My Boss is the Nerd I Rejected

30: Farewell

I dialed Dad's phone para mainform na narito na 'ko.

Dalawang floor lang ang law firm nila pero malawak. Hindi ko alam kung nasaan ang office niya rito. Basta ang alam ko, iba na ang office niya kaysa sa dati.

Hindi sumagot si Dad. His phone is off.

Bukas naman ang pintuan ng law firm kaya pumasok na 'ko. Wala ni isang clerk doon. Sabado nga kasi kaya walang pasok.

"Where Dad's office could be?" Bulong ko.

Unang pinto na nakita ko, Atty. Lorenzo Abad ang nakalagay. I guess hindi naman pala ako mahihirapang maghanap dahil may pangalan pala. Ngayon lang ako nakapunta sa mismong law firm kung saan nagsimula si Daddy.

I heard a glass shattered. Pagkatapos noon ay may  narinig din ako lalaking sumusigaw. It was distant so I can't tell who's voice is that.

So, Dad is not alone here? May pumasok din na ibang attorney.

This time I heard a gun shot. Nanlaki ang mata ko at agad na kinakabahan.

"Dad!" Tumakbo ako at binilisan ang paghahanap sa opisina niya.

"What the hell was that..." I whispered.

Nagpatuloy ako sa paghahanap. At nang makita ko ang pangalan ni Daddy sa isang pinto, agad akong lumakad papunta roon. And while I was walking towards it, again, I heard a gunshot. And when I opened the door, I saw my Dad, lying on his own blood. Nabitawan ko 'yung attachè case na hawak ko dahil nakita.

And what shocks me the most was the guy standing next to my Dad's bloody image. The... Man I love the most. The man I thought has the highest respect to my Dad.

Kio.

He's holding a gun.

Nakababa ang dalawang kamay niya na may na  hawak baril.

"W-what the... Dad! " I immediately come to my Dad. He's not breathing anymore.

"Ran," he called. He put his gun on the table.

"W-what is this..." I cried while looking at my Dad's dead body. I felt Kio walking towards us. "Don't come any further, Kio! I'm w-warning you."

"I-it's not what you think it is. Let me explain," then he stepped again.

"No! I said, don't come any further, Kio!" Then I looked at my Dad again. Is this really real? "What did you do?! Did... Did you killed my Dad?" I shouted at Kio as my tears started to fall hard.

"No... Let me explain, please," he kneeled too. Nababa ang tingin ko sa damit niya. There's a blood stain on it. Dad's blood probably.

"Fucking tell me what happened, Kio! Kun'di tatawag ako ng mga pulis!"

Umiling siya. "That would make the situation wors—"

"You just don't want to get caught!"

"Fuck, Ran. Let me explain first!"

I flinched when he shouted.

"I didn't kill your Dad! You know I can't do that! This is a set-up!"

Umiling ako. "I don't understand... I don't understand you. You were holding a gun. Dad is lying on the floor... With his blood..." I sobbed.