CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

  "Where the hell have you been, Ciara?" Napatingin kaagad ang mga classmates namin sa akin dahil sa tinuran ko. I don't care if I sound like an overprotective and a strict parent or a clingy boyfriend. I wanted her to give us an acceptable reason why she has to make us so worried. Hell, yeah! We're worried and we don't like her keeping secrets to us. It's one of our rule that we will tell each other where we are going, whenever we have to go somewhere or we have an emergency. We're like sisters to each other that's why I am very protective when it comes to them. Ang problema ng isa, problema ng lahat. 

  Saglit siyang bumaling sa 'kin saka yumuko. "I... I'm sorry."

  "You don't know how worried we are yesterday," mahinang sambit ni Kath. 

  "Sa'n ka ba kasi galing? Hindi ka rin namin ma-contact. Ni hindi ka nga nag-online!" sumbat ko sa kaniya. 

  Hindi siya sumagot ngunit nang marinig ko ang mahinang paghikbi niya