Jealousy, Jealousy | COMPLETED

11th Jealousy

Xsantal Kaneshon

Where am I?

Is this another nightmare?

Napaigik ako nang may maapakan ako na bubog at dumugo 'yon. Bigla naman may tumakbo palapit sa akin at pinagmasdan ko ang mukha niya. He also has blue eyes and blonde hair, but what caught my attention is his long hair.

Who is he?

"Xsantal..."

"W-who are you?"

He smirked.

"Zack?"

"Zack doesn't exist."

Umatras ako pero hinila niya ako palapit sa kanya tsaka niya ako sinakal. I tried to step back, but he grabbed my arm and he suddenly strangled my neck. Sinubukan ko na makawala sa kanya pero hindi ko magawa dahil masyado siyang malakas.

"I need to kill you, Xsantal! I need you for my revenge!" He said then punched my face.

Nakumpirma ko naman na isa lamang 'yon na bangungot nang dilim muli ang sumalubong sa akin. I

"Zack?" I called out.

"You're awake?" I was relieved when I heard his name. "I'll just call the doctor."

There is no way that the man in my nightmare is Zack. He will never hurt me.

My expression changed when a sudden flashback of the car crash sinks in to my mind. I threw and slammed the things near me.

"Xsantal."

I knew that it is not his voice.

Lexus

Humangos ako papunta sa doctor nang magising si Xsantal ngunit hindi ko inasahan na may sasalubong sa akin para suntukin ako at nagdilim ang paningin ko dahil doon. Isang boses ang gumising sa akin.

"Is it fun to slowly consume all of us?" Pen Mondragon hissed.

Tinali nang mahigpit sa upuan upang masigurado na hindi ako makakatas. I just smirked and I fueled her anger more. Paulit-ulit naman niya akong hinampas gamit ang isang bakal hanggang sa magsawa siya. Unti-unting tumulo ang dugo mula sa aking mukha. I still managed to endure the pain.

"Stop that, Pen! You will just kill him!" Phoebe tried to stop Pen from hitting me.

"E, 'di mas masaya!" Pen said back to Phoebe and the Blomst Blades suddenly appeared.

"It's not yet the right time to kill him, Pen," Yvanna Haibisukasu-Chang said.

"Then when will be the right time!? When he already killed all of us!? When he involved your children to his revenge!? When we are too useless to fight him!? When!?" Pen yelled in frustration.

"Calm down, Pen!" Liana Hinagiku-Choi tried to calm down Pen.

I laughed out of nowhere because it is fun to watch them. They all look like a loser who cannot do anything, but to let their bully dominate over them. Naenah raised an eyebrow. Maybe it is better if I will call her as Haniya now. She is my dearest cousin after all. Sarcasm all over the world!

"Do you think that this is funny!?" She shouted and grabbed my jaw. "You keep on playing with us, but the truth is you're a coward, Lexus!"

"I'M NOT A COWARD!"

She smirked when my expression became dark.

"Then answer with full honesty if you're not really a coward," she said. "You killed Santi Mendez with his family, right? You planned to ambush him?"

"What is this? An interrogation? Are you a police officer now or what?"

"Just answer my question, Lexus," malamig na sabi niya. "Because tonight, I'm desperate to prove that you're really a coward person."

She is weird. I know that there is a reason why she is asking me these questions. She has a hidden agenda, but I will play with her.

"Yes, I killed Santi Mendez. The car crash that he was involved with is not an accident."

Kumuyom ang kamao niya at alam ko na nagpipigil siya ng kanyang galit.

"Aren't you guilty that you killed the other members of Dark Light?" She asked.

"Who?" Pagmamaang-maangan ko.

Pen wants to hit me, but they stopped her. They dragged her out of the room.

"Trying to play innocent, huh? Do not fool us, Lexus! We witnessed how you killed them! You killed Emerald and Jasmine!" She howled. "You took their innocent lives!"

"Innocent?" I asked sarcastically. "Don't fool me, Haniya. Blomst Blades, Dark Light and I are all the same. We are murderers and murderers can never be considered as innocent people because we are criminals. We're sinners and you can't change that."

Minura niya ako.

"Wala na talagang idudumi 'yang bituka mo, 'no!?" Aniya. "Emerald is an only child of her parents and her parents tried hard to conceive a child while Jasmine have children to be taken care of, but you took away their chance to live with their families happily! I thought you grew up all alone, but you are making the same cycle again for the other children out there! You're making an additional lonely child to suffer more and more!"

"Shut up, Haniya! You can say that because you have the family you longed for! Your biological family came back and now, you have your own family that makes you complete while I'm still lost!"

"Aren't you even guilty, Lexus?"

"Guilty? You and your friends took away everything including my heart so how could I even feel guilty at all?"

"Really, Lexus?" She said in a mocking tone. "Could you still say that if I'll tell you now that Santi Mendez is Xsantal's brother?"

"W-what? Why are you involving Xsantal in this conversation?"

"I heard that you're getting well with Xsantal and there's a news that the two of you are in a relationship now. So, is it true?" She asked.

"So what? I got her already. You can't get her from me."

"You're really saying that to me, huh? How could you even say that you killed her family and friends!?" She shouted. "Hindi ko talaga alam kung saan ka kumukuha ng pampakal ng pagmumukha mo!"

"Santi is not his brother!"

"He is! Xsantal's real name is Sabrina Mendez! Ngayon sabihin mo sa akin na hindi?" Natigilan ako. "You really don't know that much when it comes to Xsantal. Akala ko ba planado mo lahat? Did you even know that she was in the same orphanage as mine? Didn't you investigate about her?"

"I don't need to investigate about her."

"Then I thought that you're smart, pagdating pala kay Xsantal ay nawawalan ka na agad ng focus," she teased, and my jaw clenched.

"Pero may alam din ako na hindi mo alam at tiyak ako na magbabago ang lahat dahil doon."

Her expression change from playful to a serious one.

"What do you mean?"

"Xsantal is the real culprit for Antonne Kierulf's death. She just played with your mind so you would think that you killed him."