Chapter 28 - Slow

Chapter 28 - Slow

I don't even know why I felt so odd, so stingy... So off when I heard Ander's voice. Etched with concern. With worries, with uncertainty... Doubt, frustrations...

And it echoed to my own voice of reason — telling me to continue doubting him.

And to tell myself the inexplicable truth.

"Serena got shot."

It kept on playing in my head. How his voice has that sudden edge, bladed with confusion as if he's doubting his own... That he needed help somehow, because he didn't want to fuck it up. After all, this is Serena's life we're talking about.

"Corelle, let's just go." Kinuha ni Selena ang kamay ko pero umiling lang ako at binitawan ang radio.

Everyone's sense of urgency did not even gave me the adrenaline. I just stood there, a bit frozen and my heart's frantic beats aren't for the commotion. It was for the cold hard truth.

Napalunok ako at tinitigan ang Casino Real sa harapan. Naroon na ang ilan p