Duke of Kingston: Owning him

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TRAVIS POV

"Is that really matter?"She said when she saw me at the living room.

I take a deep breath bago sinara ang laptop."Mahirap na. Masyado nang lumiliit ang mundo para kay Austin."

Hinayaan niya munang maglagay ng drinks sa transparent glass si Aide Imang bago siya umupo sa katapat ko.

"Kung ganyan ka mag-alala sa kanya bakit mo pa siya kinuha sa pangangalaga ng mag-asawa mas ligtas pa siya doon kaysa dito."She sighed at ininom ang juice na nasa lamesa.

Bahagya ko siyang nilingon bago muling tinuon ang sarili sa laptop."Mas ligtas siya rito as long as I'm with him walang may magtatangka na saktan siya."

Palaisipan naman siyang tiningnan ako maybe she needs some explanation about Austin's life. I deeply sighed bago naisipang isantabi muna ang ginagawa.

"Noon pa lang hindi na siya ligtas.When I promised to his parents that I would watch over him as they wanted, I did that, I can't take my eyes of him lalo na't lumalaki siyang malikot. His mother told me that Austin had an extraordinary condition that was different from normal children doon ko nasigurado na hindi siya normal noong umedad siya ng sampo at nanatiling isip bata pa rin ang kanyang pag-iisip."Sandali akong huminto at pinagsiklop ang mga palad.

"I thought he was just a baby when his parents died."Naguguluhan niyang pagkakasabi.

I glanced at her for a moment before speaking again."It was just a show of Aladios' camp. No matter how popular the couple in the industry hindi nila nagawang ipakilala sa publiko ang kanilang nag-iisang anak. Bago pa man mamatay ang mag-asawa ay matagal nang may alitan ang mga ito sa pinsang si Aladios. Aladios took steps on how to kill the couple without implicating his name."

"At nagtagumpay siya?"Marahan akong tumango.

"He planned everything so no evidence was found against the massacre in the Uy family's mansion."Nilahad ko sa kanya ang mga papeles na hawak ko, kinuha niya naman 'yon na kunot ang noo.

"After that incident I lost the opportunity to see him again. My life changed when I found out that he was one of the dead because of the burn. Nang malaman ko ang nangyari I tried to visit his last lamay but Dad didn't let me, instead he insists that I should come to their meeting for our arrange marriage to Loraine."Marahan akong napapikit nang maalala ang nakaraan. Ramdam ko ang paninitig niya.

"May alam si Tito Aries sa pagkamatay ng mga magulang ni Austin?"Tanong niya nang makita ang hawak na mga papeles. I slowly nodded and pinch my nose.

"After a year of Austin's disappearance. Marami na ang nangyari. Isa na doon na arranged marriage na ako kay Loraine even hindi ko pa siya nakikita in personal. After my family agreed on their family, I turned my back on Dad's management even more. A week before the proposal happened I heard from my Daddy's Allie that negative results came out of the lab test on the child who died kasama nang mag-asawa. Noong una naguguluhan pa ako, pero dahil sa kalituhan, gumawa ako nang hakbang at inaalam ang katotohanan at nang malaman ko ang totoo sumang-ayon ako sa kagustuhan ni Dad na umalis ng territory upang asikasohin si Loraine sa Pilipinas."Mahaba kong lintanya.

"So you planned it all? pati na rin ang pagpatay mo kay Tito Aries?"I tilted my head to the side and nodded slowly.

"Yes. But I didn't planned ko kill my Father, He took his own life."