Wreck Me, Cia Clemente

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I'm on my way home now and I could not believe what I just heard from that conversation I never saw coming today. Esmeralda is right, her ex's wife is a powerful woman. What she told me about keeps on making me feel unsettled. Nakailang buntong-hininga na ako ay hindi pa rin mawala-wala ang kaba ko simula nang pumasok at makalabas ako sa office ni Ms. Gelai. Malamang ay pati ang taxi driver sa ngayon ay medyo nagugulumihanan sa hindi ko mapakaling reaksyon.

"Ha? Sino?"

"Napaamin ko ang asawa ko nang umuwi siyang putok ang labi. I was already aware of the situation he has with his ex, and to confirm I let someone keep an eye on him. Despite me knowing it, I did not bother calmly asking but I made him confess in exchange of his life. Hindi ako takot na sabihin sa iyo ito kahit na lantaran kong sinasabing kaya kong pasukan ng bala ng baril ang ulo ng asawa ko kung gugustuhin ko man dahil alam kong hindi ka naman magsasalita ukol dito. You probably have heard of dirty business since you have enough money. The world is dirty and so are we...and that is the reality."

Napapakunot ang noo ko habang inaalala ang mga sinabi ni Ms. Gelai. She is a woman who people should not mess with. Hindi ko lang alam kung bakit nagawa ni Leo ang maglaro gayong alam niyang makapangyarihan ang asawa niya. He will probably lose his life and a lot more from his mess and stupidity.

"Why my husband did what he did last week, trying to ruin you and Ms. Emerald, is because of another sex fling he have."

"Ha?"

"Cia Clemente." she continued. "Leo tried to ruin you because of that woman. He did that for her."

"Ha? Why?"

"Pleasure. Sex. I don't care and it does not matter."

Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala hanggang ngayon nang marinig ko ang pangalan ni Cia Clemente rito dahil inaasahan kong ni hindi siya kilala ni Leo o sino pa man because she was just a pleasure for months. Ipinaliwanag sa akin ni Ms. Gelai that upon reviewing and obtaining all the evidences, nagawa ngang i-send ni Leo ang video sa akin para sana ay sirain kami ni Esmeralda dahil iniutos iyon ni Cia. How, why, and when the two met and did this, it does not matter but it makes me furious they did that on the first place.

I trusted Cia and I never really thought that she can do such things. Ilang buwan ko rin siyang naka-fuck buddy at hindi ko naman napapansin o naisip man lang na kaya niyang gumawa ng ganito. It added to Ms. Gelai's madness because obviously Leo and Cia fucked. Favor for favor. It's a win-win set-up for the both of them.

"Cia never really did too much of a crime but just swayed my husband to do the crime himself. So, if you want her na masama sa kulungan, it is okay. Kaya kong gawin iyon. Sabihin mo lang."

Muli na lang ako napabuntong-hininga. Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala. Cia, Leo, and everyone including Pocholo does not make any sense. These past months, people around me and Esmeralda are all danger, and I did not even noticed. Leo has been constantly threatining Esmeralda in various ways. Cia just did something horrible to ruin me and Esmeralda. Pocholo...his friend almost raped Esmeralda.

Why did we even cross paths with these kinds of people?