36. BLINDED 1

CHLOE

The throbbing pain in my head made me wake up, but I closed my eyes again when the sunlight blinded me. I opened my eyes again. I saw the glass window that made me sit on the bed. I was not in the guest room where Harriet and I stayed. No glass window there. Confused. I asked myself, where am I?

I felt nauseous that made me lay my body on the bed again. I want to sleep, kung kanino man akong kwarto naroroon ay wala naman siguro masama na makitulog pa ako. I felt bad, this is my second time na nalasing ako dito sa Pilipinas at hindi maganda ang panaginip ko. May tumutok sa akin ng baril.

I tried to sleep again nang biglang may braso na yumakap sa akin. I looked at Harriet’s arm pero hindi braso ni Harriet ang nakita ko. It was a man’s arm at napakunot-noo ako sa Rolex na relo na suot niya. I saw that Rolex last night. Kay...

Trace!

Mabilis akong bumangon. Kinakabahan ako na nilingon kung tama ang hinala ko kung kaninong braso iyon and shIt* si Trace nga! I remember his Rolex n