CHAPTER 36

Hale had been sitting on his bed for almost half an hour.

"She's so different now," he said to himself and pulled out his own hair.

He thinks deeply and that's because of his his ex -girlfriend Diosah.

Many questions traveled on his mind. He will admit that he longed for her for a long time, especially when he was forced to leave it to continue his studies abroad. When he returned to the Philippines he looked for Diosah but it was gone, during the time he hoped to see it again he did not expect that it will happen again.

She's back.

The woman he loved so much is back.

He swallowed and threw himself on the bed while staring at the ceiling.

He looked at his cellphone. There he looked for the remaining picture of him and Diosah that he had not yet erased. He looked at the picture.

They were both happy and smiling in that photo.

He closes his eyes and puts down the cellphone on the bed.

Diosah's face was playing in his mind.

Why does he feel this way? Does he still love her to this day? He is confused. He could not calm down just because he saw it again.

He took off his clothes and went to the bathroom. He needed to take a bath to clear his mind.

He dropped all his body coverings on the floor and he went inside the cr.

Water gushed all over his body.

He allowed himself to think while the water from the shower running through his body.

Almost a decade has passed and now his path with Diosah will meet again. Why is it here now? She said she was looking for him with his cousin Santiara, why did she have to look for him?

He sighed and rubbed his own hair. He was very confused.

He didn't realize that Diwata had been looking for him for a while, when he came out of the bathroom he was even more surprised because it was there in his room and sitting on the bed.

He was especially shocked to see that she was holding his cellphone.

He hadn’t backed that up before and Diwata was clearly looking at his picture with Diosah.

"Diwata..." he said. She looked up at him. There seemed to be traces of tears in her eyes but she forced herself to smile at him.

"Y-you still have a picture of her. She's pretty. Y-you two look good together," she stammered and rasped. He was worried because Diwata seemed to be crying.

He lingered in his position and immediately approached her place even though his lower body was only wrapped in a towel.

"T-that's nothing," he said and immediately picked up the cellphone.

Diwata was still smiling at him but there were still tears in her eyes.

"I just came here to invite you to dinner. I prepared dinner downstairs," Diwata told him. It was as if his heart was touched because of what she said.

"Just follow me downstairs," she added and stood up on his bed.

It came out of his room. He wanted to chase it but he couldn’t. Why can't he speak properly?

Fuck! What is happening to him?

He dressed himself so he could go down, maybe ten minutes passed before he came down.

He saw that the table was ready and that food had been served there.

There are still candles and petals of flowers.

He averted his eyes. Nice arrangement. He didn’t blink while watching that.

He smiled.

Did Diwata do it for him?

It feels good to think that Diwata prepared this for the two of them.

But where is it now? It had come out of his room earlier and he hoped he could catch it down here.

"Diwata?" he called its name and averted his eyes. No one answered his call.

"Diwata? Come on let's eat," he said but no one really answered. He stepped forward and went to every room below his house but no one was there.

He was nervous, his heart was beating fast.

Where is Diwata? Did it go away?

He called Diwata's name a few more times but no one really answered. He hurriedly took his cellphone out of his pocket as well as his car key.

He immediately called Damon's number.

His friend immediately answered on the other line.

"Hello Hell-"

"Fuck! Diwata is missing!" he said on the other line.

"Huh? What? Diwata is missing?" Damon's confused question on the other line.

"We need to find her! Come here to my house now!" he said on the other line. Damon was still talking but he immediately turned off the line because he was so nervous. He didn't know what to do, he felt so nervous now.

He was able to tweak his own hair.

No! Diwata can't leave, it can't leave him!

Less than a minute later Damon rushed into his house.

"What happened?" he asked him.

"I'll explain later. We need to leave," he said and he and Damon went out. They immediately got in his car and turned it on. He is the driver and every place they pass by his eyes are looking for Diwata.

"What just happened Hale? Aren't you and cutie okay?" said Damon to him. He knew it was confused by what was happening.

"I don't know. She just left suddenly. Fuck! It's late, maybe something bad will happen to her!" he cried with concern as they passed down the road.

"Suddenly left? Did you two quarrel?"

He stopped at Damon's question. He remembered what happened earlier while Diwata was holding his cellphone and it entered his room.

"Fuck!" he was annoyed with himself and closed his eyes tightly. He patted his own forehead when he realized why it had left.

"She saw a picture on my phone... It's me with my ex," he said. Damon turned to him. His eyes were rolling in shock.

"What?! You're the son of bitch! Why haven't you deleted the picture of your ex on your cellphone? I thought you loved Diwata? You're weird Hale!" Damon said to him. He was even more confused knowing that he had hurt Diwata.

"Do you think that's the reason why she left the house?"

"Yes, that's the reason for it. You hurt her feelings so she left. That's how women are!" Damon answered.

He does not know what to do. He is scared. What if Diwata left him? What if she doesn’t come back or show up to him after what happened? He can't accept that. He loves Diwata, he was just confused before.

"Where are we going to find cutie now? Go straight to his ex-husband's house," Damon ordered him.

When they arrived at the house, it was closed and locked. Obviously no one was there. But even no one was there, they still called Diwata's name, they received no response.

"Fuck! Nobody's here!" said Damon.

Depressed, he leaned against his car and washed both palms on his own face. What will he do now? Where would he find Diwata?

He kicked the plant burn to the side of the gate in extreme frustration. Damon robbed him.

"Hey easy man! We can find cutie okay? Maybe she's just chilling somewhere!" Damon's encouragement to him.

"I can't afford to lose her!" His voice cracked. Damon put his arm around him and patted him on the back.

"We won't stop searching. Come on," he told him. Damon forced him into the car even though he was still depressed. Damon drove the car back.