Chapter 2 Prologue (Part 2)

Querencia's POV

"I just said that smoking is not allowed here. The smoking area is over there, Sir," I said pointing to the place where people can smoke. He didn't say anything. I hid the nervousness of my voice in irritation.

It seemed like my knees couldn't take it anymore if I kept staring at him so I immediately turned away but he immediately said something.

"Acting like a good girl now, huh?" he said, making me stop. I bit my lip hard before continuing to walk. He remembers me. I want to say that I change but what for? Why does he still look so angry with me based on his eyes?

Who wouldn't be angry at my lie? But damn, it's already years now. Maybe he already has forgotten everything.

I could feel my heart roaring, like a tiger in the forest trying to get away from the hunter's arrow. I walk hurriedly without even looking at him.

When I got to the shop, there were so many people that my sisters didn't notice me. I also just busied myself taking care of the customers and even when they finally subsided, I just continued to fix things in the shop which some are already fine.

"What's wrong, Sister? Why does your face look so worried?" Crystal asked me so I bit my lip firmly before shaking my head. I don't want them to think too much just because of what's bothering my mind right now.

I just tried to stay busy to distract myself even more. I want to hurt myself because the man still has this effect on me. Until this day, I still feel like a worm sprinkled with salt every time I hear his name. Every single time I see his blue eyes.

"Sister, someone is calling you," Crystal called me. I couldn't help but get up from my seat when I heard Crystal saying that someone was looking for me.

"You are so distracted. What happened? Don't tell me you believe Sister Kyra when she said that Brother Bullet is here?" Crystal teasingly said. I stopped there and remembered Bullet once again. I bite my lips hard while thinking about him. Damn that guy, he still has the same effect on me.

"Is this really about Brother Bullet, Sister?" Crystal looks like she's worried about me now.

"I thought you had already moved on?" she asked me in confusion.

"I already did. It's not about him," I said before trying to get away from her.

"Good afternoon?" I greeted the woman who entered in confusion.

"Hi, Miss, I didn't thank you properly earlier. I'm sorry I'm still a little surprised because of what happened earlier. Some locals said that your shop is here," she said. I wondered for a while who it was, but I immediately realized that it was the woman whose child almost drowned earlier.

"I was just wondering how can I thank you. Are you free to have dinner? I'm really thankful to you,” she said while smiling at me. I just shook my head and smiled a little too.

"There's no need for that, Miss. Anyone would do that," I said. I just stopped when the familiar bulk entered while a boy was on his back, he was giving him a piggyback ride. It was the kid earlier and the guy I ran away from.

"Mommy! Are we going to eat ice cream now?" the kid asked the woman. I met the eyes of the one carrying him. Bullet. He's here again. It felt like several daggers pierced my chest as I watched the two of them. It hurts that my son has never been carried by his father like that.

Is that his son too? I bit my lip hard and looked away. I turned my eyes back to the woman because I was afraid that he would see me getting hurt from just seeing him carrying a child that is not our son.

"Brother Bullet?" Crystal look at Bullet with wide eyes. Her lips parted too when she stared at him while Queenie's forehead immediately furrowed while looking at Bullet.

"Oh, you know each other?" the woman asked before looking at Bullet and my Sister.

"If that's the case I would really insist on having dinner together. All of us should come," the girl said. I awkwardly smile and don't even know what to say right now especially since I can feel my sister's eyes staring at me as if they can see my soul.

“Oh, it's the lady who helped me earlier. Thank you, Auntie. I didn't really know that I'm already far,” the kid said while pouting when he saw me. That's my cue to divert my attention.

"No problem. You know now that water can be dangerous too," I said, smiling at him too.

"And It's really fine, Miss. Don't worry about it," I said as I smiled at the woman once again as if there was no Bullet who seemed like he would melt me using his eyes. I didn't look back at him and tried to distract myself from looking at the kid he was with. Is that his kid? He looks like him. So he finally found his own happiness just like what he said to me, huh? Is he married now as he wanted years ago? Did he finally make a basketball team with his own kid like what he wanted?

I don't know why I feel like there's a hand that keeps on twitching my heart.

And what is it to you if he is, Querencia? You are the one who leaves him so don't act like he can't find someone else after you leave him.

And it looks like the world is really playing tricks on me. My lips slowly parted when the door opened and a boy appeared with a surfing board.

"Mommy, did you watch me earlier? I'm super good at surfing now, don't you think so?”

Damn. This is really fucked up. Good luck to you, Querencia.