" Sharry panicked when she noticed my finger. "Linisin muna natin. Pumasok ulit tayo sa inyo—"

"I don't wanna go back," I sternly said. "Let's just go, Sha. May first aid ka naman sa sasakyan mo, 'di ba?"

"Pero, Keia—"

"Sharry, please! Nandoon si Archer ngayon sa may kusina. Ayoko nang bumalik kaya tara na!"

I tried to steal the keyfob from her hand, but she hid it away from me. When I looked up to her, she was filled with rath and determination. A very bad combination for someone who's mad.

"Ayon naman pala! Tara at bumalik tayo! I'll give him a piece of me for hurting you!"

Sha started marching back to our house, but before I could even stop her, Archer was already on his way out of my house. He looked surprised when he saw the two of us. Mas lalong bumilis ang lakad ni Sharry papalapit sa kanya.

"Hoy, lalaki!" sigaw kaagad ni Sharry nang makalapit kay Archer.

Did I already say that Sharry can be a little wild, crazy, and overconfident when she's mad?

Archer didn't mind her and looked straight at me, but Sharry blocked his view.

"I heard what you did to my best friend earlier—"

"Sharry, tama na. I'm fine now."

Lumapit ako sa kanila para lamang ilayo si Sharry. Alam kong hindi siya titigil hangga't sa masabi niya ang lahat ng gusto niyang sabihin at bago pa siya may mga masabing hindi dapat sabihin, kailangan ko na siyang ilayo.

"Sha, let's just go," pilit ko sa kanya.

"I don't want to see you ever again getting close to Keia, okay?" she tried and threatened Archer. "Kapag nakita ko talagang lumapit ka pa ulit sa kanya nako!"

Naagaw ko sa kanya ang keyfob habang dinuduro niya si Archer sa sobrang inis. Mabilis kong binuksan ang kanyang sasakyan at sapilitan siyang ipinasok sa loob.

Hindi na ako nag-aksaya ng panahon. Tinakbo ko na ang driver's seat. I glanced outside and saw Archer still standing on our front porch. He was plainly staring at the car where we were settled in that's why I stepped on the accelerator to move forward and leave.

"Hay nako, Keia!" reklamo ni Sharry. "Bakit mo ba ako pinigilan? Hindi pa ako tapos sa mga sasabihin ko sa kanya."

While she kept on ranting about her very short confrontation with Archer, I tightened my grip on the steering wheel as I drove farther away from our house.

"Aw!"

Saglit akong napabitaw sa manibela nang madiinan ko ang aking daliring may sugat ngunit agad ko ring ibinalik lalo na nang papalabas na kami sa main road.

"Keia, itabi mo muna ang sasakyan." Huminahon na ang boses ng aking kaibigan.

"No, Sha. We are not stopping."

"But you hurt your finger. We need to tend it first so, let's stop for a while."

"I can manage," I told her and continued driving. "Malapit lang naman 'yong Samgyupsal place dito."

"Your wound might be infected, Keia. So, please, stop being stubborn and just pull the car on the sidewalk," she authoritatively said.

Kahit ayoko mang sundin ang kanyang sinabi ay wala akong magagawa. Ayoko namang magtalo lamang kaming dalawa buong biyahe.