Heartfilia's Premises

Chapter 30

Napaayos ako ng upo. I do not know what is with Nazaire that can change my mind. 

"What... what is it?" tanong ko sa kanya.

"He was with Justine and Axel and other guys that were kind of familiar to me. Then I overheard that right after our finals on Friday, they will make everyone leave until Sunday. Walang matitirang estudyante rito at alam kong pati kami ni Joseph ay kakailanganing umalis dito."

"But that is what we usually do every weekend, right?" singit ko sa kanya at kaagad siyang napaismid.

Kahit na tila hindi ako sang-ayon sa kanya o sa ano mang nais niyang iparating sa akin ay tila iba ang lumalabas sa aking bibig.

"Come on, Aleighna. We usually leave the premises every weekend but it is not mandatory, madalas pa nga ay ayaw tayong paalisin dito eh. Any minute from now an announcement with regards to that will circulate around the campus. I will bet, Aleighna Lowrie."

Kaagad na napatigil si Chastity nang may estudyanteng naghahanap ng libro sa isang shelf malapit sa amin. Tiningnan namin ito pareho.

Bahagya pa itong natagalan doon bago nakaalis. 

When Chastity made sure that no one was near us, she faced me and continued what she was saying.

"As what I was saying, since Nazaire can open the dorm with his fingerprint, they will go all over our rooms to investigate any suspicious things that will connect the dots."

"What do you mean connect the dots?" tanong ka kahit na may ideya na ako kung ano ito. 

I just wanted to make everything clear. At least bago ako pumayag sa gusto niya.

"Hindi ko alam. Umalis na agad ako pagkatapos noon. Nadaanan ako ng isang janitor kaya hindi na ako nagtagal doon. And I am guessing, may hinala na sila kung sino. They just wanted concrete evidences," sagot niya at sumandal ito sa kinauupuan.

"And Leigh, I even heard one them said that if they need to fight in blood, they will do it just to stop the war," she said and stared at the window.

"I feel strange, Leigh," saad niya at bigla kong naramdaman ang kaba sa kanya.

Tila may kung anong pag-aalinlangan sa mga mata niya.

"It's orange code and having a conversation right now? We supposed to have a warning already. I felt being watched..." aniya at tumingin na ito ng diretso sa akin.

Muli akong umaayos sa pagkakaupo nang mapagtanto ang sinabi ni Chastity. She was right. Kanina pa kami nag-uusap dito at imposibleng hindi ito nakakarating sa SCB.

Does it have something to do with her position? Does it have something to do with me?

Naagaw ng maliit na ilaw na kulay pala ang atensyon ko. Napansin kong sinundan ni Chastity ang tinitingnan ko at dahan-dahan itong muling lumingon sa akin.

"I do not know what is up to the one who monitors us but stop looking at the CCTV Aleighna," paalala niya sa akin na muling umagaw sa atensyon.

If I am not mistaken, Weiss and Jax are the ones who lead the monitoring. Kaya kahit wala sila sa campus ay alam nila ang mga nangyayari rito. 

Huminga ako ng malalim bago nagsalita, "I'll do it."

Bakas ang pagtataka sa mukha ni Chastity nang banggiting ko ang mga katagang iyon.

"I will do what I should have done before," ulit ko.

"A-are you sure Aleighna?" tanong ni Chastity na tila hindi makapaniwala sa sinabi ko.