CASS “Why the hell are you acting like this to me Cassidy? What have I done to you?” My mouth hanged open as I looked at his fiery eyes and his darkened face. I was left dumbfounded but when I finally realized what he said, rage started building up in my system. “Get out Zeke.” Malamig kong utos dito bago siya tinitigan nang matalim habang pilit na kinokontrol na wag sumabog sa sobrang galit. “Answer me first!” “I said get the hell out of my fucking car right now!” I snapped. Hindi ko na napigilan ang sarili ko at napabulyaw dahil talagang hindi ito nagpatinag. I cannot believe him! After all of my pain and sacrifices, he was still clueless why I’m in pain! Hindi niya man lang ba naalala kung gaano siya kagago at kung paano niya ako trinato na parang basura? “I don’t fucking want to! What are you gonna do about it?” paghahamon nito sa akin na para bang sigurado siyang hinding-hindi ko siya kayang saktan. Well, not today jerk. With that, I opened the car door then I went out an

CASS Desidido akong umiwas na makita ni anino ni Zeke hangga’t kaya ko. Pagkatapos nang kumalat ang CCTV footage tungkol sa person-in-black na nag-trespass sa Mendel ay alam kong gagamitin niya iyon para lalo akong i-blackmail. I was busy trying to look back and wandering my eyes around when my phone suddenly beeped. I took my phone out to check who texted me and was stunned to see the message. “I know you’re the burglar last night.” What the? Even this person knew about it? How in the hell did that happened? Nando’n din ba sya no’ng gabing iyon? Is this person really stalking me? “Who are you really? What the hell do you want from me?” Dumagdag pa siya sa stress ko! Bwisit naman! I don’t know what to do anymore! Masyado na akong pinapaulanan ng problema! “Cass? Okay ka lang?” Napatingala ako kay Trixy habang bitbit ang isang tray na puno ng pagkain at nagtatakang nakatingin sa akin bago naupo sa upuan sa harap ko. I heard she did not have her breakfast yet so she ordered early

CASS "Why? Because I'm a bastard?" This was the main reason why I did not want to tell him what I knew. Alam kong iisipin niya na na-turn off ako dahil anak siya sa labas ni tita Devin which was not and will never be true. Minahal ko siya nang walang dahilan. My heart chose him for no reason so I could never hate him just because he was a bastard. "Think whatever you want to think! Just leave me alone!" I wanted to tell him what I feel but it would only make everything worse. And besides, I made a promise that I had to keep. Gusto kong gawin ang lahat kahit mahirap, 'wag lang magkaroon ng rason sina tita Devin para palayasin si Zeke. The only problem is, he makes everything hard for me! I am no saint. Mahal ko siya at mahirap kalaban ang nararamdaman. What if he did something out of line and someone caught us? Paano kung makarating ito kay Chad at sa pamilya Trevoir? Everything would be a disaster if someone will see us right now pero bakit parang hindi natatakot si Zeke? "Did yo

CASS “I don’t have feelings for you anymore Zeke. Not even a bit.” As we stood still on the ground of the crowded mall, I waited for him to say that it was good to hear or even just a nod but instead, he squinted as he scanned my face. “Are you expecting me to believe your lies?” I was surprised with how he responded but I managed to keep it inside me and then I frowned at him, “Excuse me?” “If you’re take me for a fool then you’re totally wrong. Lying to me will never do you good, Cass. I’m not dumb and I’m telling you right now, I’ll squeeze everything out for you to speak the real words.” He sounded threatening like he was planning something bad. But before I could even speak again and scold him, he grabbed my arm just like how he always did and then he started walking. “Let’s go ‘cause I don’t want to hear your lies anymore.” Hindi niya man lang ako nilingon habang hila-hila ako sa pulsuhan hanggang sa marating na namin ang aracade station kung saan nakapila ang mga kabataan

CASS “Okay ka lang, Cass? Lumilipad ata ang utak mo sa ibang dimensyon.” I turned to Trixy who was frowning while looking dubiously at me. Itinuturo niya sa akin ang hawak na kutsara habang nakaupo sa harap at malayang hinuhusgahan ako. I rolled my eyes before I sighed. “I’m fine. Iniisip ko lang ang research ko.” Apparently, there was a circulating rumor that our company was close to facing bankruptcy. Walang nabanggit sa akin si mama but I saw it on a site. Pinagpipiyestahan ang pamilya ko sa isang post and they were pointing some informations na kahit ako ay di ko alam. Ayoko munang sabihin iyon kay Trixy dahil labas naman siya roon. At higit sa lahat, chismis lang iyon. But I still need to ask mommybear about this. Hindi pwedeng manahimik lang ako sa isang tabi. “Research? Seryoso ka? Akala ko ba eh tinutulungan ka na ni Chadler?” tanong nito sabay ni tili na parang may dumapong ipis sa plato niya. Hindi ko alam kung nireregla sya ngayon o talagang mabilis lang ang mood swings