Samantha, an old soul, lost her ring while exploring a haunted house with her brother. While trying to retrieve it, a Spanish-decent lad helped her out of nowhere. The story unfolds over series of flashbacks that Samantha sees in her dreams, one of...
Oh! And look what I found! (Can someone explain to me what this tag means? 'Coz, to be brutally honest, I have no idea what the hell is this)
If it's a good thing, then I'm really thankful! :)
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L O S T
Luckily we arrived home before Dad, so I immediately went to my room bago pa niya ako mahuli. It would be a disaster 'pag nalaman n'ya na pumuslit kami ni Kuya.
What a night.
Humiga ako sa kama ko and look up at my ceiling like I usually do.
Who was that guy?
I'm still curious of who could that guy be. I just wish na hindi s'ya ang may-ari ng bahay na 'yon. If he was, we're dead meat. I can already imagine myself in trouble tomorrow, dahil kung siya man ang may-ari ng bahay na iyon. Baka i-report pa kami sa home owners' assoc.
"Sam. It's time for dinner! Dad's here."
That's my cue!
"I'll just change! Wait a sec!", I responded while immediately pulling myself up to ransack my drawers again. Habit ko na ata ang pagpapalit ng damit everytime I had the chance.
I picked up the nearest set of pajamas and bumaba na ako papunta sa dining area namin.
I passed by my grandmom's portrait. She looks exactly like me.
Dad told me na she died months after I was born. I remembered noon na lagi kong tinatanong kung bakit namatay si Grandmom kay Dad, but he would always shrugged his shoulder and tell me he doesn't have any idea how and why.
"Sam! Quickly!"
Better go quickly.
I sat beside Kuya. After our prayer, nag-start na kaming kumain.
"Dad? Uuwi ba si Mama?", Kuya asked him while chewing his food.
I stopped eating.
"I guess not. She's been working on her new business proposal sa company board nila."
Typical Dad-Answers and typical Mom-Reasons.
I continued eating. Wala rin naman akong itatanong about Mama or Dad since I know where they were and what they usually do in work.
I'm too busy thinking about that guy from the abandoned house.
"Sam, you look bothered? May problema ba?"
Nagulat ako, and usually I held on to my necklace if I'm tensed or worried.
Kaya lang, maling decision ata ang pagsalat ko sa kwintas. I felt the locket, but wala akong naramdamang singsing.
Grandma's ring was not there.
"I'm good. Just sleepy.", I tried to make it unnoticeable as possible. Dad will kill me once he found out na nawala ko ang inheritance ko from Lola.
I finished eating the last morsel from my plate and politely excused myself.
"Dad, Kuya. I need to go na, do you mind?"
Dad looked at me as if magtatanong pa sana s'ya about my day, but I'm really not in the right mind to respond to him kasi I have more pressing matters in my hand.
"Go on dear, have a good night sleep."
Nakahinga ako, atleast Dad was being reasonable tonight. Kaya lang...
This is totally bad.
Umakyat ako and tuluyan ng humiga. How can I say this to kuya? He'll probably tell Dad, plus baka malaman pa ni Mom.
I shouldn't have brought that ring.
Of all the time pa, saka pa ito nawala!
I may have to go back to that house tomorrow morning, or I may have to tell Kuya. I really don't know what to do.
Nagpagulong-gulong ako sa kama ko hanggang sa mapagod ako. I sat down and sumandal sa braso ko while looking outside my window. My headrest is actually below my window so I can see the stars.
"Orion, what will I do?", I asked the group of stars that I usually talk to at night, as if naman na makakatulong ito sa problema ko.
My eyes are already drowsing off, when I heard a voice. It was new, but it was also familiar.
