SALVATORE #1: Loving the Prostitute

CHAPTER 45

Hindi ako makaalis sa dalampasigan. I really like being in this place. Kahit konti nawala sa isip ko lahat. I feel like I'm not me. I feel like I have a perfect life.

Nangingiti ako sa tuwing iniisip ko na dito na ako titira. I never imagined living here. Pinangarap ko lang pero hindi ko inisip na matutupad iyon.

Umalis na kanina si Attorney Maske. Marami pa siyang gagawin kaya nauna nang umalis. Hindi ko pa nalilibot ang mansyon at ang buong isla. Obviously, this is already a private island.

I looked back and saw the mansion. It's big. Really big. Hindi talaga matatawag na mansion kapag hindi malaki.

"Enjoying?" I heard Ezekiel's voice. I didn't look beside me where he is. I'm enjoying the view.

I nodded and didn't ask for more. Ito ang gusto ko sa kanya. He observed if he wants to know the answer of the questions in his mind instead to asking. He's so observant. I wonder if he ever loved someone.

"I love it here," may malawak na ngiti sa mukha ko.

Walang pakialam akong humiga sa buhangin. Wala akong pakialam kung dumikit ang buhangin sa katawan ko. All I want is to lie down here.

"I see."

There's still questions in my mind. How did he know me? Has he investigated me? I couldn't think of any other ways for him to know me.

"What am I?" I suddenly asked.

"An American-Russian." I was shocked. Gano'n niya ako kakilala? How much he knew about me?

I couldn't move again. As a matter of fact, he really knows how to manipulate things. That's how I see him.

Mapakla akong napangisi. He knows me that much, huh.

"How did I kill the devil?"

Napatigil siya roon. Nakaupo siya sa tabi ko at nakahiga ako. Kailangan niyang magbaba ng tingin para mapantayan ang akin.

"How would I know? I'm not there when you killed the you-so-called-devil," supladong sagot niya.

Alam talaga niya lahat. I can't see any disgust in his eyes and any other expressions. I don't know what are his thoughts about me. But who cares?

"Malay ko. It seems you knew all."

"I do but not at all." He rolled his eyes. Oh, is he gay?

"Exactly, so anyone won't know how I kill you."

Mabilis siyang tumingin sa akin. Hindi makapaniwala ang mukha. What? I can do that.

"No. Everyone will know because I'll leave evidences."

"I'll clean them up."

"Oh, fuck you," he spat at me.

"I'm not in the mood."

Tumingin siya sa akin na parang ubos na ang pasensya. Ganito rin ang nakikita kong reaksyon ni Luca sa tuwing salita ako nang salita.

"I see. That's why Luca is whipped." Tumango-tango siya.

"I know because I'm gorgeous."

Umiling-iling siyang may ngisi sa mga labi. I never seen him smiling. Ngisi lang ang nakita kong ibang ekspresyon niya.

"Let's get inside. We haven't eat our lunch yet."

I followed him and we get inside the mansion. Wala akong oras tumingin-tingin dito kanina dahil sa dalampasigan ako dumiretso.

Doon lang ako nagkaroon ng oras libutin ang buong mansyon pagkatapos naming kumain. There are stocks in the fridge and he cooked.

Sabi niya may mga care takers daw dito kaya napanatiling malinis ang mansyon. When I asked him where are they, of course he doesn't know it too. Malay ko ba, para kasing pati ito pinlano niya.