Kabanata 19
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Kabanata 19
Go Away, Woman or I'll shoot you
It has been a week, but still no sign about my mother. Wala parin pero ang sabi ng iba ay siya ang sunog na katawan na narecover sa loob ng Building. Hindi ako naniniwala. The time I visited that burned body, doon ako mas naniwala sa damdamin ko. Aside sa malakas na sigaw ng damdamin ko na hindi siya iyon, isa ito sa nagpapaniwala pa saakin na hindi nga siya iyon.
First, The burned body has a golden bracelet, my Mom hates gold colors. Second, May dalawang pamilyang mayayaman ang naghahanap sa nanay nila. Those peoples are from rich clans. Third, The burned body has an anklet on the left foot which i found odd. My mom don't use anklets.
"Bakit naman ayaw mong kunin 'yong bangkay, Valentina?" Averil Mom's asked. Paniwala siyang ang nanay ko ang babaeng sunog na iyon at sa mga oras na tulala ako iniisip nilang nasasaktan ako at hindi ko matanggap na patay na ang nanay ko.
Sa mga hinala't sinasabi nila'y nagbibigay saakin ng mga pag-iisip. Is this their plan? Pero parang hindi naman. Parang sensero naman sila sa tuwing ka harap ko sila. Everyday I face them was like a hell for me. Alam ko nakikitira lang ako. Alam ko 'yon but I can't help it. Hindi ko maiwasang minsang hindi sila imikan sa tuwing may naaalala akong masama.
My Mom romed around the whole country thinking if she could get a clue but...... It always leads her to the Axis and the Dextrauss.
"Spacing out again is not normal anymore." I let out a little laugh at my daughter's remark.
"It's normal, Baby." Nakikitira ako sa mansion ni Averil na malapit lang sa mansion ko. Hindi padin tinitigilan ng mga pulis ang pagpapabalik balik sa mansion ko kung kaya't kinailangan kong manatili sa bahay ni Averil.
"It's not Madame, Mom." Tumango ako. Halos pareho kami ng nararamdaman ni Aerille. We both know that it isn't my Mom.
"I know, Baby."
"How long will you keep your secret from me, Mom?" Mabilis na ibinaling ko sakaniya ang aking ulo. What the hell is she talking about? Anong sekreto ang tinitago ko?
"You know, the day, i was kidn*pped by that Averil..." Umiling ako't hinilot ang sintido. I, Do not have plans on telling her the truth. Kahit anong paniwalaan niya wala akong pakialam. Ang tanging gagawin ko ay ang naunang plano. Get Collin and fly back to some place that Averil can't reach.
Alam ko may araw na sinabi ko sakaniyang suko na ako but i realize that i have already started. Nasimulan ko na, I can't back out anymore, pero.... Alam ata ni Averil na hindi pa ako sumusuko. A week but still no sign of Collin.
"How long will i wait, Mom? I longed for a brother and a father, you know." Pahina ng pahina at palalim ng palalim ang kaniyang paghinga na para bang nahihirapan. Hindi lang naman ikaw ang nahihirapan, Anak.
"Do not come and talk to me if that's the only thing you'll gonna ask me. First, I don't have plans on telling you all of the truths, Second, Just wait and i will get your twin brother back. Now, get out and let me rest."
"I-i was just asking, Mom." Bumuntong hininga siya at agad na umalis na. Alam kong alam na niya 'yong totoo pero may pagdududa padin siyang nararamdaman. That's why she came and asked me that thing.
Bumuntong hininga ako at ipinikit ang mata, Ready nang matulog ng tumunog ng malakas ang telepono sa tabi ng kama.
Tinatamad ko itong kinuha at sinagot.
"Isn't it weird?" Napatayo ako ng biglaan. A random guy voice, or is the person from the phone is using a device that can change voices?
"I'm done finding those peoples, Valentina." After that the voice changes. It was a voice if a woman. A woman that i love. My mom.
"I'm done finding them but I didn't do anything."
"Why? You were so disparate, you even gambled your life for this, Then why, Mom? Why didn't you did anything?" I heard her sob. I let her cry.
"I realized that the pain... Was already gone. The pain they've planted already died. The anger I kept melted already. And do you wanna know why?"
"Why?"
"Because I have you. I have Aerille. I'm sorry for making you suffer with me. I'm sorry for giving you pains. Now those peoples are after me. She's not just one, She has everything, she has peoples, she has powers, she have him." I heard a wave. Is she in some place near a sea?
"What do you mean?"
"Pinamukha nila akong tanga." Tumawa siya at pagkatapos ay umiyak. Hindi ko alam ang sasabihin dahil wala akong ideya sa mga sinasabi niya sa mga oras na'to. "Gusto ko nang mawala, Valentina. Do you want that too---"
"Of course, not, Mom!"
"I'm glad you said that. Do you want me to tell you a story?"
"I'd be glad to hear your story, Mom." From that moment i felt like she was with me. Like i was back to me being a little girl with my true Mom. With my Mom telling me a story, reading me a bed time stories.
After a story she told me i realized that she was talking about herself. The people who killed her parents was her only love, only friends, and only family. And now those three has their own organization, an organization that is now plotting on killing me and my daughter.
An organization that was once managed by Chelsea Axis, Jericho Xerrios and Mr. Dextrauss. How funny how life plays.
"Do you want to run away, Mom? Do you want to leave all of this s**t and find your own self?"
"Of course I want to. But I don't have someone to run away with me."
"You have me." I didn't think of my Kids. Collin and Aerille. Inisip ko nung araw na iyon ilayo ang Nanay ko sa kapahamakan. Aerille knows now who is her Dad. She knows and i know Averil can take care of her. Gaya ng ginawa niyang pag aalaga sa anak naming si Collin.
"You sure?"
"Yes I am."
"Then let's do it-" After she said that line i heard a loud bang as if a bomb exploded around the mansion. The alert rang so loud that can almost made me faint. Another loud bang and the loud ring rang even more. f**k!
Nagsimulang magdilim sa loob ng kwarto ko. Halos sunod sunod padin na malalakas na pagsabog ang nadidinig ko. Hindi na'ko nagtaka dahil alam kong plano ito ni Mommy. Ito ang gusto niya, pagbibigyan ko siya.
Nanatili ako sa kama. Kalmadong nakahawak sa telepono. Isang minuto, naramdaman kong lumubog ang katabing parte ko and i know it was my Mom.
"I missed you." Paos pa ang boses niya pero bakit parang hindi naman kanina?
"You alright? Let's go, Mom?" Hindi ko man siya nakikita dahil sa dilim alam kong nakangiti siya habang kaharap ako.
"Let's go, My Baby." Kinuha ko ang kamay niyang bukas palad na hinihinga ang kamay ko. I was about to stand up pero isang kasa ng b***l ang nagpatigil sa aming dalawa.
"Don't you think it's too early to run, Averie, hmm?" We were both stunned, How did they got here?! Paanong mukhang hindi sila nagpapanic sa mga pag sabog na nagaganap sa labas ng Mansion?!
"Please, do not tell me you planned this--" Umiling ako pero mabilisan siyang nagsalita. Averil what the f**k! Why are you f*****g doing this to me! f**k!
"No, no-"
"Of course we did plan it, Averie." Galit. Iyon ang ekspresiyong makikita sa mukha ni Averil. Anong klaseng tao siya! He knows even though my Mom is like this, my mom has these kind of illegal Businesses, He knows I love her, Dearly!
Bakit! Bakit galit na galit padin ang ekspresiyon niya! Did something happened again?! What the hell are you doing, Averil! I wanted to shout it all out pero parang napapaos ata ako. Seing how his family only watch his movement. Seing how his family reacts with his f*****g words!
"Please, not you-"
"No, Mom-"
"How funny you believed that your daughter still loves you even after i told her everything." Binaba niya ang b***l na ikinahinga ko ng maluwag. Pero ang akala ko tapos na doon, mas lalong gumuho ang mundo ko sa sunod niyang sinabi.
"Okay. Run, Hindi ka naman din naman makakalabas dito ng buhay."
"My weakness again... This f*****g world sucks, f**k it." Her voice cracked, iyon ang nagbigay saakin ng lakas para magsalita.
"What the f*****g hell are you f*****g talking about you f*****g asshole!"
"Valentina-"
"You shut up, b***h! Mga walang hiya! Kaya pala. Kaya pala ang bait ng trato saakin, kaya pala! Tangina! Bakit ngayon ko lang napansin?!" Sinubukan kong pigilan, sinubukan kong pigilan ang katawan kong manguna sa magiging aksiyon ko pero hindi ko napigilan.
I flipped the bed side table na halos kasing lakas lang ng tunog ng pagsabog sa labas.
Tumawa ako ng makitang nasira ito. Parang ngayon ko lang naramdaman ang ganitong klase ng galit. It was as if anytime now i can cry a blood tears. I looked at my Mom and hugged her more tighter. She isn't hugging me back.
"It wasn't planned. Please believe me." Nanatili akong gano'n hanggang sa isang kasa na naman ng b***l ang nadinig ko. And now it's from a little kid.
"Go away, Woman or I'll shoot you." What the hell is happening!?
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So I'm back! I'm gonna publish new stories soon. I'm sorry for the late update, My priority is to get my interest back in writing before continuing the stories I have already started. Pasensya na po. Anyways, Happy Wanke followers in w*****d.
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