#1:That Heartless Woman (Y.JW)

THW 27

Sunghoon's Pov

Pag-alis ng katawan ng dalawa nakita namin ang mga stolen pictures ni Astrid.Thankfully Astrid is not here hindi muna namin sya pinasama.It's bad for a woman's health na makakita ng mga ganitong pangyayari.Hindi ko naman nilalahat but I knew Astrid.

Pati loob ng uniform ng mga victims puro stolen pictures ni Astrid ang nakalagay.

Agad kong pinuntahan si Astrid sa clinic dahil pinuntahan niya si Rebecca pero si Heeseung na ang pasyenteng nakahiga doon na kasama nila Won.

"Heeseung!Anong nangyari sayo?"Puro pasa ang braso't binti niya nakakaawa syang tignan.

"Astrid and I saw him beating by someon---"

"Well I guess he deserves it naman."

"Astrid!"paninita ko to her.

She rolled her eyes bago ako lagpasan ng may kasamang pagbunggo saaking braso.

"Saan ka pupunta?"tanong ko but she just continue to walk away not even giving me a short glance.

"Astrid!"I was about to follow her but Jungwon stopped me by blocking my chest with his hand.

"Ako na.Pasensya ka na Heeseung ah alam mo naman si Astrid...may sungay yan na lumalaki shh kalang."Heeseung giggled but immediately cut off when his chest hurt.

"Ay sorry!Sige habulin ko muna yung isa."

"Astri--"

"Jungwon"

"Hm?"

"Please always watch her.Wag kang hihiwalay sakaniya."

"Noted"I path his back before he run while calling Astrid.

I turn my gaze to Heeseung na nanghihina at pumipikit-pikit ang mga mata.

"What happened to you?"

"I thought I can finally catch that f*cking man but I'm still thankful to Astrid.She's the one who saw us first kung hindi...saakin mapupunta ang sisi sa pagkamatay ng dalawa...that was his plan kaya niya sinabing he wanted to meet me para umamin at sumuko sa mga kasalanan niya."my eyes furrowed and sit beside his bed listening to his explanations about what happened to him.

"You didn't even think a question like why you instead of polices?"he looked away from me before carefully taking a deep breath.

"He said that I am the only person he can approach to and kilala ko daw sya."he takes another deep breath while shooking his head.

"Out of curiosity that I might even know him...I went to the rooftop,I opened the door and a bat landed on my head that cause of my unconsciousness,he abducted me,I accidentally woke up when I felt that he's pulling me somewhere and I tried to escape hindi niya na ako madala sa sobrang pagpipipiglas ko.He even tried to kill me by hitting me ng sunod-sunod and I got this."then he gaze on his body full of wounds.

"Curiousity killed a cat.Sa susunod wag kang basta-basta kikilos lalo na delikado yung taong yon.Hindi mo ba nakita yung mukha niya?"yumuko while butting his lower lip then closed his eyes while shooking his head.

"No,I-i didn't...I'm sorry."

"It's okay let's just be more careful from now on atleast you're still alive."

"But don't be thankful... he's still around."

Jungwon's Pov

"Astrid!Can you just please listen to us first?It's also for you!Aren't you terrified about what happened to those women?"while I was pleading with her to stop walking or leaving without someone beside her patuloy pa rin sya sa mabilis niyang paglalakad habang nakakaramdam na ako ng pagod sa likuran.

"The hell I care to them Jungwon?So what if it happened to them?Hindi mo ba nakita?it's their fault anyway."my eyes narrowed and pull her hands dahil sa inis ko nang marinig ang mga salitang hindi maganda pakinggan.Kung makapagsalita siya parang wala siyang pakiramdam,parang wala siyang puso.

"Naririnig mo ba yang lumalabas sa bibig mo?Alalahanin mong hindi ka lalaki!What if it happens to you?"she just stared at me ng ilang segundo bago niya bawiin sakin ang kamay niyang hawak ko ng mahigpit.Inilapiy niya saakin ng kaunti ang kaniyang mukha before she raise her left eyebrows a bit.

"WHAT IF,Jungwon."muli siyang naglakad papunta sa pinangyarihan ng krimen kanina at may nakapalibot nang kordon na Crime Scene-Do Not Cross ang nakalagay.

"Come on,Astrid bakit ba nagfefeeling matapang ka?I'm just worried about you!"bago pa man mahawakan ang kordon ay napahinto ito at bahagyang napatingin saakin.

"I-i mean w-we're just worried about you especially your brother Sunghoon!"

"Oh really?may pakialam pa pala siya saakin?funny to hear Mr.Yang ha"tuluyan syang pumasok sa loob ng kordon habang nakahawak sakaniyang baba.

"What do think you're doing? Don't tell me mangingialam ka din sa kaso Astrid?"

"I'm not"

"Hali ka na!bawal tayo dito!"

"Sandali nga!"

"Astrid!Dali na!Hali kana!"pangungulit ko habang nalapit sa kordon.

"If you can't wait,can you just please leave me alone?"umirap pa ito saakin bago ilibot ang tingin sa pinangyarihan ng krimen.

"Ano bang hinahanap mo dyan?"tanong ko

"Pwede bang imute mo ang pagiging istorbo mo just for a while?"ay wow ha grabe!kala mo di ako pinaghahawakan kanina.

I was about to lean but I forgot na ang kordon ay gawa sa plastik and because of that I lost balance dahilan upang mapadapa ako sa damuhan.

"The hell are you doing Jungwon?Ilang isda ang nahuli mo?"

Pagtayo ko ay may naramdaman akong dumikit saaking palad and it looks like a picture of someone na nalaglag dito't nakalimutan.

But then unti-unti kong nakita kung sino ang nasa litratong hawak ko kapansin-pansin rin dito ang tuyong dugo na pakuwari ko'y galing sa mga biktima kanina.

This are stolen pictures of Astrid captured from outside of their house.

"Jungwon,stand up."

"You okay?"

"Hey?"I immediately hide the the picture in my uniform's pocket and turn to face her then smile.

"Yeah ofcourse!Tara na!"agad ko siyang hinatak paalis sa lugar na 'yon.Maybe Astrid is not safe anymore or maybe she's the obsessed man's next target.

"Oh Jungwon"someone spoke behind us habang nakapalikod ang mga kamay nito.

"Jake?saan ka galing?"

"Nothing,just finding a peaceful spot but I'm going with you already so let's go?"

"Yeah HAHA let's go"napakamot nalang ako ng batok and just letting him na mauna sa amin.

I also need to protect Astrid even if I have a problem...

"Spacing out huh?Ganon naba talaga ako kaganda?"

"Kilabutan ka nga!Mauna ka na don."pinauna ko syang maglakad habang nasa likod ako.I will make sure to help Sunghoon to protect her.