THE LYING GAME (on-going)

CHAPTER ONE | The Attorney

In war, good guys always become the bad guys – Howard Zinn

JEFFREY RONQUILLO

Nakatingin ako sa mga naka-posas kong kamay. Naririnig ko ang bulong-bulungan ng mga taong nasa likuran ko. Tinapunan ko ng tingin ang isang grupo sa kabilang parte ng korte at kita kong nag-iiyakan ang ilan sa mga iyon. Alam ko kamag-anak ang mga ito ni Laura. Natawa ako. Nag-iiyakan pa sila. Nandito na nga ako at nakaposas. Ano pa ba ang gusto nila?

Sa tabi ko ay nakaupo lang ang abogado kong si Attorney Jaden Elias Suarez. Kilalang Defense attorney. Sabi niya nang huli kaming magka-usap na dalawa, maipapanalo niya ang kaso ko. Naniniwala naman ako. Dahil ilang malalaking kaso na ang nahawakan niya. Mga kilalang mga kriminal ang hinahawakan niya. Drug lords, kidnappers, Gambling lords, alam ko nga pati organized crime hawak din niya.

Kaya nang mahuli ako dahil sa kagagahan ng Laura na iyon, siya talaga ang sinabi kong kukunin kong abogado.

Kung hindi naman kasi sa katangahan ni Laura, hindi ako mapupunta dito.

It was just the usual thing that I do every time I party. I will enjoy the night, I will look for girls who would flirt with me, put ghb in their drinks then I'll bring them home. To fuck of course. Then after I am done with them, I'll throw them on the streets. They won't remember what happened to them. And if they come back to the bar and asked what happened to them, bartenders, bouncers, waiters won't tell a thing.

            Because I own that fucking bar. I own those people who work for me. They knew what I wanted. Thrill and sex that I always find inside my bar. Those women who loves to flirt with strangers were my prey. They loved to flirt with me. They loved to hear validation from men like me. They loved to be showered with affection, and those free drinks. They wanted to party hard but they didn't want to pay.

            And it's fine with me. I got what I want from them anyway.

            Matagal ko na iyong ginagawa. Napakarami nang babae ang dumaan sa akin. Lahat okay naman pagkatapos ng kung ano ang gawin ko sa kanila. Naroon sa kuwarto ko at nakatabi ang mga sex tapes na ginawa ko sa mga babaeng iyon. Dozens of them. Napakaganda kasi nilang tingnan kapag wala na silang malay at nagagawa ko ang lahat ng gusto ko sa kanila. I could fuck them freely. I could use any toys to insert in their holes. Any holes in their body. I could videotape it without asking from their consent. And when they woke up on the side of the road, they can't remember a thing. Who were they going to blame? Me? Even if they check the cctv cameras in my bar, all they could see was me casually sitting at the bar and they were the ones approaching me.

            But that fucking Laura. Damn Laura Marcelino. She was the reason why I am in this trial. Fuck her and fuck her friend. I didn't realize that I was their target that night. Laura was a con artist targeting rich men like me. She introduced herself and I found her pretty and nice and I did the thing that I always does. I put ghb on her drink, told her to get out of that place and get inside my car then she lost consciousness.

            But that was my mistake.

            It never occurred to me that there were people allergic to ghb. Pagdating pa lang bahay ko ay hindi na magising si Laura. Kahit anong gawin ko ay wala siyang malay. Hanggang sa bigla na lang manginig ang buong katawan niya at bumubula ang bibig. I panicked and I drove her away from my house and threw her somewhere down the road.

            Little did I know that someone was filming me.

            Her damn friend was filming everything. Iyon pala ang modus nila. Kapag may nakilalang lalaki, lalandiin, aakitin at kapag kumagat at nakipag-sex, saka nila tatakutin. Sasabihin na ilalabas ang sex video tapos ay magde-demand ng malaking halaga kapalit ng sex video.