The Voyage Back Home

VIII

Warning!
Foul Language

Venice's POV

"What am I supposed to do with this thing?" I asked myself while holding the Bible that Caspian gave me. Honestly, though I once believed in God, I rarely read the Bible. Yes. I go to church, pray to God and Mary, confess my sins to a priest, but reading the Bible is not my thing way back then.

I bet Caspian wanted me to read it. Tumayo ako at dumiretso sa kwarto ko. Instead of throwing it directly to the trash bin, I decided to keep it. Just to express my respect for Caspian as a person. I placed it in my drawer since I don't have a bookshelf kasi hindi naman ako mahilig magbasa. Aside sa maganizes wala na akong binabasang literatures. I did my evening routines, my skin cares, and all the stuff before laying on my bed to check on social media for a while. May page kasi talaga ako na ako mismo ang nagmamanage. Minsan din ang mga admins ko.

As the usual, my fans are extremely excited regarding my upcoming concert. Malapit na rin 'yon at inaasikaso na nila Roma and the team. Nag-scroll ako sa wall ko and looked at the comments of the netizens on some of my posts. Madaming positive comments. Nothing's new with that. Sa kaka-scroll ko sa comments section ay may napansin akong comment. It's from a user named "CAP".

Galingan mo, ha. Ibubunggo ko ang sasakyan kapag hindi mo binigay best mo. Dejok. #ProudDriver

Nanlaki ang mata ko nang mapagtantong humakot ito ng sandamakmak na reacts at replies. Buti nalang the netizens have enough common sense to understand that it was just a joke. Hindi ganito magsalita si Mang Brando. Lalo na si Mang Tandy. What the h*ck, Caspian? Tinignan ko ang replies at napakunot ang noo ko sa mga ito.

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Jaycie Batumbakal
Awieee. Sweet naman ng driver na ito, pogi pa. Bagay kay Miss Venice. Chariz.

What's with this girl? Baka hindi ko ito papasukin sa concert ko. I agree, yes. Caspian is a man...a man with looks but the fact that this peasant teased me with him? Caspian, a driver? Disgusting. Out of curiosity, pinindot ko ang name ng nagcomment na siguradong si Caspian naman.

Nag-scroll ako sa timeline niya. Puros godly posts tapos pictures niya rin. Active pala sa social media 'tong taong 'to. Mostly sa pictures niya ay yung nasa simbahan pero yung sa pamilya parang wala akong nakita. Ni-isa isa ko ang pictures niya hanggang sa makarating ako sa 2014 Pics and unfortunately tapped the like button. Sh*t. Dali-dali ko itong inalis at itinapon ang phone ko sa gilid. D*mn nakakahiya.

What will he say? Baka sabihing nang-stalk ako. Well, technically I am but he can put a different meaning to that. Sh*t.  Maya-maya, biglang tumunog ang phone ko. Someone sent a text message. I grabbed it to check the message and I was not wrong. It was Caspian.

[Nagbabagang Balita: Artista, 'di umano'y nangstalk sa FB account ng kaniyang driver?]

Ah, sh*t. Naririnig ko ang boses niya habang binabasa ang message. What am I supposed to reply?

[Don't assume. I was just checking the account to know if it was really you or somebody else who has some evil intentions to end my life. That's the right thing to do after you read a comment regarding a plan to kill you. You know what I mean?]

[Kaya pala umabot ka ng 2014 kaka-check. HAHAHA.]

Namimilosopo pa. I rolled my eyes and stood. Tawang-tawa siya.