D I A B L O: Behind The Cursed Ruins

Chapter 10: Certain

A/N: May Epilogue pa :)

CHAPTER T E N

AELARI'S POV

Hindi ako nag-angat ng tingin nang marinig ko ang pagbukas ng pintuan ng bahay ko. Nananatiling nakapako ang mga mata ko sa telebisyon kung saan kasalukuyang nakabukas ang programa na pambalita.

Rex Alderidge was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder after hiring notorious "murder-for-hire", Garry Corpuz, to kill the late Henry Benveniste, his wife Marigold, and their young son Stephen, eighteen years ago. Benveniste was said to discover the illegal schemes Alderidge was doing behind his back to their co-own company, Benveniste and Alderidge Tech., because of this Alderidge took matters on own his hands and conspired to the crime.

Alderidge is also facing kidnapping and multiple counts of attempted murder against Aelari Benveniste, the only surviving heir of Henry and Marigold Benveniste. Alderidge will be charged with reclusion perpetua after the arraigned criminal charges.

Napakurap ako nang mamatay ang telebisyon at kunot ang noo na nag-angat ako ng tingin sa ngayon ay nakangiti lang na si Bryson. He's still wearing his business suit but he's currently pulling his ties off. "That's my TV."

"Yep," he said casually. Ibinaba niya sa coffee table ang dala na paper bag na may tatak ng popular na kainan. "It's dinner. Mawawalan ka lang ng gana sa pinapanood mo."

Bumuntong-hininga na lang ako. It's been exactly three months since Ella cause Mayhem to Alderidge's world. I may not be used to saying it, but she actually did a great thing. At least for us. Hindi ko masasabi iyon kay Alderidge na naging impyerno ang buhay mula ng mga nangyari.

Everything is finally going to the right direction. For the first time in a long while, I'm sleeping without nightmares and I'm waking up without fearing the horror of my reality. But it doesn't mean that Bryson changed. He's still overprotective. Sometimes too much.

"Hindi ako mawawalan ng gana. Kung hindi lang ako mababalian siguro tumambling na ako."

Umangat ang gilid ng labi niya sa sinabi ko, "Much that I want to see that, I rather that we don't bring that man here with us. Ilang oras na nga lang tayo nagkikita."

Inabot ko ang cellphone ko at tumipa ako roon. I texted Braylene to come over. Ganoon naman kasi kami araw-araw. Kung hindi sa kanila ay dito kami sa bahay kumakain. Kapag umaga at wala si Bryson ay si Braylene lang ang pumupunta rito. Iyon nga lang, kapag wala si Bryson ay ingat kaming parehas. Everything might be different now but in some way, I am still the same.

"You can go with me, you kow?"

I sighed again. This is not the first time that he brought that up. "Bryce, I can't go to the office and you know why. Masyadong maraming tao ro'n."