Wild Hot Addiction

Chapter 6

I'm currently watching her sleep. Kahit sa pagtulog nito ay naluha parin ito. Tinanggal na nya ang mga tali nito matapos nya itong sipingan kanina. Akala nya ay bigla itong magwawala  tinanggal nya ang tali nito ngunit nagulat sya ng yakapin lamang nito ang sarili at agad na nakatulog habang naiyak.

"A-andrew", pigik na ungol nito. Naikuyom ko naman ang aking mga palad. Shit that Andrew Calvin, fuck him. Pero mabilis na napawi ang inis nya ng maalala ang ginawa nya kanina.

Napangisi sya at naitakip nya ang kaliwa nyang palad sa mukha nya. He fcking raped her, what's his difference to those pigs he annihilated. Nahampas nya ang side table sa tabi nya.

All my life, all I know is, this. I woke up to the reality that the world is a cruel place. My Dad always needs to look behind him, unable to move on. Then when I was 8 years old my mother was murdered and raped by the people my father is doing business with.

That night my Dad was on a business trip in Malta and I was left alone with my Mom. The guards were killed and he made me watch inside the closet as that fcker raped my Mom. And as soon as he shot my Mom on the head something snapped at me. I grabbed the Winchester 1912, it's something that I always see my Dad cleaning. He taught me how to shoot it.

And that night I emptied all the 20 gauge bullet I could find. Five, that's the number of men I killed. And the guy who assaulted my Mom was unrecognizable. Apparently, I shot him 30 times at point-blank range. I didn't remember doing it.

That was the day my Dad decided to leave the underground. At sa wakas nga ay matatapos na ang lahat. Sabi nya sakin ang goal nya daw bago sya mamatay ay ang maibigay sakin ang isang malinis na negosyo. This should have been done easily. My Dad can just easily pull out.

But an accident happened 10 years ago. Naputol ang pag-iisip ko nang gumalaw sa kama si Andrea.

Matiim nyang pinanonood ang babae ng may kumatok sa silid na kinaroroonan nila. Binuksan nya ang pinto at bumungad sakanya si Markus isa sa mga pinagkakatiwalaan nyang tauhan at ang tinuturing nyang kapatid. Sumilip ito sa silid at napangiwi sa nakitang kalagayan ni Andrea. I can't blame him, she is a mess.

"What is it?", tanong ko sakanya. Pinapasok ko sya sa kwarto at isinara ang pinto.

"It's your father", wika nito habang nalapit papunta sa kama. Tumigil ito sa tapat niyon at matiim nyang tinitigan si Andrea.

"What about him?", pinanood ko ang bawat kilos ni Markus, I know how much Markus hates to hurt woman, para sakanya kasi di dapat sinasasaktan ang mga babae. It's ironic especially for a mercenary like him but he really just can't kill a woman or a child. He may kill hundreds of men but he still has this soft heart hidden beneath his dark facade.

"You bruised her", pabulong lamang nya iyon sinabi ngunit umabot iyon sa pandinig ko. Kaya naman agad akong lumapit sa kama at sinuri si Andrea and there is a really big bruise in her arms. Nag-uube na iyon.

"Get me an ice Markus please", narinig ko syang lumapit sa mini ref sa kwarto at agad nyang inabot sakin and isang ice pack.

"I didn't mean to bruise her", pagpapaliwanag ko, I know that I don't need to explain to him but I feel like explaining myself.

She must have gotten it when she tried to run away. Napabuntong hininga naman ako. What the hell am I expecting, of course, she'll bruise, I fcking assaulted her.

"You must be hard on her", pagbabalewala nito sa paliwanag ko. Di na ko sumagot because I know that I was really hard on her. We are both silent for about a minute before he speaks again.