Book Of Unknown

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

Bellia’s Point Of View

I decided to go to the girl’s restroom. Gabriel and I didn’t speak even when he met me exiting the basketball court, but just to watch me walk away from it. I know he’s still worried about me, and I hate the way I argued with him earlier. It’s harsh, he was hurt by my words that I threw at him.

I entered the restroom and went straight in front of the wide mirror. I stared at my face and then slapped myself, “Why are you always disappointing him? What’s happening to me? Hindi na ako ito. Where’s Belle? Where’s the Belle that I used to be?” I asked myself if I could answer it.

I covered my face with both of my palms when I heard someone enter the restroom. I heard its footsteps stepping from my direction, it stopped beside me. “Why is the villain here?”

I turned myself and I saw Jordan, she’s wearing a glass while looking at herself in the mirror. I sniffed my mouth as I wiped my tears and dropped, “Sorry?” I uttered.

She caressed her lower lip slowly with her middle and index finger, later on, she turned herself to me and smiled bitterly. “Hmm? Why did they let you out of jail? You killed Mang Sinlac, didn’t you? Ah, you want me to report you to them right ahead?” 

She removed her glass gently and placed it on her side, she also caressed her right palm and took a glance of me with a smirk on her face, “They are really that freaking noob, eh? Oh, my god, I enjoyed it! Who could have imagined that you’ll be the suspect? Oh, poor, Bellia. I’m sorry, you got involved, ikaw kasi, e. I bet you heard what I’d said when you and Gabriel convinced me to let you both look for my book, you heard it, didn’t you?” She didn’t even blink after those words came out of her mouth, she just stared at me.

Inilapit niya ang kanyang mukha sa akin, she lift my chin up and then suddenly she licked her lips. “How beautiful your eyes are, can I have them?”

I quickly took a step away from her because of what she said, “What are you saying, Jordan? What’s on you? And I’m not an evildoer, malaki ang ebidensya na hawak ang meron ako, and I will prove them that they were wrong by suddenly dictating me.” I said as I felt the wall on my back.

She stared at me and raised her eyebrow, “How can they believe in you? You had your blood on the evidence, and you also ordered somebody to damage the CCTV control room? How could you?” She adduced as she smirked.

“I am innocent. Everybody knew me as an innocent, Jordan. Bakit mo nga pala sinasabi ‘yan? May alam ka ba sa kaso ni Mang Sinlac? Well, you dictated me, and so I. May ganito akong kutob na may alam ka, mind to share it? Tayo lang naman ang nandito, hindi ba?” I didn’t hesitate to gave her a seductive glares.

Her smirk widened as she looked at her nails and then whistled, “I do have.” She uttered and turned her gaze to me.

Wala akong ibang naging ekspresyon kundi ang titigan lamang siya sa dalawa niyang mata, she has? How could she be then! “Are you the one who killed Mang Sinlac? Saang planeta ka lumaki? How could you to do such things?”

She laughed and didn’t fade the smirk on her face, naging malikot siya sa kanyang kinatatayuan when her laughs went harder and harder. She can’t barely breathe, nailulugar pa niya ang magkabila niyang braso sa pagitan ng kanyang mga binti. Walang tigil ang kanyang pagtawa, ilang segundo lang ay itinuro niya ako habang nakayuko ang kanyang ulo.

“You’re insane!” I said as I felt myself trembling because of the creepiness she has.

Isinandal niya ang kanyang sarili nang tumigil siya sa pagtatawa, “Oh, my god.” She uttered as she fixed her hair while caressing her tummy.

I followed her every move while still leaning myself against the wall. I couldn’t fully understand the three words that came out of her mouth. I didn’t know what should have run through my mind, but I had a strong feeling that she knew something about the case. I’m messed up!

I heard her take a deep breath and turn herself to me while her thumb travels her nails, “So, what’s running on your head right now? Should I help you to find out the answer? Oh, or do you want me to state the truth?” She asked and took a step close to me.

Hindi kami gaano kalapit sa isa’t-isa tulad ng posisyon namin kanina ngunit dinig ko ang bawat paghinga niya. Tiningnan ko siya sa kanyang dalawang mata. “Spill it.”

She smirked and then suddenly it faded, she glared at me for a second. She approached me and then she placed her knee between my two legs, she leaned her other hand on my side and then slowly brought her face closer to me. I just let her do what he did, but I just watched her as she slowly approached me.

Naramdaman ko ang paghinga niya sa aking tainga, “If I could, I would.” She whispered and I felt her tongue against my ear.

Hinarap niya ang sarili niya sa akin at saka hinawi ang aking buhok gamit ang kanyang kaliwang kamay, pinanood niya ang kanyang ginawa habang nakasimangot, “I told you, didn’t I? Do not get involve. I knew that you heard what I’d said, you’re ain’t that stupid, ‘di ba? Oh, how poor you are right now, Bellia.” She turned her gaze to me without any expression.

What does she mean? I don’t get her. Why couldn’t she clarify it?

“Binigyan mo lang ako ng lilinisin. I was quietly living in this world back then, but when you came? You ruined half of mine, how could you ruin someone’s life? I will not let my life end with nothing, that’s why I will not let you ruin everything that I have,” aniya at saka inilagay ang kanyang kaliwang kamay sa kanyang likuran. “So, would you mind me ending yours then?”

She raised a knife between us while her eyes were on me, her smile widened, “How ‘bout that? You’ll not run? Oh, I really like you, Bellia.” She uttered as she licked the body of the knife in front of me.

That’s disgusting, what is she doing? Is she out of her mind?

I stared at the knife and turned my gaze on her. “Are you out of your mind, Jordan? What’s the meaning of this? And what did you say? I just ruined half of you? How could I do that? I don’t even know about you, kahit isang ugali mo lang wala akong alam, and then you have the courage to say that to me? How thick you are. You are the one who ruined your life, you just filthed your image to me.”

Seconds after, naging matalas ang tingin niya sa akin, anger. She suddenly stuck her knife around my neck as her thumb caressed my lower lip. I just let her do what she wanted to do because if I forced her to stop, maybe the light of the sky would open on me.

I can feel the knife on my neck, she seemed to be lightly emphasizing it on me. I also felt a wound from it, that knife looks sharp because of the luster it has.

Her two eyes narrowed as she stared at me, her head spinning as if she was looking for something in my eyes. Just a few seconds later she suddenly stopped and then slowly removed the knife pointed at my neck, she took a step away from me.

I touched my neck with my index and middle finger. I can feel my blood dripping from it, tiningnan ko ang aking dalawang daliri at saka nakitang may dugo roon. I turned my gaze to her and there she goes, staring at my fingers.

Namilog ang mata niya sa aking na nasa dalawang daliri ko, “Blood. Closely tied to passion, but also to death, war, sacrifice. Blood flow, danger has passed. Let me ask you this, am I the only one who is addicted to seeing blood? Oh, I love hearing someone’s asking for help, yeah? They’re so obsessed with being helped by anyone, as if someone might hear them, but by mistake just helping, you can get involved.” She ejaculated.

She grabbed my two fingers while closing her eyes slowly and then sucked them. I could feel the movement of her tongue on my two fingers that were inside her mouth, hinayaan ko lamang siya sa kanyang ginagawa.

She suddenly stopped moving and then opened her eyes and looked at me. She tore my two fingers and then cleaned them with her thumb. “Your blood tastes like boiled sugar, sprinkled with two ingredients. Ah, I hate this! I can’t say directly what it tastes like, ngayon lang ako nakalasa ng dugo na ganito.”

What the? What does she mean? Tumitikim siya ng dugo? What was she? A vampire?

She snapped her index finger as she stared at my stand, as if she was examining something and worried about something. She suddenly giggled in emptiness while she was still sucking her finger, her mouth suddenly sniffed but her fingers were still inside.

“Oh, shut up! It does matter! Holy crap.” She shouted as she removed her fingers inside her mouth and turned her gaze to me, “Even if you’re not the one who I’ve to kill, you deserve to be killed, Bellia. Run.”

I noticed that she forced herself to point the knife at me but I didn’t let it sink. I grabbed her wrist where she was holding the knife pointed at me, I turned my gaze to her while preventing her knife from focusing on me.

“Let your hand off of me.” She uttered as she glared at me.

I have to protect myself. I removed the point of the knife from me and with all my might I faced her with the tip of the knife, she looked at it as she tried to return the point of the knife to me.

It happened quickly, because of our mischievous position and scramble for the knife. It focused on her and tightened my grip on it, there was suddenly a line on her uniform, it made sure I was able to leave a cut on her chest band.

Gradually her blood dripped from her uniform, she released his grip on the knife and then watched the blood spread on her uniform.

Hinawak ko ang kanyang braso, trying to help her and get her to the clinic room, but she didn’t let me to touch her, “You’re really good, Bellia.” She adduced as she unbuttoned her uniform.

I watched her on what she’s doing, she gently unbuttoned her uniform next to me. All that was left of her top was her red bra, I saw the wound on her chest, a lot of blood was coming out of there and she was just watching.

“I wish you all the worst, Bellia Icencio Laurent.”