The ABCD Story

Project #8

Project #8:
Finding Missing A Part 2:
I Met An Ace

Dorothy Jereanne

Hindi ako makatulog ng maayos. This is the first time that I can't sleep. Hindi ako mapakali. Kating-kati na ang kamay kong buksan ang tatlong scrolls na iniwan sa akin ni Diana bago siya mamatay.

Hindi umimik si Mama ng marinig niya ang pagkamatay ni Diana. Obviously, she doesn't have any care about us. Tss. Ang pakealam niya na lang ngayon ay ang mga ama naming magkakapatid na iniwan siya matapos siyang anakan at perahan.

Lima kaming magkakapatid at lahat kami ay panganay. Diana is adopted. Kaya parehas kami ng edad.

The one next to me is Dianne. 17 years old. Half-Filipino and Half-Thai. Siya ang may pinakamakapal ang mukhang ama sa aming lima. Kung makahingi ng pera noon kay Mama para pang-sugal, wagas! Ang kapal ng mukha.

Next to Dianne is Delta. 16 years old. Half-Filipino and Half-Australian. Sa aming lima siya naman ang sumunod sa may makapal na mukhang ama, sunod sa ama ni Dianne. She is very nice girl, though, I just don't like her father.

Next and last is Dandelion. 15 years old. Half-Filipino and Half-French. Sa amin namang lima, siya ang may pinaka-mabait na ama. Yes, you red that right. Dandelion's father is the perfect step-father to us when we are young. Not until he left and we just got a news that he is already married to another woman.

Ang ama ko? Ang ama ko... wala akong memorya tungkol sa kanya. Ni hindi ko nga siya kilala at hindi ko din alam ang kanyang mukha. Mama just said that my father is a Half-German and Half-Filipino who became a legal citizen of the Philippines and also one of the best detective the NBI could have.

Ang ama naman ni Diana? Siya naman ang dahilan kung bakit naging isa kaming, Lady of—chuchu. Never mind me. I'm not on my usual self when I can't sleep. Yes, Diana's biological father is a nobleman from Spain. He's also good to us, but for some reasons, I don't trust him.

Kinuha ko ang cellphone ko sa study table malapit sa higaan ko na parang may hinihintay. Yes, I'm really waiting for someone to call, but it's just so impossible. Pero kapag tumawag siya, I will consider this day horrifying.

Actually, I was waiting for my evil sister to call. Ganitong oras kasi niya ako tinatawagan at kinukulit na pumunta na sa Spain at doon na tuluyang mag-settle. Every time she calls, I will just answer her with a cold no and will shut down my phone. But, now? I regret doing that when she was still alive. I regret not spending time with her and I regret not telling her that I love and care for her.

Sabi nga nila, "You won't know the value of the things until it was gone."

Sobrang natamaan ako sa quote na iyon. I don't really value anything except my beloved books and my mystery and detective works addiction. I'm selfish... I know. There's just something who changed the bond between us, Diana and I.

Hindi din ako pinapatulog nang lahat ng nangyari kanina. The St. Claire's Hospital was bombed. Nawawala si Aleica. And Ceira is declared comatose. The doctor can't determine when will Ceira wake up, but the doctor said she's stable.

I don't know but there's something about those three, what I meant are, Bash, Ceira, and Aleica. Kahapon ko lamang nakilala si Bash. Sina Aleica at Ceira, ngayon lang. But, I felt something special about them. Please, don't get me wrong. I just cared for them.