Prologue
I now believed in miracles.
Who would have thought I'd be able to fight my way out of the hell they'd thrown me in? Who would have guessed that after five long years of believing I was dead, I am actually alive?
I don't understand why I can't appreciate this place, even though it screams beauty that not everyone has seen. The green grass and leaves of swaying coconut trees, the blue calm sky, and the aquamarine ocean all invite me to swim in it. I'd have brushes in my hands and a canvas in front of me if I were living in the pasta and doing my favorite pastime.
The cold wind embraced the blazing wrath within me. It was anger that turned me into the cold, useless jerk I am now. They taught me to become heartless, which I can use to retaliate against them for ruining my life.
Sa aking pagbabalik sisiguraduhin kong maniningil ako ng tamang presyo sa mga taong naging dahilan kung bakit kadiliman ang naging sandalan ko sa panahong inakala ko'y si kamatayan ang magiging bagong pamilya ko.
Oras na para maningil ako sa limang taong buhay na ninakaw nila sa akin.
Oras na para bumalik at itama ang lahat na kahit sa pagbalik ko ay malaki na ang ipinagbago nang lahat.
Babalik ako kahit wala na akong babalikan pa.
Wala nga ba?
I took a deep breath. Tumigil ang kamay ko sa paghawak sa paintbrush, kasunod nun ay ang walang tigil na pagdaloy ng pintura sa aking canvas.
After five years, this is my first painting. I'm still good, but the way I paint and see what to put on my blank canvas has changed.
Muli akong tumanaw sa malawak na kagandahan ng dalampasigan. Dapat ay masaya ang nakikita kong emosyon sa aking ipinipinta ngunit kabaliktaran ang nais ipahiwatig ng aking obra. Wala sa sariling naibaba ko ang paintbrush na hawak at saka napabuntonghininga. Ito yung epekto ng aking nakaraan.
This will remind me to avenge my past and take revenge on those who attempt to take my life.
I used to spend my days in the shadows. I avoided all business activities and business-related matters to keep a low profile, but they still wanted me dead. I didn't hurt them in any way. I am simply someone who appreciates the beauty of art, enjoys traveling and enjoys helping others through charitable work.
All I want is to be loved by the woman I genuinely love. I want to make my parents proud, and I want to pursue a long-held passion for painting. I want to paint and travel around the world. That's all there was to it; that's how simple I wanted my life to be.
Pero sa isang iglap nawala sa akin lahat ng apoy na iyon. Walang pag-aalinlangan nilang tinupok ang katangi-tanging apoy na nagbibigay pag-asa at buhay sa akin. Hindi pa sila nakontento at pati ako ay pilit nilang ibinaon sa lupa.
I smirked at the thought that God is indeed a manipulator. He could just let me die if he doesn't want to make me happy living my life in this messed up world. But hell no!
Here I am, alive but can't even kick since I was confined in this wheelchair. I don't have any idea when I will walk or can I still walk again? Nonetheless, I will do everything for my revenge.
Babangon ako at babawiin ko ang lahat lahat ng kinuha nila sa akin. Ibabalik ko sa kanila ang pinaranas nilang hirap sa akin. Babalik ako at sisingilin sila ng higit pa sa kinuha nila sa akin.
No one ever dares to mess with an Alferez. Not even the one whom I called a family. If they can kill me easily, just like snapping a fly on their hand, then I will do the same thing to them but in a long, painful way.
The innocent and kind me is dead already. This time I am going to let them knew that an angel once became a devil.
I will paint them the way I want to see them suffer.
