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Chapter 21: Crescent's Keeper

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Crescent's Keeper

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THE MOMENT those words left Gabryle's mouth, it lingered through the air, hanging around dryly that threw me into a spiral of hurt and confusion.

"Eloise," he repeated my name, his tears falling down on my face as he continued to caress my cheeks.

"B-Bakit... Bakit 'di ka na bumalik? Where have you been all these years? A-And, why do you pretend as if we've never met before...?" Dire-diretso niyang tanong sa bawat tulo nang kaniyang luha and my mind fell into a hazy blur.

Hindi ko na ma-comprehend ang sinasabi niya at sumasakit lang ang ulo ko kakaisip sa kada tanong na ibinabato niya sa akin.

"SKY! BRYLE!" I heard Haisley's voice shout at napatingin kami sa apat naming kaibigan na tumatakbo palapit sa amin, their silhouettes running across the sandy dunes of the shore.

"What the hell? Ano bang nangyayari sainyo?!" Madison demanded as soon as they came close and Gabryle finally removed his weight from me, staggering back on the sand as he looked at me like a ghost from his past.

And indeed, I guess I was.

Agad akong napaupo, panting as I can finally breathe better. Hindi ko namalayang umiiyak na rin pala ako.

The tears continued to flow at humihikbi na ako dahil sa kakaiyak. It was so frustrating to have someone else think of you as what once was when you can't even remember yourself.

Agad kong inilubog ang mukha ko sa aking dalawang palad and continued sobbing.

"Tell me, umiiyak ka ba ngayon dahil bistado ka na?" Gabryle said quietly now looking at me tensely.

"Bistado?" Damien asked in furrow. "Teka, ano bang nangyayari?"

Ngunit hindi pinansin ni Gabryle ang tanong ng binata and continued cornering me. "Come to think of it, yung kwento mo about being a drift? That's not also true right?" He glared, angry tears continuing to spill from his eyes.

"You've been faking all this time. So tell us, saan ka nga ba talaga galing? ESPIYA KA BA NG MGA SOLIS?!" He glowered and I shrank back into the sand, terrified and hurt of the accusations.

"GABRYLE, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?! TAMA NA." Madison yelled and dragged Gabryle by the arm ngunit umaklas ito at saka ikinuwha ang kwintas ko mula sa buhangin.

"You guys don't understand." Gabryle says, trembling with all his bottled-up emotions bago itinaas ang kwintas ko para makita nilang lahat ang inskripsyon nang aking pangalan sa likod ng pendant.

"She's not what you think she is." He murmurs.

"I..." He starts to say before closing his eyes and clutching the necklace with shaking fingers. He then opened his palms once more at muli akong tinignan, a plethora of hurt and confusion tainted across his eyes.

"I-I gave you my trust, and opened up to you about the girl I gave my friendship to years ago... T-Tapos, ikaw lang rin pala 'yun...? Hindi ka pa ba nakuntento na isang beses mo na akong nasaktan?" His voice was shaking, at agad na napatakip ng bunganga si Haisley at agad na kumunot ang noo ng iba.

"B-Bakit kailangan mo pang bumalik at guluhin muli ang buhay ko?" Gabryle's voice continued to tremble and I feel defenseless at the same time. My whole body is shaking from everything that is happening and Gabryle yelling as well as asking me for answers is not helping.