Until Our Paths Cross Again [COMPLETED]

Chapter 40

                    KOURTNEY POV;

             MINULAT ko ang mga mata ko ang I saw my room ceiling. Naupo ako sa bed ko at napahawak sa ulo ko. Sumakit ulo ko, and pano ako nakauwi kagabi? Naalala ko pa kung pano ako tumakas at pumunta sa bar. And after 3 beer, hindi ko na alam ang sunod kong ginawa.

Tumayo na ako at dumiretso sa banyo at naligo. Habang naliligo ako, I force myself to remember everything that happened last night pero wala talaga. After ko maligo, I wore a short and oversize. Tsaka bumaba ang I saw nanang Estella in the kitchen.

“Ah Nanang Estella paki gawan naman po ako ng porridge” sweet na sabi ko. Gusto ko kasi talaga pag may hangover ako lugaw ang kinakain ko.

“Sige iha,”

“Yayy! Pakitawag nalang po ako. Btw, nasan po sila mom?” tanong ko.

“yung mga kuya Aiden at kuya Clarence mo nagtrabaho, tapos yung dalawa naman may mga lakad daw, at yung mommy mo nag trabaho din” sabi ni Nanang.

“Trabaho? Eh sunday ngayon. Sige po” yan nalang sinabi ko.

Nanood lang ako ng tv sa kwarto ko. After a while of staying in my room Nanang suddenly shouted my name so I rushed down stair and I saw porridge on the table kaya naglakad ako palapit doon.

“Kourtney, mamamalengke lang ako. Ikaw lang muna ang nandito,” tugon ni Nanang.

“Sige po, ingat po kayo” I said.

Saka kumain na ng lugaw. Sh*t the best talaga ang lugaw na gawa ni nanang Estella. After a couple of minutes ay natapos narin ako. Tumayo ako at naglakad malapit sa pintuan ng basement when suddenly I heard a baby cry. What the heck?

I froze on where I standing, when it gets louder. I immediately called mom, and thanks god she picked it up.

“Hello anak?” pagsagot nya.

“Mom, I thinks something is on our basement” I said.

“What?”

“I mean, there's a baby crying in the basement”

“Honey please don't go down there”

“What? Why not mom?”

“Baka mapahamak ka,” tugon nya.

“Mom, there's a baby I can hear it”I shouted. Arghhh! I can't take this anymore.

“Honey, ignore it until I get home” she said.

“What?! How am I supposed to do that?!”

“Basta wag kang bababa sa basement habang wala pa ako” maawtoridad na sabi nya.

“Mom why are you not grasping the situation here?! There's a random baby crying in our basement”

“I know as you said, just go to your room 'till I get home”

“But mom...”

Naputol ang sasabihin ko ng biglang tumigil ang pagiyak.

“Anak? Anak! Kourtney are you still there?!” mom shouted sa kabilang linya.

“Hold on mom, I think its stopped, I don't hear anything. The crying just stop suddenly” I said.

“What? Where are you? And how the crying stopped?”

“I dunno, I'm putting my ears up to the basement door”

Pinakinggan ko nga pero wala na talaga yung ingay. Bakit kaya? Out of curiosity I opened the basement door and walked slowly.

“Anak nasan ka?” mom asked.

“Pababa ako ng—” naputol ang sasabihin ko and my legs began to shake. When I saw a blanket cover by blood. “What the fvck is this!? There's a bloody blanket on the stair mom”

So yun nga natakot na ako kaya bumalik na ako sa taas at sinarado ang basement door. Bakit ganun? Why there's a blanket full of blood down there?!

“Your so stubborn Kourtney! We'll talk when I get home! Pano kung napahamak ka sa baba?!”

“Mom! Why are you so elusive?!” I said and then I hang up.

I seat at the couch while waiting for mom. Gosh! Im so scared at isa pa ako lang ang nandito. 8 minutes ago I heard a car door slam, so I called mom.

“Thanks god your here” sabi ko pa when she pick up.

“Huh? We still about 20 minutes away,”

She said that made my soul left my body. What the h**k?!

“D-Didn't you just pull in the drive way?”

“no, why would you think that?”

“I heard a car door slam about five minutes ago, before calling you”

“anak, just hide to you room please” mom said.

And with that I freak out. I immediately run up stair but  a 3 mask guy showed up using our back door. Tatakbo pa sana ako papunta sa may kwarto ko pero hinala ng dalawa sakanila ang kamay ko ang they drag me down atsaka ako binitawa sa baba kaya napaupo ako sa sahig.

“Ano bang kailangan nyo?!!!” galit na sigaw ko sakanila.

They tried to touch me again by pulling my arm but I pulled it away. And glared at them.

“Just tell me what you guys want!!?” I shouted again.

“Ikaw” saad ng isa sakanila.

“M-Me?” gulat na tanong ko.

“Oo ikaw”

“S-Sino nag utos sainyo? Sabihin nyo sino?? Kailangan nyo ng pera? Ibibigay ko kahit ilan basta wag nyo lang akong saktan kuya” umiiyak ng sabi ko.

Out of nowhere, someone cover my nose and mouth with a very bad smell handkerchief. That made me feel dizzy. The last thing I heard before losing consciousness was....

“Bring her,” with a familiar voice.

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