Engagement Chaos

Chapter 8

I stayed silent the whole time Death was leading me to the parking lot. His arms were still on my waist. Inaalalayan nya rin ako sa paglalakad kahit hindi na naman kailangan. I can still walk properly even if I drank earlier. My alcohol tolerance is high.

Pero hindi naman alam ni Death na umaarte lang ako kanina so that I can get the listening device on the leader's suit. Sakto pa talagang dumating sya pagkasambot sa akin nung lider. Mabilis nya akong nahablot kaya hindi ko na nagawang kunin ang listening device.

At para hindi magtaka si Death, tinuloy ko ang pag-arte. I still acted drunk but not too drunk unlike earlier. Para lang hindi na sya magtanong.

Napataas ang kilay ko nang tumigil kami sa harap ng isang midnight blue convertible car. Damn, this car looks so sexy. Napatingin ako kay Death nang patunugin nya ang lock ng kotseng iyon.

So this sexy car is his? Napanguso ako. Bagay na bagay. Both the car and the owner were sexy.

He opened the door on the passenger seat. Tinulungan nya pa akong makaupo. I wanted to say that I've brought my car but when I saw the look on his face, I chose to shut my lips. He looked so serious that his brows were even furrowed. Nang masiguro nyang maayos na ako sa pwesto ko ay isinara nya ang pinto at umikot papunta ng driver's seat.

We were both quiet on the way home. There's so many questions inside my head right now. What was Death doing in that bar? Palagi ba syang pumupunta doon? And how did he know Gray?

Maybe I'm just paranoid but I can't help to doubt Death again. Ayoko na sanang pagdudahan sya ulit. But knowing that he knows someone in my life made me doubt again.

Shielder definitely saw Death that time when he changed the locks in my house. But he acted that he doesn't know him and still gave me an advice not to trust easily.

Not an advice. A warning, rather.

Is he saying that I shouldn't trust Death?

"What were you doing at Club Inferno?" I asked. Hindi na kasi talaga ako nakatiis.

Death glanced my way. "We finished our gig at some restobar nearby. Nagkayayaan na dumeretso na kami ng Club Inferno to have fun."

"So you were with your bandmates?"

"Yes." sagot nyang hindi na ako nilingon.

"How did you know Gray?"

Muli syang sumulyap sa akin sa tanong kong iyon pero wala akong mabasa sa mga mata nya. And for a moment, I got scared. This isn't the Death that I knew when we're sharing food inside my house. His mismatched eyes were blank.

But blinked and then smiled. Nawala ang pagiging blanko ng mukha nya at nagkaroon iyon ng emosyon. Hindi ko tuloy alam kung guni-guni ko lang ba yung kanina.

"Palagi kasi kaming nasa Club Inferno. Gray is the owner, right?"

I nodded as an answer. Mukhang totoo naman ang mga sagot nya. He even look like he's telling the truth. His face says it all.

Maybe I was just over thinking again.

"How about you? How did you know Gray?" he asked. At dahil sanay na akong magsinungaling ay nakaisip agad ako ng isasagot sa kanya.

"You know that he's the owner, right? He's also acting as the bartender sometimes. Kung minsan ay nasasaktuhan kong sya ang bartender kapag pumupunta ako doon. He talked to me then we became friends."

I was looking at Death the whole time I was telling those lies. I didn't even blink an eye. Para mapaniwala ko syang hindi ako nagsisinungaling. Na nagsasabi ako ng totoo.