Love In A Cruel World

Chapter 39

Everything seems so perfect. The peacefulness of the party, the smiles on every person here, the music that made everyone feel loved and feel the love. Love is truly in the air.

But everything changed dahil sa malakas na ingay ng isang pagsabog sa labas ng ballroom followed by a strong sudden and violent movement of the building cause of the explosion.

"What was that?" gulat at takang tanong ko while looking around.

Natigilan ang lahat sa pagsayaw at maging ang tugtog sa buong hallway ay natigil din. Ilang segundo nagkatinginan ang mga tao sa loob ng ballroom kung nasaan kami habang pinapakiramdaman ang paligid.

Everyone is quiet not until a second bomb explode outside the ball room where we was. And in one blink, everyone started to panic. Madaming mga lamesa at upuan na natumba. Natapon din ang ilang pagkain at nabasag ang mga wine glass dahil sa kaguluhan sa paligid.

Everyone ran and rushed towards the huge ballroom door. Halos nagkakatulakan na sila at walang pakialam sa iba pang nasa paligid nila. Nahirapan ang lahat na tumakbo lalo na ang mga babaeng malalaki ang ballgown. Nagkakaapakan na ng gown at nagkakatulakan na sa buong paligid.

"What the hell is happening?" Timothy Blake whispered.

Nanatili kaming nakatayo sa gitna ng dance floor despite of everyone panicking around us. Timothy Blake tightened his grip on my waist because of the stomp. Nakatayo lang kami roon habang naguguluhang lumilingon sa paligid.

We heard a mic feedback followed by the emcee's voice. "Everyone, stay calm. Stay at your tables. Stay where you are and just stay calm." The emcee reminded kahit kitang kita na niya ang nagkakagulong crowd dito sa ballroom.

"How can we stay calm kung may bombang sumabog sa labas?!" A student shouted followed by the second motion of other students.

An idea comes to my mind. Fear immediately entered my facial expression. Tumingala ako kay Timothy Blake and I saw him looking at me already. "Is that them?" I asked and fear was still visible in my tone.

He hushed me and lightly caressed my back. "We still don't know yet. Just stay by my side," he said and pulled me closer to him.

Napatingin ako sa kaliwa ko when I saw one of the Relishes guard. Nakipagsiksikan siya sa mga estudyanteng nagpa-panic at lumapit sa amin. "Sir, confirmed. They are here," he whispered to Timothy Blake.

Agad namang kumunot ang noo ko kahit may ideya na ko kung sino 'yon. "Sinong 'they'? Who's here?" I interfered.

Timothy Blake looked at me and I can see mixed emotion through his eyes. "The Baltazars."

Hindi nawala ang takot at kaba sa mukha ko because of what he just confirmed. Hindi naman sa takot ako sa Baltazar, napabagsak ko naman na sila last noong nakaraan. The thing is, I'm not prepared para sumabak ulit sa gera.

"Get Mom and Dad, and Tita Angela too. We'll leave while we still can." I heard Timothy said to his guard. The guard just nodded and bowed before he left us.

"Timothy Blake, what's happening?" tanong ko.

By his guard's tone, para inaasahan nilang mangyayari 'to habang ako naman ay hindi. Naka-full security ang buong hotel. Paano nakapasok ang mga Baltazar?

"Alam kong hindi sila titigil and I know may gagawin sila. So we prepared for this. My mens are prepared as well as Hacker's. Pero hindi kita sinabihan because I don't want you to worry," he answered while looking around us.

"Well, guess what? I'm not armed!" I retorted.

"I am," he said before he firmly held my waist and dragged me towards our table even though we had a hard time crossing some students rushing towards the door.