Guarded By A Mafia Boss

Kabanata 26

Marupok

Most relationship ends because of toxicity. And I don't want ours to be like that.

Anong bang akala niya? Na dahil lang sa nalaman ko ay agad akong makikipaghiwalay? I was shocked, yes, because of what I have learned. I never thought our connection with each other was that deep. Lolo Fester told me that some of those that got affected by the drugs lost their memories after what happened.

That's why Chester didn't know about what he did. He have also forgotten about me in his childhood memories. His memories with us were like toxic poison that keeps him from living his life. Just like how I had my own difficulty dealing with my parent's death, he also had one. We were both each other's downfall in the past. But I don't want things to end just like that. Because it is like proving to fate that we are as stupid as it wanted us to be.

Sanay akong makarinig ng mga reklamo sa ibang tao. Na kesyo nakatadhana na sila iyon kaya wala na silang magagawa pa. But I don't believe solely that fate alone can move someone else's future. Because if someone really wants things to end with the goal in her mind, then she will have to do her best. Her everything.

Saka na siguro ako titigil kapag mismong tadhana ay naging tao para isampal sa akin na wala akong magagawa pa.

"He is probably dealing with his own darkness right now," Avery butted in between my thoughts.

Hindi malabo ang sinabi niya. I sighed.

Chester just look tough, and yes, he is tough. But I cannot guarantee that he is not trapping himself inside his head, blaming his own self for what happened in the past. Because I would never ever do that.

Kung hindi ko lang siya nakilala. Kung hindi ko lang alam kung gaano siya ka rahan sa kabila ng rahas ng titig niya, ay maniniwala pa sana ako. But no, Chester was kind to me. He was pissed at my own decisions, but he keep on saving me. He often threatened to kill me, but he never did so.

May mga oras na iniisip ko na baka hindi naman talaga siya ganoon. Na baka napipilitan lang. Just so I could be tamed, just so I would leave their side. But Chester never let me feel like that. He was always real towards me. Na kung may hindi siya gusto sa ginagawa ko ay sinasabi niya. He was always honest.

Unlike me.

I could never tell my grandparents that the reason I do many dangerous things is because they weren't enough for me to stay. That even if they let me do the things I want and pamper me, I would still run towards the darkness. Because they are not enough.

"Can we locate their location? Or do you have any idea where he is right now?" tanong ko sa kaniya na abala sa pagmamaneho.

I was already discharged from the hospital yesterday after I wake up. Sadly, I wasn't able to come back to our home. I was instead sent back to my grandparent's mansion. Ni hindi ko alam kung nandoon pa rin sila kahapon, pero kasasabi lang ni Avery sa akin ngayon na wala sila roon. But I can't go back still because of the traps installed in there. And I surely won't either because my family isn't there.

"Locating his location is easy. We have gadgets for that. And I do have an idea where they are, but we can't just pounce ourselves to them. We need a right timing for that," sagot niya sa akin. She glanced at the rearview mirror before looking at the front.

"Will that timing really be okay? I don't want him to do something bad, Avery. He might blame himself more and--"

"He is not a child, Heart! Why do you sound so in love with that jerk?" She chuckled and I rolled my eyes sassily.

"Because I am in love with him," I retorted back and she shook her head.

"He won't kill himself. Don't worry about that man. He might blame himself, but he won't ever do something crazy, although he is sometimes a lunatic. Baka ang iniisip pa niyon ngayon ay mabuhay lalo para mabantayan ka. He won't come near you, and you won't see him but he'll guard you enough to keep you away from harm."