Keshia Myrette Raveah (Flora Vista Series #2)

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1

Markus

The whole club is so loud when I entered. I saw a lot of people dancing and some are quietly drinking.

Most of the people are young adults, I guess they are in the college stage.

Pinuntahan ko ang dj at nagrequest ng ibang kanta. Sinunod naman nya ako at yun agad ang plinay.

Sumaya tuloy ako bigla at excited na pumunta sa dance floor. Sinenyasan ko din ang isang waiter na bigyan ako ng inumin kaya umiinom ako habang sumasayaw.

"Whoo!!"

"Ang sakit beh..."

"Bro, what the fuck?"

"Magsaya hanggang mawala ang lungkot na nadarama!" 

That are just some random words that I heard from the crowd.

Mataas ang alcohol tolerance ko kaya hindi kaagad ako nalalasing sa tuwing umiinom ako. Dahil halos araw araw na aking umiiyak.

Send help for my liver nalang.

"Keshia, there's a business man in vip room that wants to have a deal with us. They want to talk to us." nagulat ako nang biglang sumulpot si Travis sa likod ko.

Travis is my ex, we both build this club when we were still together. Right now, he has his own family. Wife and children.

But don't get me wrong, we're okay because we end up on good terms. The only reason why we broke up is that I don't want to have some shit in my life anymore.

I'm detoxing.

"You know that we don't do advertising or shares---"

"It's Reid Griffin, the current CEO of Griffin Industry. And the cousin of the Princess of kingdom of Anemone." pagputol nya saakin kaya umawang ang bibig ko.

Bakit nandito ang prinsipe?!

Hindi ko sya sinagot pero nauna na akong pumunta dun sa Vip room.

"Hi." agad na bati saakin ng lalaki, kita ko kaagad ang mapilyong ngisi nya saakin kaya napa taas ako ng kilay.

Nagulat ako nang nakita kong madaming guards ang nakapaligid. 

Sumulpot naman sa likod ko si Travis. "Take a sit." seryosong sabi nya saamin, sinunod naman sya ni Travis at umupo sa harap nya habang ako ay nanatiling naka tayo at naka cross ang arms.

He was surprised to see my attitude but he didn't take it seriously.

Nakita kong may wine sa table nya kaya walang paalam kong kinuha yun at nilagyan ang baso ko.

Muli nanaman silang nagulat sa ginawa ko.

Pake ba nila? Club ko naman to, at hindi naman nila binili ang buong bottle.

Diretso kong ininom ang buong baso bago umupo sa tabi ni Travis.

"You see, I only have one favor for you---" 

"To take down the photos of your other cousin partying here last night? Well, we can't do anything about that because we're not the one who posted it." pagputol ko sa prinsipe, siniko naman ako ni Travis.

He's usually doing that to me every time that I say something not right.

Nagulat ang prinsipe na alam ko ang sasabihin nya, syempre alam ko ang mga nangyayari sa club ko no.

"That's actually not the reason why I'm here..." saglit syang natawa bago sumeryoso ang mukha.

May ginawa syang face reaction para kunin ng mga guards nya si Travis palabas ng Vip room. I was just stunned because of what happened but I didn't said anything.

"What's the reason why you're here then?" walang takot kong tanong

"I'm here to warn you that a big group of Mafia's is coming for you." seryoso nyang sagot at natawa lang ako.

Mafia doesn't exist in this country, who are they kidding.

"Here.." aniya at pinakita saakin ang mga pictures ng mga lalaking nag aayos ng mga baril habang may target photo na nakalagay sa board nila.

That's me...

"This is ridiculous, is that a photoshop?" muli akong natawa sa ipinakita nya.

My life is too boring for these things.

"Believe what you want to believe, but I already warned you. We can help you in this case but you have to trust us." aniya pero nanatiling blanko ang isip ko.

"What do they even want from me?" tanong ko

"We're still figuring out that now, we're a bit late to this case because we thought it was just nothing serious. But I must admit that we're wrong." wika nya

Wala akong ibang nasabi at ang tanging nagawa ko lang ay umalis sa kwartong iyon. Hindi ko pa kayang i-process ang mga sinabi nya.

Hindi ko kasi alam kung nagbibiro lang ba sila or nasiraan na ng bait.

But I know that a Prince wouldn't come here without a reason...

Lumabas ako sa likod ng club at nagsindi ng yosi. Kakarating ko pa lang kasi pero na stress na kaagad ako.

Ilalagay ko na sana sa bibig ko ang yosi pero biglang bumaliktad ang tyan ko at nasuka ako.

Pumunta ako sa gilid at diniretso ang suka ko sa basurahan.

"Hey do you need help?" rinig kong sabi ng lalaki sa likod ko

Hindi ko kilala ang boses nya pero wala naman akong pake kaya tinuloy ko nalang ang pag suka ko.

Nakakahilo din pala kahit hindi naman ako lasing...

Tumayo ako ng dahan dahan at nilagay na sa bibig ko ang yosi. Bumuga naman ako at nakitang nandun pa din ang lalaki.

Tinaasan ko sya ng kilay pero wala syang reaksyon kaya hindi nalang din ako nagsalita.

He was just watching me smoking and I know that this is awkward but who cares, would that make me die?

"Okay, what do you want?" iritado kong tanong

"I'm just waiting for a fight." aniya na parang sinasabi nya saakin na wag ko syang pansinin.

"A fight?" 

"Yes, I'll arrest one of them 'cuz I'm a police." sabi nya pa, well based naman sa suot nya obvious ngang police sya.

Who asked?

"I'm Markus, by the way." pagpakilala nya sa sarili nya

Hindi ko naman sya sinagot at tahimik lang na nagbuga ng usok. Mabilis kong inubos ang stick para maka alis na ako.

"What about you? What's your name?" tanong naman nya saktong naubos ko na ang stick.

"Look Mr. Policeman. I'm not interested of playing a drama with you, so do your job quietly and don't bother me again." naka ngiting sabi ko sakanya at bumalik na sa loob para ituloy ang pag inom.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm also not interested of playing a drama with you. The prince just command me to keep an eye of you." nagulat ako nang bigla nanaman sumulpot ang police nang kukuhain ko na sana ang inumin ko.

So the mafia shit is really real? 

This is ridiculous!

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To Be Continued...