Cold City Series #3: A Gust Of Constellations
"She's my gust of constellations, my sublime serenity." - Kasper Gustave D. Reanzares
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On a brief night of lunacy, Constelaine decided to break free from her parent's pressures and follow no rules but...
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Geneva ***
Gustave's right, what the future holds is nowhere from our grasp. Life is too short for idle things.
Pagkatapos ng nangyari, naging mas malinaw sa akin kung bakit siya tila nagmamadali sa buhay. Because he thought that there's not much time left for him, that like his parents, he'll have to go without having to fully experience life.
"Huntleigh, calm down! Ano ba ang pinagsasabi mo?" My voice started to tremble as well.
She only responded with a cry that made my heartbeat unsteady. Panic started to rise into my throat until I felt like throwing up.
Napatayo ako.
"Huntleigh ano ba!" pabulyaw ko nang sabi sa pagkakataong ito. Her cries are not helping.
"Gustave w-was shot," she sobbed through broken words.
"No." I was in denial for a moment, but hearing Huntleigh's wail tells me that maybe it's real. "How was he?"
"He's shot in the head, Elaine," she said as if I'm so stupid to even ask that when he's shot in one of the most critical places.
Mabilis na namuo ang mga luha sa aking mga mata. "W-where is he?"
"He's in Manila, in a hospital. We're now on the way there."
Aligaga akong nagpalakad-lakad sa madilim na silid ko. "Hunt, paano nangyari iyon? We we're just texting last night," naiiyak kong kastigo. My mind's looking for any excuse to deny the moment.
"He left before the party ends using my father's car. Then we got a call that he was ambushed." Halos hindi ko na narinig ang iba niyang sinabi dahil tila ako nabingi. "They may have thought that it was dad's who's inside," she explained agonizingly.
Hindi ko maalala kung paano natapos ang usapan namin ni Huntleigh. I just sat on the floor with the bed on my back as I cry my heart out.
"Please answer the phone, Kasper," I pleaded in the darkness of the night while dialing his number as if he'll answer it.
Sa bawat tunog na ginagawa niyon ay palala nang palala ang paninikip ng dibdib ko hanggang sa halos hindi na ako makahinga.
Ilang oras akong umiyak hanggang sa ang kadiliman ay naging umaga na. I can feel my body wearing but my soul continued to grieve. Mugto ang aking mga mata at mabigat ang katawan pero nanatili akong mulat, naghihintay ng tawag mula kay Hunt.
Nang hindi ko na matiis na wala akong balita sa nangyayari ay tinawagan ko sina Evry. It took me a couple of attempt before he received the call.
"Cons," sambit niya sa nanghihinang tinig. Wala pa siyang sinasabi pero alam kong alam niya ang dahilan ng pagtawag ko.
