Miss Cleomonte's Slave

Chapter Thirty Seven

"Stupid, only a priest can baptize a place." Miss Cleomonte said and rolled her eyes at Keoni.

"Oyy Ma'am hindi mo sure." Keoni said and laugh again kaya siniko ko na siya.

"Kapag hindi ka tumigil isusumbong kita kay Miss Laur--"

"Can you please stop mentioning her name?" Keoni cuts me off with a sad smile.

"I'm sorry..hindi pa din kayo okay?" Malumanay kong tanong.

Tumigil siya sa may harap ng pag kakainan ata naming restaurant at bahagyang ngumiti.

Sinundan ko ang tingin niya. She's looking at Miss Laurel with pain visible in her eyes.

Miss Laurel is with a Man and she's smiling at him. She seems happy.

"I don't think magiging okay pa kami." Halos pabulong nitong turan habang nanatiling nakatingin sa dalawa.

I saw how she clench her fist when the man slowly lean closer to Miss Laurel.

I was about to say something when Miss Cleomonte beat me to it.

"Don't be a masochist. Don't look if it's hurting you." She said and covered Keoni's eyes, pulling her towards me.

Agad ko namang niyakap si Keoni. Isinubsob niya ang muka niya sa leeg ko. Ramdam ko ang munting pag yugyog ng balikat niya at ang pag tulo ng luha niya sa may balikat ko.

"Sometimes we have to accept the fact that the person we like can't like us back...lalo na kapag may iba na silang nagugustuhan." Miss Cleomonte said and glance at me.

Her eyes are telling me something but I don't know what...

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Nakasimangot akong nag bayad kay Kuyang taxi driver ng makababa ako.

Nasa may labas palang ako ng bar pero rinig na rinig ko na ang malakas na ingay mula sa loob.

"Finally andito kana! Ayaw makikinig sa amin eh, ikaw ang hinahanap kaya tinawagan na kita. Ayaw pa awat, sinabayan pa ng abnormal na si Keoni. Sorry sa abala pero jusko Yves ano ba kasing ginawa mo diyan at parang na broken hearted?" Margaux said when she saw me walk towards them.

"She said that your ignoring her since last week." Dagdag nito at napapailing nalang na nakatingin kay Miss Cleomonte at Keoni na hawak hawak yung mic at kumakanta na akala mo'y nasa videokehan lang sila.

The people seem to enjoy though.

"Bakit mo nga ba kasi siya iniiwasan? Alam mong napaka Oa ng babaeng 'to." Margaux asked and pointed at Miss Cleomonte na nakatingin na pala sa direksyon namin.

"I'm not avoiding her..it's just.." I paused and took a deep breath. "Basta..it's complicated."

Hindi ko naman pwede sabihin sa kaniya na slave ako ni Miss Cleomonte diba? Kahit na mag kapatid sila.

Bago paman siya makasagot ay lumapit na ako sa may stage.

"Keoni..come on let's go home." Rinig kong awat ni Miss Laurel kay Keoni.

"No! Just go back to your boyfriend. I don't need you here tsaka kakanta pa kami ni Miss Naomi." Saad ni Keoni sa patango tango lang na si Miss Cleomonte at ininom yung bote ng alak na hawak hawak niya.

"Miss Cleomonte that's enough." Awat ko dito kaya napalingon siya sa akin.

"Ohh look who's talking to me now." She slurred, clearly drunk.