Enmeshed Kinship

15

Michael's POV

"What the hell are you saying? Is this one of your secrets? Na naman?"

I smiled sweetly at her, not showing my teeth.

"Oh come on Michael. We're having some serious conversation here oh, stop it"

"Stop what?"

"You're kidding right?"

"How sure are you, rate it on a scale from 1 to 10"

"Uh 5?"

"Woah, not even close"

"Ok 4" She said as she sat beside me, placing the pillow over her lap.

"Oh is that how you trust me?"

"Of course, although what you told me kanina reflects to you din"

"Sara. I'm sorry, you're right it wasn't big deal, alright? I just want you to tell me. And I never got mad at you"

She ignored me as she was scrolling and typing something on her phone.

I don't know if she's informed na for every complain that I receive from her about me giving her cold shoulder, throwing my gaze instead of replying to her, eh she's doing the same thing. I'm not even sure if she heard me.

"Oh" I was only looking at her the entire time, her forehead crinkled in between her eybrows.

"Allison invited me ulit"

"Where?"

"Well, you're not coming."

"And why?"

"Fine, then come"

She stood up behind me, doing something on her sleepwear.

"What are you doing?" I asked her and stood up.

She looked at me with 2 removed buttons from the top of her sleepwear.

"Jeez"

She said and left me, turned her back on me habang tinutuloy ang ginagawa niya kanina at pumasok sa kwarto.

I waited for her just if ever na lumabas siya. I took the brochure under the center table so I could do something not so boring.

All inside it was just girly things. Selling some brallete, tops, any cosmetics and when I was in perfume category, I got amused in the 'rub the bottle' portion of the perfume.

"Are you an addict or something? Take that bejesus out of you"

Inagaw niya saakin ang brochure at hinila ako para makatayo.

"What is it Sara?"

"Anong what? I thought you'd come with me? Will you?"

She was now wearing white oversized shirt with not so visible black short and black executive socks together with her white slides. I could see the tube she's wearing behind her shirt dahil sa sobrang nipis nito.

"Right now? Gaano ba kaimportante yan?"

She's about to talk pero tinalikuran ko siya to contact Allison. Pumunta ako sa balcony without Sara following me.

"Allison, really? This time?"

"I just want to ask her something, kuya please?"

"No, ipagpaliban mo na muna yan"

"You're too protective"

"I'm not, anong oras na magpahinga ka na" "Can't you just call each other over the phone?"pagpapatuloy ko

"Just come here."

I heard her sniffed before she ended the call, I don't know I just felt that she cried.

"Sara? Sara?"

I was calling her but I can't see her, she isn't even responding. Pumunta ako sa kwarto niya kahit restroom wala siya. And then I saw her from the 3rd floor balcony where we were staying na papunta na siya kotse niya.

Damn it.

I'm still wearing the same thing na suot ko kanina, I haven't had at least half bath yet. I wasn't that fast since alam ko din naman kung saan siya pupunta. I just wanted to make sure na she won't endanger herself.

I'm now driving, her car is now in front of my car, either because of on how fast I drive or how sluggish she drove.

If I could estimate the time from her condo to Blake's subdivision, maybe it would be 20 minutes away, and we're right now just 5 minute away from it.

5 minutes later, I crossed my arms waiting for her to come out.

"Oh, what are you doing here?"

I raised my brows at her

"Oh hindi ka naman nagsalita, akala ko hindi ka na sasama"

"Sara, oh with the protective boyfriend"
It was Allison, with Blake. We did a peace bomb as just a sign of greeting.

"He's not, alright? Let's come inside"
We followed her as if she owns it.

"So what brought us here Allison?" I asked her.

"Oh just Sara. You only followed her didn't you? Hindi naman kita hinanap kuya"

"Uh Michael she texted me na hindi ka na sasama" Sara reported.

I looked at Allison who were in a peace sign right now. "I texted her faster nung nag ring phone ko before I accepted it."

"Enough with that. What is it, and I heard you earlier, have Blake made you cry Allison?" I told her.

"Why don't you ask yourselves? Have you?" She asked back and laugh with bitter tone in it. Something isn't right, right now, I can sense it. I saw her tears falling down, that's when I came to hug her. She made us all feel fret.

I rubbed my thumb against her cheek, and carried her face to look at me.

"Are you fine?" Sara told her.

"Do I look like one?"

"Stop being despicable, we're worried Allison" she calmly told her which made me smile. She will always be that meek woman I know. Well, not until she got her phone with her.

"So how was it?"

"The what Allison? Please tell us directly so we could think of its solutions"

"Let her just cry it out kuya. You sounded callous" Blake told me.

"What? Blake?"

"We could be turmoil, yes, but we don't need you here but ate"

"Blake." Sara told him with a warning tone in it.

I want to put my position to them but how could I? If I can't even understand me because they don't let me. I don't know how serious it is, but-

"I was adopted."

Oh yeah, it's kinda serious, the whole you thought you're with closest person in your life then you'll just find out na you're adopted.

I saw her cried again.

"What?!"I exclaimed when I realized what she told us.

"Don't act like you know nothing!"

"How did you know?"

"I saw the papers. I was legally adopted, wasn't I?" She looked at me. "I just want to ask Sara about it, but I can't take it anymore."

"Ask what?" Sara asked her innocently.

"I want to ask for help if you could ask kuya for some personal questions such as this. I'm so so sorry for dragging you into this"

"Oh Allison, I'm sorry about it either, come here. But I only could brought you to misery if you keep on thinking that I could handle your kuya's clandestine. I swear to you I'm the last person you'll think of."