Chapter 33: Face to Face 2

Marahang dinala ni Gael ang baso ng alak sa kanyang bibig. Malalim na ang gabi subalit hindi pa rin siya makatulog o mas tamang sabihin na may gumugulo sa kanyang pagtulog.

A woman. A woman's face to be specific. The face of Charlize Sandejas.

Ibinaba niya ang baso niya sa bar counter at muling nagsalin ng alak doon.

There's something in her that was haunting him-- a heavy feeling he cannot shake off of his chest since she met her accidentally yesterday. Was it her beautiful caramel eyes that mirrored the quick changes in her emotions-- from fear to defiance, from confusion to anger? Was it her wit in their verbal battle? Or was it that something else in her that he still doesn't know of?

He scoffed and down the glass of drink in his hand.

The woman was really something. But he must not be fazed. Si Charlize ang puno't dulo ng lahat. May kasalanan ito at ang pamilya niya sa kanya. At naroon siya para maningil.

Limang taon niyang pinaghandaan ang muling pagkikita nila ng dating asa