Deception Songs Novels & Stories

Tamad kong tiningnan si Gideon na naka tingin sa kamay ni Jonas na naka akbay sa akin. "Hindi pa," naasar na sagot niya. "See? We're not drunk Hope! Come here sing with us." "Ayaw ko hindi ako kumakanta." "You're lying narinig na kitang kumanta and your voice is great, come on sing with us." "Sige na kumanta ka na Miss!" "Yeah, we want to hear your sexy vo- "Oh my god!" Nanlaki bigla ang mga mata ko at natutop ang bibig ko.

Silently he left the den, walked until she couldn't see him and started a cheerful song: "Over seven streams, Over seven streams, Over seven hills, Over seven hills, I'll go, I'll go, A monster to slay, A monster to slay, His yellow eyes I'll see, I'll see, For you my dear, For you my dear, A monster to slay, I go, A monster to slay, I go. For her fur coat, For her fur coat, A monster to slay, Hi-ho dear, a monster to slay I go,

Instead, I picked up my glass of scotch and walked toward the piano—where my world always made more sense than words. I touched one key. Then another. And played the song I never let her hear. Not yet. Maybe never. She would thrive. I could already feel it. The way her name was appearing everywhere. The way the gala had shifted something tectonic in the art scene. She had arrived—and she didn’t need me. But God, did I need her. Just not in a way that could break her anymore. So I stayed quiet. In the dark. In the music. In the pain. And hoped that silence, this time, could mean love.

He really meant his words of having her impersonate his bride. “You mean I'll wear a silicone mask and impersonate your wife for a year?.." she breathed “How am I even so sure that you aren't deceiving me? What if you tell me to impersonate her forever?" She questioned further. “No” he said and walked over to her, his eyes were red already — the effects of the elimination, coupled with that of the alcohol. “It's just a year, I promise. I have a task to complete too within that period” he said, referring to the safe box he's still bent on finding.