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" You know Mia Belle I can do a keen investigation of what happened but it will be much easier if you'd tell me " saad ni Kaius kinaumagahan pagkatapos n'ya akong iuwi sa penthouse at doon patulugin.

" Wala nga Kaius. We were just so drunk. I am too emotional that's why you saw me crying in the balcony. I don't know .. maybe wedding jitters. Pretty normal " I smiled as I flipped the pancake from the pan.

I can't tell him. Of course.

" I was told that six men went out from that room. Reason why I rushed in a split second down to you " saad n'ya batid ang lason sa bawat salita.

Nilingon ko s'ya at madilim ang matang nakatingin sa akin. He was told? Malamang ay alam na ni Kaius na mafioso rin ang mga ito.

" What happened to them? " tanong ko. May palagay akong hindi iyon basta palalampasin ni Kaius. I just knew him very well.

" Dead " he spitted with a blank expression.

Hindi katulad noon ay wala na rin akong pake ngayon. It's not as if I want them dead ... pero kasabwat sila ni Olivia kaya nararapat lamang sakanila iyon.

" Do you have any leads they are?" kabang tanong ko na ikinakunot ng noo ni Kaius.

The men are under La Cosa Nostra. Kung alam iyon ni Kaius ay hindi malabong malaman n'ya na si Olivia ang may pakana nang lahat ng ito. At hindi iyon maaari .. he can't know dahil sa oras na malaman n'ya ay ako ang malalagot.

Marahan s'yang umiling bakas pa rin ang galit sa mukha dahil sa nakaigting n'yang mga panga.

"I ordered our men to shoot them in immediate but I will have them investigated if you don't tell me anything" malamig pa rin ang kanyang boses.

Nanginginig ang tuhod ko. Hindi ko alam pero bakit parang ako ang pinapaamin ni Kaius. Bakit parang ako ang sanhi ng krimen.

I want to confess. Gusto ko nang sabihin ang lahat at humingi ng tulong sakanya ngunit alam kong hindi maaari.

Ngumiti ako sakanya at saka hinanda na ang breakfast na niluto ko sa counter top table kung nasaan s'ya.

" Kaius it's just nothing okay. We were just so drank last night and these men entered the room out of nowhere. Nagpanic ako of course so I threw things at them .. you see? That's why there are blood and scattered pieces of glass around " saad ko.

Matapos kong mailatag ang mga pagkain ay umikot ako patungo sakanya at kumandong.

He rest his chin on my shoulders and sniff my neck lovingly. I'll miss this. His touch. His presence. His everything.

" Then I was told by one of them that they were ordered. Hindi ko alam, si Kean siguro. He organized the event so baka nga s'ya ang umorder sa kanila. You know macho dancers. Parte yun ng isang bridal shower na event. Hindi ko nalang natanong si Kean dahil nga lasing na lasing na sila. Unlike them I didn't drunk too much .. kaya sinabihan ko nalang sila na hindi na namin kailangan ang serbisyo nila. You see? According to the CCTV'S they didn't last 10 minutes inside. Alam mo kawawa nga eh kasi they were just ordered pero nabato ko pa ng kung ano ano and worse ngayon .. patay na sila .. ang sama mo talaga " I lied

I felt his arms hugged me tighter drawing me closer to him and leaving no space in between.

" Is that true Mia Belle? " he asked not buying what I just instated.

Tumango ako rito ngunit mas naramdaman ko pa lalo ang paghigpit ng yakap n'ya.

" You know you can always tell me the truth " he whispered pleadingly.

Tumakas ang isang luha mula sa aking mata ngunit hindi ko ito ipinahalata.

Nilingon ko s'ya at nagtama ang aming mga mata. Tinitigan ko ito at hinayaang malunod ang sarili sa kanya.

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