Chapter 34
"Anong ibig mong sabihin, Janel?"
Gulong-gulo ako. What does she mean by that? Alam niya ang plano ni Zoren tungkol sa pag kidnap niya sa akin?
"Thalia..." she trailed off. "I'm sorry. Hindi ako ang dapat mag sabi nito pero... I think this is the right time para malaman mo."
Kinabahan ako sa reaksiyon niya. She swallowed hard and closed her eyes tightly like it was hard for her to tell me the truth. Alam ko noon na kampante siya sa pag kidnap sa akin ni Zoren. But now I realized that it's weird. Janel didn't even panicked when I told her that Zoren kidnapped me. Instead, she just said that I was in a safe hand, that Zoren wouldn't hurt me.
"Zoren and I were friends. Nakilala ko siya noon sa bar kung saan kami laging nagkikita ni Zack. He knows me. And he was always keep his eyes on me. Akala ko nga noon crush niya ako, eh." she chuckled. "Pero hindi. Hinanap niya lang ako dahil sa'yo, Thalia. He knows that we're close friends. Kaya naman kinausap niya ako noon. Kinakamusta ka. I didn't know about what his plan before. Akala ko lang interesado siya sa'yo."
Mas lalong kumunot ang noo ko. Ni hindi ko man lang alam na nagkikita pala sila noon. But those scene when we went to the bar flashback through my mind. Iyong pagpapakilala niya sa akin kay Zoren. It seems like they really know each other.
"Pero hindi lang pala basta interesado. Kilala ka niya noon pa, Thalia. Matagal ka na niyang hinahanap. At nakikita ko rin sa kaniya kung gaano siya kadesididong makita at mahanap ka."
"Hindi ko maintindihan, Janel."
"It was hard to understand, I know. Pero siguro siya ang dapat magsabi sa'yo ng dahilan niya kung bakit ka niya hinanap."
I gritted my teeth.
"Hinanap niya ako para saktan? That's what his plan, right?"
Umiling siya.
"No, Thalia. Alam kong hindi iyon. Alam kong mas malalim ang rason niya kung bakit niya nagawa iyon. At alam ko rin na hindi ka niya hinanap para saktan. Zoren tried to find you for almost years."
Halos hindi ako makatulog noong gabing iyon. Paulit-ulit na bumabagabag sa isip ko ang mga sinabi ni Janel. Bakit niya ako hahanapin? Since when did he started to look for me?
Then I remembered the shadow of a man in front of my apartment before. Palagi ko iyong napapansin. I just ignored it because I thought it was just a man buying something from a sari-sari store. Katabi kasi ng apartment ko noon ay ang maliit na store kaya binalewala ko ang imaheng iyon.
But after what Janel has told me, may pakiramdam ako na ang lagi kong nakikitang anino roon ay may koneksiyon sa akin. Pero bakit? Bakit noong naroon na siya ay hindi niya ako malapitan? Kung hinahanap niya ako bakit hindi niya sinabi sa akin noong nakuha niya na ako? Did he really planned to hurt me? To use me? Pero ang sabi ni Janel ay hindi niya ako hinanap para lamang saktan. So what's his plan, then?
Pero kung sakali man na lapitan niya ako... ano ang gagawin ko? Matatakot ba ako? Pero hindi ko pa nakikita ang mukha niya noon. He's always wearing a black suit. Naka itim na cap pa.
I want an answer.
But how?
Kung narito na kami ng anak ko. Malayo sa kaniya nang hindi ko man lang tinanong ang rason bakit niya nagawa sa akin iyon noon. Why did he hurt me and let me go? Ano ang rason niya? I know he was dangerous... He killed lots of people but I know nothing. I don't know if those people he killed was innocent. I don't know if he just kidnapped someone for ransom. Mayaman na siya. He has everything. Kaya bakit niya pa gagawin iyon para makakuha ng pera? Why is he doing that? For what?
