Destrás de Las Cámara: Mi Vida Desordenada

9

When we arrived at the airport, we immediately went out of the building. Pagakalabas namin ay nandoon na ang kotse na gagamitin naming dalawa ng pinsan ko and a van for our men and the three captives. I don't want to be in the same vehicle as them. 

"I'll drive."

"What? Let me drive."

"No, 'di pa gumagaling sugat mo. Ako na."

"Nandito ang sugat ko, wala sa kamay at paa," tinuro ko nasaan ang sugat ko. Inirapan niya lang ako at dumiretso na sa driver's seat. Ang sama. Wala na akong nagawa at napabuntong hininga na lang bago sumakay sa passenger's seat. "Where will we be going?" 

"House."

'Di na siya sumagot at binuhay na lang ang makina ng kotse. She signaled the driver of the van to follow her before she started to drive. 

Issa.

She's occupying my mind again. Is she real? If she is, will I ever meet her? If I do, what will I say? That she's constantly in my dreams, we're lovers and its making me feel butterflies? That's absurd. She will definitely smack the shit out of me if I say something like that and I don't want her to have that impression on me. I want to get to know her, if she's real, and be friends. Who knows? We might click. 

"Shyrvielle!"

"What?" 

"You were spacing out, thought you were dead."

"Fuck off."

"Just fix yourself, malapit na tayo," napaayos naman ako ng upo sa sinabi niya. I looked outside and watched the scenery we were passing by. Its relaxing. The view, the sound of the cars, the crowd. I don't know but noisy and crowded places gives me peace. Nanatili lang akong nakatingin sa mga dinadaanan namin hanggang sa naramdaman kong tumigil ang sasakyan. 

"We're here."

I didn't answer her and stepped out of the car, "You mad?"

"Nope, tired," I answered honestly. Pagod talaga ako, I just wanna go back to L.A., to my bed and watch nonsense video and waste my time instead of doing important things like writing songs and stuff. We waited for the Ivanovs before going inside. Nang makalabas sila ng van, agad namang nabaling ang tingin nilang tatlo sa'kin. Masasamang tingin. 

"What? Not my fault you three are stupid," I rolled my eyes and signaled the men that were holding them to go inside. Pagkapasok nila ay saka kami pumasok ni Laura. 

I looked around the house. From the outside, its a normal looking house and when you open the door, its like a cozy home with a happy family living inside these four walls, but no. Underneath this house is a nightmare, not like my sister's place but bad enough to scare the wits out of someone. 

"Lady Winter," bati sa'kin ni Xavier, isa sa mga tauhan ko. Nakita ko naman si Emilia na naglalakad papunta samin, "Hi, Shy," bati nito sa'kin, isa rin siya sa mga tauhan. Her and Xavier are married. Well, it was a fake marriage, to protect this house because this house is connected to a warehouse. A huge warehouse where you could fit two planes. A well-protected, two-story warehouse, if that's even a thing. 

"Take these three and make sure they won't see anything on the way."

"Where?" tanong  ni Emilia. "Under."

"Understood," si Xavier naman ang sumagot. "Can you do it alone, Xav?" 

"Of course, these guys will help me anyway. Why? Are you tired?"

"Yup, a bit."

"Alright, go rest. I'll take care of this," Xavier told them to follow him. Hindi makapagsalita yung tatlong dahil may nakalagay sa bibig nila pero nakikita ko yung takot at galit sa mga mata nila na nakatingin sa akin bago sila inilayo ng mga tauhan ko. Lumingon naman si Xavier sa amin at nakita kong kumaway si Emilia na ikinangiti ni Xavier. May something ba 'tong dalawang 'to?