A Secretary Affair
Alam kong may tinatago siya, ramdam ko sa bawat galaw niya, pero sa ngayon, wala akong lakas para pilitin siya hangga’t hindi pa ako makabawi sa takot na dala ng panaginip ko.
“You didn’t sleep at all, did you?” she asked, her voice quiet and gentle, parang ayaw niyang dagdagan ang bigat na nararamdaman ko.
I shook my head. Couldn’t even close my eyes for more than a few seconds. Every time I tried, they appeared again right behind my eyelids. Tall, hooded figures with no faces, just pure darkness where their features should be. And that scream — that deep, vibrating sound that felt like it was shaking my bones from the inside out, parang gusto nitong bungkalin ang buong pagkatao ko.