The Billionaire's Ex-Lover (Completed)

Chapter 27: Escape

As I grow old, I realized that our family's life was never been easy, we never bond even a bit, we aren't happy with our father, and mostly, he never treated us as his real daughters and sons. He was just keeping us because he has his own plan. He kept us and held us on his hands like a thing that he has to play.

When my brothers and sisters were still a kid, I thought our adopted father was just busy of working for us to eat but he always come home drunken. He would get angry, he can punch or slap any of us, he can kick our asses out or he would shout on us.

No matter what he'd did to us, we still stayed beside him as we obliged him, we keep on understanding him, we cry and we seldom smile. One time, we went from school and we expected that we could cook to eat foods in the evening but we found nothing on the kitchen and on the dining table, there was no available rice, there were no breads or any foods to eat so we did our assignment first to atleast wait for our father but there's no father went home to bring us food, we just let it slip until we slept.

Sometimes, we have to mump on the streets just to buy us foods to eat, there are kind people and there were not, even someone called us disgusting or bad mouthed us...but we don't care even if it hurts us.

We understood our father, we love him and we respected him when we were kids but as we grow up...our hearts' first broke was by our father.

"What now, dear? Hindi mo siya kayang patayin?" A whisper from a devil made me shiver. I closed my eyes tightly as I was focussing on the target infront of me. Antonio laughed evilly.

My heart beat quickened while staring at Cohen, his hands were tied up and even his feet, he was topless and I can see blood flowing from his face. His eyes were looking at me with a pity look. Like he's the one whose sad for me. "C-Cohen..." I muttered.

His lips lifted to the other side and muttered 'I'm okay'.

Silly, ikaw nga itong nasaktan, ikaw itong nasuntok ng marami, ikaw itong tinutukan ng baril tapos ikaw pa itong naaawa sa akin. Ikaw nga itong kaawa-awa eh.

"I'll remind you, you only have a ten minutes to do what was asked you to do, Cean. I'm telling you that this is for you, yeah? You loathe the man who raped you, right?" I nodded while still looking at the man whose tired from being bitten. "Good, then kill him."

I loathe all the rapists. But when I learned everything... I felt range and it hurts. All this time, he's the father of Angelique Bethany that I loathe.

I pointed the gun at him, aiming his chest part. I observed that he lowered his head, he wasn't saying something that it hurts me more. What to do?

I put the gun down, and puffed a breathe. "I can't." I whispered. Antonio gasped at that.

I met Cohen's gaze and his lips form into a thin line. I shook my head at him, telling that I can't but he just smiled at me, but I can sense it's fake.

"Hindi mo kaya?" Umiling ako sa tanong ni Antonio, nanatiling nakatingin sa harapan ko. "Hindi kaya huh? Hoy! Ikaw, kunin mo ang cellphone ko doon sa mesa..." Utos niya sa isang tauhan niya na agad sinunod ng huli. "Tingnan natin kung sino ang mas mahal mo..."

Nagulantang ako sa sinabi niya at gulat na napatingin sa screen sa gilid.

"This..." The screen flashed a video where in the family of Aling Thelma was also tied up and they're mouth was also covered with tape.

I fisted my hands and Antonio is Antonio whose good at acting, his eyes widen in shock which was just an act, staring at my fisted hands.

"And this?" He showed me a video where in Alfrea was also also tied up on her seat, she's crying loudly and a gun was pointed on her stomach, murmuring not to pluck the gun.

No, she's pregnant... I looked down, trying to calm myself but I almost found myself crying. I take a deep breathe.

"Ano na?" He suddenly asked.

"Hayop ka!" Malakas na tili ko. "Hayop ka!"

"Oh, yes, dear... You want more, I'm sure this will be the very exciting video?" The screen then again flashed and another video, bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko nang makarinig ng matinis na boses. My eyes widen and my mouth parted.

"Mommy! Help us please, monsters caught us and they kept us inside a scary place... Mommy, please, help us!"

Beside her was her mama-la whose tied up on her chair and her mouth was covered with tape, and she's tearing up. My daughter is also crying and I can sense that she's scared.

"A-anak..." I muttered, tears escaped from my eyes. "Oh my God..." Galit akong napabaling kay Antonio at itinutok sakanya ang baril. "Hayop ka! Tinuring ka naming parang tunay na ama! Hindi ka namin sinasaktan o pinapabayaan noon kagaya ng lagi mong ginagawa sa amin ng mga kapatid ko, wala kang utang na loob!"

"Oh?" Napahawak siya sa gilid ng mata niya, sumisinghot na parang may pinupunasang luha doon ngunit wala namang luha! Napahawak pa siya sa dibdib niya at nagmamaarting parang nasasaktan. "I'm so touched, my dear."

"Papatayin kita!" Sigaw ko pero bago ko manlang makalbit ang baril ay madaming baril ang nakatutok sa akin.

"Cailliegh!" Mariing sigaw ni Cohen pero hindi ko soya nilingon. "Huwag niyo siyang saktan!" Sigaw pa niya.

"Oww, huwag saktan? Eh ikaw nga itong nanakit sakanya noong nakaraang walang taon diba?"

"F*ck you! Huwag niyo siyang idamay at ang taong mahalaga sakanya, ako nalang... Patayin mo nalang ako para tapos na ito..."

"Bullshit!" Sigaw ko at nilingon si Cohen. "Huwag na huwag mong sasabihin iyan dahil mahalaga ka rin sa akin! Mahal mo si Angel diba?"

He nodded.

Tumango ako saka ngumiti. "Good. Ayokong mawalan ng ama ang anak ko."

"Ayoko ring mawalan ng nanay ang anak ko!" Sigaw niya. Hindi ko na siya pinansin at hinarap si Antonio.

"Anong kailangan kong gawin, please? Lahat gagawin ko para sakanila, parang-awa mo na!" Desperada na kung desperada pero lahat sila ay importante sa akin.

"Lahat?" Tanong niya, may mapaglarong ngisi sa labi niya.

"Oo, lahat, please?"

"Kung sabihin ko bang luluhod ka ay gagawin mo?"

"Cailliegh!" Mariing sigaw ni Cohen kaya pumikit ako at maya-maya'y nanghihina akong napaluhod sa harapan niya.

"C-cutie P-pie..." Rinig kong ani ni Cohen na parang hindi ako sinasang-ayunang lumuhod.

"Magmakaawa ka!" Sigaw ni Antonio.

"No... Don't do that, please, Cailliegh please!" Pagmamakaawa naman ni Cohen pero ibahin niya ako. Lahat gagawin ko. Lahat, kahit ako iyong patayin.

"Please, please papa, gagawin ko lahat, para sakanila, kahit ako nalang..."

"F*ck it, Cailliegh, stand up!" Sigaw ni Cohen.

Nagpupuyos ako sa galit na nilingon siya. "Manahimik ka, pwede ba?"

He shook his head and his gray eyes reflect pain. "No..."

"Just please..." I blinked when tears started to fall.

"Aww, tama na iyang drama ninyo, hindi tayo nasa shooting o sa sinehan, ha?"

Tumawa ang mga tao doon except me and Cohen, of course, but then they kept quiet when a police's car suddenly rang. Antonio cursed and I cursed in my mind. Bakit hindi nalang patahimikin at bakit kailangan pang patunugin?

"Shit! Tatakas tayo!" Sigaw ni Antonio at akmang lalabas sa isang pintuan pero pumasok doon sina kuya Felipe, Jervin at Robert, even Dominique. They stared at me knowingly before glancing at our father whose shocked.