Daisy Is Under Her Spell

Chapter Eighteen

Cassandra

I am lounging with Andrea habang sina Fred ay nagtatawanan at umiinom. After my dinner with Patrick, nag-aya ito na sumama sa mga kaibigan kong nasa bar dahil matagal na raw silang hindi nagkita.

  Patrick is one of my childhood friends, like Fred. We grew up in the same neighborhood, but took different paths. Umalis ito noong highschool para sa states mag aral, kasama ang kuya niya. Minsan lang kami nag-uusap at ngayon lang talaga nagkasama nang sinabihan ako nito na lumipat ito sa school na tinuturuan ko para mag turo rin sa medical field. As far as I know, pareho na silang doktor ng kuya niya.

  I wonder how he is...

  I tried not go down memory lane as I took a sip from my juice. Yes, juice. I have no plans on getting drunk tonight. I'm tired and I don't want a migraine when I wake up.

  Suddenly, that encounter again with Daisy popped inside my mind.

  That girl, naalala ko na naman ang ginawa nito. She kissed me again without my permission. At worst, sa loob classroom pa talaga. I didn't mean to be harsh with my words, pero I also don't like mincing them dahil alam ko na hindi rin appropriate ang ginawa nito. There could be people around at baka nakita nila kami, ano nalang ang sasabihin nila? It would be scandalous.

  "Care to share your thoughts?"

  Napadpad ang tingin ko kay Andrea. She's looking at me, raising her right brow. "I'm just thinking about work."

  "Gosh, pati ba naman sa rest time mo? Have a life, Attorney."

  I rolled my eyes at her. "I can't. I don't use my father's money to pay for my lavish lifestyle kaya I have to think about my work so that I get high pay."

  She doesn't look offended, even if she knows na pinapatamaan ko siya. Yes, Andrea is one of those spoiled brat who relies on her parents wealth to fund her lifestyle kahit na may trabaho ito. "Well, they're giving it for free kaya I'm not the one to blame kung gagastahin ko ito."

  "Mhmm, but you also need to think about your future."

  Natawa lang ito. "I'll be fine, Attorney. Mabait naman ang parents ko," biro pa nito.

  I know what she meant by it. Her parents are the most understanding, I met them several times at alam kong mahal nila si Andrea that's why they're giving her all these things without asking for anything in return. Tsaka mayaman naman ang pamilya niya, and her older sister is taking good care of their business so she doesn't have to devote her time to it.

   I felt a tap on my shoulder and I looked up to see Fred gesturing for the dance floor downstairs. I shook my head in refusal. I don't want to dance right now, I'm too tired.

  I took my phone and scrolled through it. Hindi ko namalayan na nabuksan ko na pala ang aking Instagram app and I'm out here scrolling sa stories—or more like, sa maraming story ni Daisy.

  I couldn't help but frown at the first picture, I saw it was a snap of some hard liquor with shot glasses around it.

  After our quiz, nag inom siya?

  Then the next one caught my interest, it was a group photo. She's holding the phone while an unfamiliar girl is kissing her cheek, beside them is that same girl na nakasama namin noon pabalik dito sa city—I think her name is Bianca, and together with them ay dalawang lalake at wait...is that Patricia?