SAPPHIRE: Battle Of A Heiress [ COMPLETED ]

Chapter 8

JADE'S POV

Kinabukasan ay maaga rin silang umuwi para maligo at mag-ayos ng kanilang sarili. Ngayong weekend kasi ang schedule ng movie time namin.

Nakaupo ako ngayon sa hapagkainan at kaharap ang mga magulang ko. Katahimik at matatalim na mga tingin ang nakaharap sa akin.

"Now speak, Xander.", seryosong pa-una ni mama habang naka-crossed arms na nakatingin sa akin ng matalim.

Magsasalita na sana ako nang bigla akong magdalawang isip at parang natuyuan 'ata ako ng lalamuna. Akmang aabutin ko na sana ang pitsel ng tubig at baso ay bigla naman itong nilayo ni papa at seninyasan akong sundin nalang si mama.

"Ahm. About sa vase m-"

"I don't care about the vase anymore. Basag na, may magagawa ka pa ba?", mariin niyang pagputol sa sasabihin ko.

"Ano kasi ma. Ahm, kwan. Ah-"

"Ilan silang lahat?", muli niyang pagputol.

"More than fifty? I guess?", nakangisi ko sabi.

"You guess?!"

"Okay! Fifty-four.", agad kong nasabi.

"What did you do then?"

"Wala. I just stand still. And maybe. Kicked a bit. When. Someone tried to grab us. From behind.", putol-putol habang nakayuko kong pagsagot.

"Then how did you escape?"

"I think it's Mier.  I saw his favorite shurikin when he threatened his little earthlings. To let us passed through?!", bigla akong napa-isip sa huli kong sinabi.

"Wait. Mier? As in that Mafia dog, Mier? And they let you passed through?", biglang nawala ang posture ni mama at napalapit sa akin.

"Yeah. When I shouted Sapphire's name to warned her, because someone tried to attack her from behind. That was when Mier showed up and suddenly shouted to let us passed through. Esh. Now that I remembered it. It feels weird.", habang kagat-kagat ang kuko ko sa darili. Napansin ko namang biglang napaisip si mama at papa sa mga kwinento ko.

"Sapphire.", biglang sambit ni papa habang nakahawak sa baba niya at parang may inaalala.

"You know about her honey?", tanong ni mama kay papa.

"I'm not sure. But think I heard that name somewhere before."

"Esh. Dad, c'mon. Sapphire is a usual name."

"You think so son?"

"Yeah.", at nagkibit-balikat nalang si papa.

Napatingin kami kay mama at parang may malalim yatang iniisip. "Xander, baby. Can you tell us something about that Sapphire friend of yours."

"Hmm. Except for the fact that she's a little mysterious. And weird sometimes.  I don't have that much informations about her, except her name, age, and her parents both working far away. Wait. So that's all I knew about her? For the past 5 years?", hindi makapaniwala kong sabi. Sa tagal na naming magkaibigan. Subrang limitado lang pala ang alam ko tungkol sa kaniya. Sabagay, kahit si Steff hindi niya rin naman sinasagot ng maayos.

"Home Address?", seryosong tanong ni papa.

"No information sir.", formal kong sagot.

"So all this time, we're letting a stranger enter our house?"

"She's not a stranger mom. She's my friend.", mariin kong sabi.

"She's your friend? With that mere informations about her? Xander, have you forgotten what are family are?", mariing sabi niya habang matalim na nakatingin sa akin