Maybe, Probably 1

Kabanata 28

Kabanata 28

torture

I sighed heavily as I gazed at the sun outside. The sun is slowly dominating the sky now, I know because its rays started to peek at the window in front of me. Huminga ako ng malalim at nagpasalamat dahil may liwanag na akong naaaninag sa paligid.

Dahan-dahan kong nilibot ng tingin ang paligid ko, examining every corner to see if I can break something to escape. But just seeing how hard the walls are, my hopes lessened, but I just can't let it overcome me, right? I have to be hopeful that I can get out of this place.

I grasped the wall behind me and stood up slowly, ngunit hindi pa naman ako tuluyang nakakatayo sa sarili kong mga paa ay kumirot na ito sanhi ng pagbagsak ko. "A-Ah!" I grunted and massaged it gently.

Nangingilid ang mga luha ko sa sakit ngunit pinigilan ko ito at tumingala nalang habang humihinga ng malalim. I wasted a few minutes just to wait for the pain to subside until I finally got convinced that it completely died down. 

I slowly got up once again, careful not to strain my ankle again. Pigil-hininga akong kumapit sa dingding at inihakbang ang isang paa, nang hindi na nakaramdam ng sakit sa paa ko, I exhaled loudly and checked every corner of the house.

The house was just as empty as I was, the walls were made of hard quality wood while the ground was plain concrete. I felt goosebumps forming on my body when I saw bloods on the floor, and to the walls like it was spurted. Samahan pa ang kakaibang amoy na kagabi ko pa nalalanghap.

This wooden house isn't that big at all. I bet my room is even bigger than this place. It just seemed like a dull box. My eyes flew to the windows on each opposite walls, I didn't think twice and quickly hovered over it and checked.

I frustratedly gripped on my hair when I found out that the windows were locked and covered with metals so that no one can come inside or escape the premises. They really planned this place, huh? I thought and scoffed. 

I wonder why the hell did they even have this place in the first place? Or maybe they use this place to torture someone? Sa itim ba naman ng budhi ng pamilya ko, hindi na imposible 'yun.

Sa huli ay wala akong nagawa kung hindi bumalik nalang sa kinauupuan ko at tumitig sa kawalan.

I hope they won't cross the line and hurt Kuya to death. Sana naman may natitira pang awa sa mga katawan nila at tigilan na nila siya.

Mommy... I can't believe she just stood there watch us get punished by Lolo. Ni hindi man lang niya magawang patigilin si Lolo at hinayaan nalang sa paglalatigo kay Kuya. She just turned a blind eye considering that Kuya was bathing his own blood already. 

Ni hindi man lang niya ako magawang lapitan, she let her fear over Lolo overcome her, and I hate to think like this but I just can't help but perceive her as a coward, including Dad.

My stomach growled, snapping me back from my train of thoughts. Umirap ako sa kawalan at niyakap nalang ang mga tuhod habang iniinda ang gutom. Right, hindi nga pala ako masyadong nakakain kagabi kaya ang tindi na ng gutom ko ngayon.