Ms. Artista (Book 2)

Thirty Three

"Are you sure, Ma?"

[Oo nga, anak. Ayos lang ako dito. Wala naman nangyayari sa bahay na ito.]

"I'll ask Harold to live there for a wh—"

[Ano ka ba, Francine! Huwag na, ayos lang ako. Kasama ko naman ang mga maids, huwag ka ng mag-alala anak.]

I deeply sighed. "Okay, Ma." I replied, "Just call me when something happens, alright?"

[Oo. Mag-iingat ka din diyan, ha?]

"Opo." I answered.

[Oh siya, sige na, at mag-luluto pa ako. Ingat kayo diyan. I love you.]

I smiled, "I love you more, Ma." I replied before ending the call.

"See? She's fine." Zion said while hugging me. We are in his room, on his bed, lying down and cuddling each other.

After that fucking incident, my whole system seems to collapsed. It's just a fucking box, but damn, it's enough to make me feel this horrible. I am terrified, God.

"Maybe it's from a crazy fan, you're a celebrity, Francine. It's quite unfortunately normal."

I sighed, "Yeah." I replied. "I hope it won't happen again." I whispered.

He hugged me tighter, "It won't, my love." he said while kissing my hair.

I slowly smiled when he did that. He is definitely my comfort, my home. Thank God, I found Zion. I think, I can't live without him right now. He's one of my strength.

"Thank you for being here, Zion." I softly said while looking at him.

He smiled and gently kissed my forehead, "Thank you for being here." he replied to me.

"I love you." he softly said before kissing my lips. I smiled while kissing him back.

I love you more than the word love itself, Zion.

••

"𝘠-𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘗-𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦.."

"𝘐-𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦. 𝘐-𝘐—"

"𝘡-𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯!" 𝘐 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.

"𝘕-𝘕𝘰! 𝘞𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱! 𝘠-𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦!"

𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦!

"𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩, 8:56 𝘱𝘮."

"𝘕-𝘕𝘰.." 𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘬𝘰.

"𝘕-𝘕𝘰! 𝘡-𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯!"

"𝘕-𝘕𝘰!"

"Francine! Wake up!"

Nagising agad ako ng marinig ang boses ni Zion.

"Francine." he slowly held my cheek, "You're having a bad dream." he whispered while looking at me.

Fuck. It's just a dream. It's just a fucking dream.

"Z-Zion." niyakap ko agad siya ng mahigpit. My eyes started to cry when I've felt his warmth.

He's alive. He's here. He's not dead.

"Why? What's wrong?" he worriedly asked while hugging me back.