The Temptress' Karma | Completed

Chapter 17

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"Bakit hindi ka nagsasabi na may nangyayaring ganito, Skylar?" seryosong tanong ni Dad sa akin.

Sa tabi nito ay si Kuya Navie na kanina pa tahimik simula nang makauwi ako. Mom stayed by my side, though, and unlike the two, she was more calm.

Nasa harapan namin ang natanggap ko kanina. Maging ang note na natanggap ko noong nakaraan. At ang bulaklak na inakala naming galing kay Keogh.

Dahil kanina sa school, he made it clear to us na hindi sa kaniya nanggaling ang bulaklak na iyon.

Dad and Kuya Navie were worried and furious when they heard the incident kanina. Agad nila akong pinasundo sa school. They also learned that I often visit the infirmary.

"I'm sorry Dad, I thought it's nothing serious -"

"For heaven's sake, Skylar! You're smart enough to know that you were being stalked when you first received these! And this is something that shouldn't be kept from us. This is you, being stalked we're talking about!"

"Lower your tone, Luigi..." Mom said to Dad when she felt me flinching at Dad's burst of emotion.

"I'm sorry Dad..." mariin akong napapikit at nagbaba ng tingin.

"This could've gone so far, kung hindi ito nangyari. You could've told us noong una pa lang. Is it really hard to tell this to us, Skylar? At iyong nasabi sa amin na nadadalas ka sa infirmary ng school niyo? You haven't been feeling well! You aren't feeling fine yet you still chose to keep it from us!"

I'm sorry.

Inikom ko ang aking bibig at hindi na nagsalita. They have the right to get mad at me dahil hindi na rin naman talaga hahantong sa ganto kung sinabi ko sa kanila noong una pa.

Pero hindi ko rin naman inaasahan na ganto pala kalala ito.

Inabot ni Kuya Navie ang artipisyal na bulaklak na natanggap ko noong nakaraan. His jaw clenched as he gripped on it.

"Hindi niyo ba talaga nakita kung sinong nag-iwan nito?" tanong nito.

"Eury said naabutan lang nila iyan sa desk namin noong nakaraan. We assumed that it was from... Keogh, kaya hindi kami nagduda diyan. And... base sa note nakalagay, inisip ko rin na galing iyan kay Keogh."

Kuya eyed me before hurling the flowers back on the table.

"Do you know someone who is capable of doing this, Sky? Anyone you think can pull this shit?" Kuya Navie queried, the look on his face saying I had to give names.

Nablanko ang isip ko.

I couldn't even think of a name right now, or who could be the one behind this.

I clenched my fist and lowered my head, pinilit na alalahanin kung sino ang maaaring gumawa nito. I thought of anyone na nagkaroon ako ng problema dati. Or anyone na may koneksyon ako.

Was it one of my classmates? Or anyone from our school? Some acquaintance? I really don't know.
 
"How about those boys you rejected?" Kuya Navie asked again.

Agad na may pumasok sa aking isip nang marinig iyon kay Kuya.

"Why are you with him, Sky?! Why are you with that asshole?! Ganoon ba ako kadaling palitan, huh? Tangina, may bago ka na agad na nilalandi!"

"So it's true, huh? You're a bitch? That you jump from one man to another once you get bored? I should've not ignored those who told me that you're just a fucking waste of time and money!"