SERIES TWO: Devil's Disguise (✓)

Chapter 39

Comeback

Tumayo ako at kinuha ang susi ng motor ko na nasa coffee table. Napatingin sa akin si Sham ganon na din si Pierre na kasama nito.

"Where're you going?" Habol na tanong niya sa'kin nang maglakad ako palabas ng bahay.

"Philippines." Matipid na sagot ko.

"What the hell? Phyr!" Tawag nito pero patuloy lang ako. Sumakay ako sa motor ko at sinuot ang helmet.

Nakasunod parin sa'kin si Sham at nasa likod niya si Pierre.

"You can't do that Phyr. It's just 7 months. Your fake family is still looking for you. As well as the Devis. You should stay here for now. Patient my lady." Pagsusumamo nito sa'kin. I stared at her brown eyes. I wish I had the same eyes.

"It's not like I'm letting myself be seen." I said bago pinaharurot ang motor.

"Fvcking book us a flight now, Pierre!" Rinig kong sigaw nito bago tuluyang nakalayo.

7 months have passed. Sham told me everything.

Sham and Pierre is my mother's adoptive children. They came from an abusive family. They almost got killed by their parents kung 'di lang sila tinulungan ni Mama.

Mom pitied them kaya niya inangkin ang mga ito. She trained them to be tough so that they can protect each other.

They're legally my mother's child. They see mom as their parent since then, but they never treat mom as one.

Naiwan sila dito sa Italy when my mother choose to study in the Philippines for college.

Mas matanda sila sa'kin ng sampong taon. After my mother died. Sham promised to take care of me and Pierre. The Devi, my mom's family wants me. Not because I'm their grandchild or relative, but because they wants my eyes.

When I was born, akala ng mga magulang ko ay okay ang paglabas ko. Because that was the doctors said when my mother's laboring. But after a few months nang maipanganak ako. My body became weak.

Doctors tried their best para malaman kung ano ang nangyayari sa'kin. But after all the researches, they still can't find out why. My body's giving up that time. But my father found solution.

He's a scientist. Nakatuklas siya ng pwedeng gamitin sa'kin. But my mother disagreed. Hindi daw iyon subok at natatakot siyang ikamatay ko ito. But my father is desperate enough.

He made me take an untested liqour. Praying for me to survive. And I did. My body became strong more than it should be. But the side effect was my eyes. Or so that's what my parents thought. Not until my mom's parents knew about it.

Because it is a rare breed of a Devi. My great great grand father has the same eyes. So the Devi got obssessed with it. Ayaw ni Mama na gamitin ako sa kasamaan gaya ng ginawa sa kanya ng mga magulang niya.

So they stayed in Philippines at doon nagtago. It is a small country at wala namang nakakaalam na minsan ng nanirahan si Mama doon maliban sa mga kapatid ko.

But the Herris' came.

Ganoon na nga siguro ka-trahedya ang buhay ng pamilya namin. What if I didn't had this eyes? Would things be the same?

The Davis are my father's trusted friend. My father didn't mentioned about my eyes on them. But Mr. Davis find it out by accident. Gaya ni Papa, my so called uncle is a scientist. That explains how did they make me believe that my father died of sickness. They erased those memories.

They made me believe that the Herris' are hunting me down. Though Caius' mother is. They made me believe that they are the ally. But the truth is, they are also a foe.

And I feel pretty stupid for all of this. I want this to end. But I don't want to lose. I'll finish this game that they started. Even though I'm digging my own grave.

Naramdaman ko ang pag vibrate ng phone ko sa bulsa ng pants ko. I fished of it inside of my pocket and saw that Camilla is calling.

I stopped on the side oof the road and answered her call. Siya ang inuutusan kong magbantay kay Caius. So her every call is important.

"Guess what?" Kita ko ang ngisi niya sa kabilang linya. Makes me want to pull her mouth out of her face.

"Spill the tea." Pag-uutos ko dito.

"4H club, seems like your big boy is kissing someone right now." My hand form into fist. I just hate how Camilla said those. It irritates me.

"Yeah, one of his bitches."

"I don't think so, my lady. I heard her name is..."

"...Ziah." After she uttered her name, walang atubiling binaba ko ang tawag at mabilis na nag-drive papuntang airport.

Nang makarating ay nasa qaiting area na si Sham. May mga maleta na rin siyang dala kasama si Pierre. Somehow, I'm really impressed on how can they do things so fast.

"I've heard the news." Sabi ni Sham. As expected of that Camilla. Bago nakakarating sa'kin ang balita ay nauuna niya pang sabihin kay Sham.

"Can't we buy chocolates first?" Singit ni Pierre sa usapan. Pinagtaasan siya ng kilay ni Sham. Tila nagtatanong kung anong ibis sabihin nito.

"I saw it on tiktok. Pilifinos always buy chocolates from abroad." Kibit balikat na sabi nito.

"And who are you giving that?" Sham asked.

"Camilla? or maybe Zeph. She's Pilifino right?" Inosenteng sabi nito.

"It's Filipino dumbass." Pikon na sabi ni Sham.

"It's just the same." Pierre said.

"No it's not." Tutol ni Sham dito.

Unlike Sham, Pierre is not that fluent in filipino. He's lazy stuying about it. Theyre Italian as so you know. Pure Italian.

We took our flight pauwing Pilipinas. And after an hours on the plane. We landed at last. It's already 12:00am pagkarating namin.

Pagkababa sa eroplano ay sumalubong sa'min si Camilla. And she's still wearing that grin on her face.

"I knew you guys would come because you missed me." Mapanuksong sabi nito. She turned her gaze on me.

"And oh, I was just joking. He's not kissing your friend. The girl kissed him."

Zephyr.