KABANATA 22: SAFE

Lily Mortimer, the point of view.

It's already 11PM yet wala pa rito si Ate Velvet. I don't know if sino yung kasama niya papunta dito pero parang wala naman ata. I don't know if she knows this place either.

But still, I waited for her outside para sabay na kaming pumasok. Pinapapak na ako ng mga lamok dito kahit na wala naman silang makukuha mula sa 'kin na dugo pero hindi pa rin siya dumarating. 

I look at my watch on my wrist. Magsisimula na in five minutes ang event...

"Tara na, Lily. Darating din 'yan mamaya," inip na sabi ni Grace kaya napairap nalang ako tsaka siya sinamaan ng tingin. 

"I won't. Pumasok ka nalang doon kung gusto mo. Mukhang atat ka na, e," giit ko. Nagmartsa na lamang si Grace papasok sa loob at iniwan nga ako rito.

And so I waited, again, for the nth time. To entertain myself, I tap my heels on the tiled floor to make a rhythm out from it while I hum a song that's bee