A Bucket Of Your Heart

Chapter 3

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All the materials that I needed for tonight's plan are ready. I placed the chair beside the window and sat there. The rope, taser and duck tape beside me. 

In contrast to yesterday, I turned off the lights. The room is dead silent and the only sound that I hear is the ticking of the clock. It's 10pm.

The eeriness of the place encourages my eyelids to fall down. I constantly reminded myself to not sleep in case that thief comes back again. He won't get away this time.

When the gate made a sound, I stayed alert. I'm sure he's here. I got the taser.

I can hear him climbing up. He slowly opened the windows and went inside. The faint light inside made me see his shadows.

From the moment he took a close step and examined my bed, my inner flash power came out. When I blinked, he's already on the floor.

When I tased him, when his body reacted to the electricity and when his body fell down. All of those seemed to play in slow motion in my brain.

He's not dead yet, is he?

I got down on my knees and placed my cheeks just above his mouth. Thank God he's still breathing.

It took me 10 minutes to pull his body to the chair and tie him there. The lamp is placed in between us while I sit in a wooden chair in front of him.

He's wearing a red plain hoodie and khaki shorts.

The fact that he's too thin makes me wonder if he eats or not. Malnourished thief.

I can't remember when and how I slept but I woke up at 3 am and he's still fast asleep. My eyes wandered outside the windows. The moon is still up and it instantly attracted me. 

A scream disturbed me from my reverie. 

Guess he's awake. His eyes were wide open. He tried to get out of the rope but couldn't. 

"Be quiet or else sa kulungan ang punta mo," I advised himㅡ more like threatened, taking off the duck tape covering his mouth.

"Anong gagawin mo sa 'kin?" he asked with trembling voice. 

I rolled my eyes. 

"Wow. Ikaw dapat ang tatanungin ko niyan. Ba't ka bumalik? Hindi pa ba sapat yung ninakaw mo kahapon?" 

"Ang alin?" he said, trying to deny my claim.

"Whatever. There's no use talking to an idiot like you." I sighed and went to get the taser. 

He was terrified the moment he saw what I was holding. 

I showed it to him and signaled him to be quiet. I can't help but to smirk because I got him in the palm of my hands. 

"Oras na para isauli mo yung mga ninakaw mo or else," I waved the taser at him. 

"Oo na. Sa totoo lang bumalik talaga ako para isauli iyong mga kinuha ko kahapon," he confessed... or lied. You'll never know.

I raised my brow. I don't really trust this guy. 

"Nasaan na?" I impatiently asked. 

These thieves act like wealthy people just sit around and get money instantly when the truth is, they worked their butt off to get where they are right now. 

He pointed at his shorts with his lips, "Nasa bulsa ko." 

"Kunin mo," I ordered him. 

"Pasensya na po ha. Nakatali po kasi ako," he said sarcastically. 

"Okay then," I said and reached for his pockets myself. 

"T-teka lang," he proclaimed while squirming. 

I smacked his shoulders so that he would stop being OA and continued grabbing for the jewelries. 

He cleared his throat. Probably uncomfortable from what I'm doing. 

"Ikaw ha," he teased. "May pagnanasa ka pala sa 'kin. Hindi dapat ito ang ginagawa ng isang binibini sa isang ginoo." 

I frowned and chose to ignore his gibberish. I don't want to listen to any of his nonsense. 

"Kailan mo 'ko pakakawalan?" he pouted. Ew. 

"Kapag namatay ka na," I plainly said. 

"Pwede na pala akong mamatay," he paused and went closer to me. "Dahil nakakamatay ang kagandahan mo."

I tried to shove the taser in front of his face and he nervously tried to go away from it. The scraping sound of the chair woke up my parents. I instantly placed the jewelries into the drawer and signaled the malnourished thief with a name known as Clyde to shut up. 

Their footsteps are heard from outside my bedroom.

Oh my God. What now?!