Hideous

40th Class

"Fuck!" I angrily yelled at pinagsisipa ang upuan sa loob ng classroom. Hindi ako magawang awatin nila Arki. I'm mad, so fucking mad. I gritted my teeth.

Damn my grandfather! He fucking crossed the line!

"Kish?"

"Shut it, Arki!" galit na sigaw ko.

"Calm down, Kish. Walang magagawa ang pagwawala mo" sabat ni Israel.

Inis na napahilamos ako ng palad. It's been six hours nang mawala si Sam, or rather nang kidnapin siya ng mga tauhan ni Grandpa. I received a call from Tita earlier telling me na may dumating na mga lalaki sa bagong tinutuluyan nila at kinuha si Sam.

"Israel" malamig na tawag ko na mukhang ikinagulat niya. "Go to your father, and tell him he better be useful this time" madiing utos ko.

Kumunot ang noo niya pero tumango rin saka umalis. Napahilot ako ng ulo nang bigla itong kumirot. Fuck! Not now!

"What we should do?" tanong ni Arki.

"Stop the rumors. No one will gonna talk about this matter" seryosong sambit ko.

"What about you?" Yuan inquired.

Hindi ako sumagot at lumabas na ng classroom. In no time Rajah will call me to negotiate. I know what they want. Ayaw kitang kalabanin ng ganito Grandpa, pero inalisan mo ako ng pagpipilian. Pumasok ako ng sasakyan at hinubad ang blazer. Hindi ako nagsayang ng oras at agad na sinagot ang tumawag sa cellphone ko.

It's Rajah, as expected.

"WHERE.IS.SHE?" puno ng diing tanong ko.

"Where's the drive?" she asked instead.

Napahigpit ang pagkakahawak ko sa cellphone. Madness is screaming in my body, but I need to be calm.

"What drive?" I played innocent. I'm not expecting she'll believe me though.

"Don't act innocent, Lady Avery. You don't know how dangerous if anyone get a hold of it"

I smirked and laughed sarcastically.

"Rajah, how can I not know when I was the who made the drive?" sarkastikong tanong ko. "You keep underestimating me, careful baka hindi mo namamalayan sumasayaw ka na sa kumpas ko" makahulugang dagdag ko.

So they were silent for days because they were searching for my cards. I didn't expect they would act rashly after finding out the existence of the drive. Napatingin ako sa maliit na bagay na hawak ko, how funny na sa liit nito ay siya namang ganung kalaking banta sa Society. All their dirty secrets are here. Walang kaalam alam si Grandpa na ginagamit ko ang pangalan nya to have a peek inside the organization. After gathering intel and information, viola! I made something incredible, something that can make him waver. This is what I used to remove Mr. Vertugo the former pillar member from the organization.

Grandpa is such a fool para isiping willing akong ibigay ang buhay ko sa kanya. The solely reason kaya ako lumapit sa kanya is to get even with Kent na syang nagnakaw ng buhay ko. My life is mine alone. I played his game because why not? He's sick so I should be a 'butihing apo'. I talked to Mr. Reaso beforehand, we're planning to fake the marriage, I gave him what he desires, then he agreed to play the role. But Siren came to the picture, everything went out of place. Ako rin ang sumira ng sarili kong plano. Pilit kong gumawa ng ibang paraan, kung saan walang masasaktan, walang madadamay but I guess it's inevitable.

"The drive in exchange of that woman, if you don't comply you know what will happen" Rajah demanded.

"Don't make me laugh, Rajah. Her worth is nothing compared to this bullshit drive" I said between my gritted teeth. "You know me, Rajah. I'm not a forgiving type of person. Hurt her and I'll come after you" makahulugan at seryosong anas ko.