Nagbihis ako tapos humiga lang sa bed, nakaupo lang siya sa gilid while looking at his laptop.
"I... want to find my mother." I sighed. "Masama ang loob ko sa kanya but there's something in me that's telling me she did not abandon me, she did not abandon us... I want to know the truth..."
"How do you intend to find her?" He asked.
"I'll go to my grandmother, recently kuya sent me her informations. Apparently he's also finding her." I said.
"Do you want to go right now?" What.
"But it's far from here..."
"Sasamahan kita, tara na." Oh wow.
Nagbihis muna ako tapos kinuha ko 'yung mga gamit ko.
Agad kaming umalis doon.
Sinabi ko lang 'yung address sa kanya.
It's a two hour drive kaya natulog muna ako.
Ginising niya ako so I'm assuming we arrived.
"I... kind of remember this house... I once saw a photo album in mom's room tapos may mga pictures 'yun ni mom and this house is the background so I guess it was taken here." I said.
Kumatok ako doon sa pinto, naiwan si Trent sa kotse niya.
"Coming!" A voice of a man yelled.
The door opened.
The man just stared at me for few seconds.
I think he's on his early to mid 50's.
"Zera...?" He knows me.
"Uhm, yes po..."
This is awkward.
"Oh I'm sorry, it's just... you look so much like your mother." He said. "Come in, pasok ka."
Pumasok naman ako tapos pinaupo niya 'ko sa sofa sa living room.
"Coffee? Juice?" He offered.
"Ah hindi na po. May itatanong lang po." I said.
"I'm Victor, I'm your uncle, your mother is my younger sister." I see.
"Uhm, base po sa information na binigay sa akin, my grandmother lives here, nasaan po siya ngayon?" I asked him.
"Mom died two weeks ago, nilibing siya last week." Oh. "Siya ba 'yung pinunta mo dito?"
"Ah, kase po... I'm trying to find my mom. Do you know where she is?" He looked at my eyes.
"Oh yeah, of course you wouldn't know. Pagkatapos manganak ng mama mo kay Zyla tinakas kayo ng papa niyo. Sinundan niya kayo, that was a rainy night. Kinabukasan, she was found dead, nabunggo ang kotse niya."
What...?
"S-saan po siya nakalibing ngayon?" I asked.
He gave me the name of the cemetery and instructions on how to get in there.
"Nasa rightmost ang grave niya, magkatabi sila ng lola mo, puntahan mo muna, they'd be happy to see you again."
I'm gonna cry here.
"Opo..." I said.
"Kapag may time kayo pumunta kayo ni Zyla dito, I'll introduce you to our other relatives." He said. "Also if you want to find out more about your mother's death, pumunta ka sa police station sa town where she was found dead."
May sinulat siya sa papel tapos binigay niya sa akin, it's an address and a phone number.
"It's the address of the police station and my phone number."
"Thanks..."
Nagpaalam na ako sa kanya tapos pinuntahan ko na si Trent.
Pumunta muna kami sa cemetery so I could visit mom and my grandma.
Pumunta ako sa grave nila while Trent is in his car waiting for me.
"I'm sorry mom... sorry because I was mad at you, turns out you did nothing wrong. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have believed dad." I said.
Umupo ako doon.
"Uhm... hi po lola, I wasn't able to meet you so I don't really know what to say." I sighed. "Many kids says grandmothers are the best. I couldn't relate kase nga hindi kita nakilala. Also I was just two when mom died, kaya hindi ko alam kung paano mo siya pinalaki. But based on my uncle, I guess you're a great mother."
Medyo tumagal pa ako kase ang dami-dami ko pang sinabi sa kanila.
After that pumunta kami doon sa police station.
I feel like her death wasn't an accident.
Pagpasok ko doon nagtanong agad ako.
Nagulat pa 'yung police dahil sa tinanong ko.
"Bakit gusto mong malaman? That case was like more than two decades ago." Sabi niya.
"But was it solved? Aksidente ba talaga?"
"Bago kita sagutin, ano ka ba niya?" He asked.
"Anak niya po ako." I said. I showed him one of my ID na may middle name ko.
"Alright, nalaman namin na hindi basta-basta aksidente ang nangyari." May hinanap siya sa isang drawer.
It's a flashdrive, nilagay niya 'yun sa computer sa table niya.
"Her husband, probably your father. Sinira niya ang breaks and windshield ng kotse ng mama mo. Here is a CCTV footage." Pinapanood niya sa akin 'yun.
It was dad. He did something to a car, probably mom's.
"Bakit po hindi niyo siya hinuli?" I asked.
"Umalis siya at hanggang ngayon pinaghahahanap pa rin siya." Damn it. "Your mom's case is known in this town as the unsolved car accident. Maraming tumutulong sa paghahanap pero wala talaga."
"Sir, wait lang po ah." I said at lumabas doon.
I need to process everything first.
Lumapit sa akin si Trent.
"What happened?" He asked.
I told him everything.
When I'm calm bumalik ako sa loob. Sinabi ko 'yung address ni dad and left my phone number. I asked them to update me kung nahuli na nila siya.
Ayoko na lang siyang puntahan, baka hindi ko kayanin.
May tinanong pa siyang ilang questions sa akin tapos umalis na ako.
Nakakasama ng loob, sobra.
But at least now I know the truth...
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Aeistelle
BINABASA MO ANG
The Assassin Won | Bullet Series #4
Romance"I swear that I'd protect you with my life." ~ Trent Perado, an assassin from Bullet. Just like other assassins, he's terrifying. But one day, he was tasked to save someone. Ever since Trent saved her, they became close. They became friends and sta...
