HABAGI 2
**Camille** opened **Lara**’s suitcase and rummaged through the jewelry box among her clothes.
**Gabriel** was already heading to the hallway. He could hardly catch up with **Ramon** when he arrived at the door and opened it without raising his voice.
**Camille** stopped.
Her hand remained near the suitcase.
Lara’s two children were still holding onto it.
**Mia** was hugging one of them, while **Sofia** was hiding her face in the other.
Gabriel pulled out his cellphone and played the recording.First, he saw **Camille** entering the former room of **Isabella**.
Then, her hand reached for the jewelry box.
The handkerchief.
The hallway.
And Lara’s suitcase that she was opening.
â**What are you doing?** âCamille asked in a hushed tone.
Gabriel didn’t answer right away.
He just placed one hand on Sofia’s shoulder while looking at his children.
And at that moment, he understood the biggest mistake he had ever made.
**She didn’t trust the woman who stayed by her children’s side every day.**Instead, he trusted the woman who caused fear in the children every day.
She tried to get close to Gabriel.
But Ramon immediately stepped back when he saw her.
He held her hand in the zipper of the suitcase.
Before she could open it, **Gabriel** stopped her.
â**Don’t.**
The whole room fell silent.
Gabriel looked at Camille.
Then, the two children still holding onto Lara were still there.
And at first, he didn’t see Camille as the woman he wanted to marry.
**He saw her true face.**Nanginig ang mga labi ni Camille habang pilit na humahanap ng palusot.
âGabriel, magpapaliwanag akoâpinapanood ko lang kung ano ang itinago niya! Nililinlang ka niyaâ
âHuwag mo nang tapusin, Camille âmalamig ngunit mariing putol ni Gabriel. Hindi man lang tumaas ang boses niya, ngunit sapat ang diin nito para manigas sa kinatatayuan ang babae.
Lumingon si Gabriel kay Ramon.
âKuhanin mo ang susi ng bahay sa bag niya. Samahan mo siyang kunin ang mga gamit niya, at siguraduhin mong hindi na siya muling makakatapak sa loob ng Forbes Park.
Nang mapagtanto ni Camille na huli na ang lahat, nawala ang dating malambing niyang anyo. Sumiklab ang galit sa kanyang mukha.