Rewriting Fate (Good Girls Series #5)

Chapter 51: Hearing

Trigger Warning: Murder, death threats, self-harm

"Hayop ka, Eycee!" I breathed deeply when Tita Xyle ran to attack Tita Eycee. "Hayop ka, walang hiya!" the police officers immediately stopped her samantalang kami ni Mom ay walang imik na naonood.

"Bakit ka may baril, Eycee?" Tita Marra asked gently. "Bakit ka inaresto? Ano ba talagang nangyari?" she asked, she's kneeling in front of Tita Eycee.

"Tamarra! Sa kanya ka pa rin kumakampi?!" Tita Xyle shouted,

"Xyreil Anne, immature ka pa rin?" balik na tanong ni Tita Marra. "Wala akong kinakampihan, I want to know her side."

"My son... surrendered the evidence to the police," My eyes widened.

Si Aizren?!

Why? What happened? Bakit niya sinumbong? Bakit niya isinangkalan ang ina niya? At bakit siya humihingi ng tulong sa akin? Didn't I tell him na hawak ko ang kaso ni Matthew?

"So ikaw nga? Tangina naman, Eycee, oh!" Tita Xyle exclaimed. "Pangit mong ka-bonding! Bakit ka pumapatay ng kapatid ng tropa?!" Tita Xyle wiped off her tears aggressively.

"Can you shut the fuck off, Xyle?!" Tita Eycee shouted. "You're not helping!"

"Eh paano kita tutulungan? Pinatay mo kapatid ko, tanga ka ba?!"

Geez!

Nagkatinginan kami ni Mom, she's smiling a bit na mas nagmukhang ngisi. Ako naman ay nagtataka sa kanya.

"Bakit ka nga may baril?" Tanong ni Tita Shanty na nakatayo roon sa isang sulok. As expected from the four of them, talagang magkakasama pa sila rito.

"Matthew gave that to me," She answered.

"What? Saan niya kinuha?! 'Yon ba ang ginamit mo para patayin si Matthew?" napatingin ako kay Mom, wala na ang ngiti niya ngayon. Puno na ng lungkot ang mga mata niya kaya naawa na ako.

"What if I say yes?" she asked,

"Edi tangina mo!" Tita Xyle shouted,

"And if no?"

"Tangina mo pa rin!"

"Eycee, pinaglololoko mo ba kami?" Tita Shanty asked, naiinis na talaga. "Sabihin mo na kung ikaw ba ang bumaril kay Matthew o hindi bago ka pa sampahan ng kaso ni Xyle at mapunta 'to sa korte."

"Why? If I say that I am innocent, will you believe me?" Tita Eycee asked, "No, right? So let justice prove what it has to prove."

"Oh, sige! Gagawin ko ang lahat para makulong ka!" Tita Xyle shouted, "Wala akong pake kung kaibigan kita! Basta pinagsisisihan kong nag-alaga ako ng ahas sa bakuran ko! Sana hindi ka na lang binalikan ni Treijan noon!"

"Xyle," saway ni Tita Shanty. Tita Xyle glared at Tita Eycee. Napahinga naman ako nang malalim at tiningnan ang ebidensya na nakuha sa kanya.

A letter...

"Mom, is this his handwriting?" I asked, showing her the letter that was sealed with plastic. Mom read it and nodded. I nodded as well.

Eycee,

I don't really want to do this, I don't really want you to stain your own hands, and most of all, I don't want to leave my dear Shanel. I wanted to live, I wanted to have a normal life. But I cannot do this anymore.

I received so many death threats from an unknown person. At first I thought it was Zabrynna Park but no. She's harmless, she cannot do this all. Because in the first place, Zabrynna has nothing to do with our family. If there is someone who will receive her revenge, that will be Brent and Marra. But no... this is getting too far. It isn't her, and I know that.