Chapter 13: Promise

XERXES

*ring*ring*ring*

I lazily groaned when my phone rang in the middle of the night. I'm so tired and that I don't feel like getting up just to accept the damn call. Ramdam ko pa nga ang lagkit sa aking mga mata, maging ang iilang parti ng katawan ko, na ngayok ay tinatamasa ng body pain.

Kinapa ko ang cellphone sa may bedside table habang nanatili pa ring nakadapa sa malambot na kama.

But then, right when I was about to answer it, the call ended by itself. Natatamad ko naman iyong sinauli at matutulog na sana ulit, nang muli itong nag ingay.

"Damn, who's this annoying bastard that disrupts my sleep?" Naiinis kong usal saka padabog na bumangon at sinagot ang tawag.

Ni hindi ko pinag-aksayang tingnan kung sino ang caller. I'm too fcked up to do that. Kakatulog ko nga lang hours ago, and then this person interrupts the rest I earned?

"Who the hell are you? Make sure that this is an important matter or I'm gonna blow your face when I see you." Malutong ko itong minura.

"Babe?" H