Reckless Revenge (Completed)

Chapter 21

Lose Me

It was the truth from the past.

It was clear from the bottom of the tree that only two of the family survived that fateful tragedy. Dion was one of them, and the other was named Tatiana. All the small pictures were in black and white. Both the survivors were from when they were little kids, which probably was their last recent picture at that time.

Ito rin marahil ang parehong impormasyon na natanggap nina daddy noon. Ayon sa note sa ibaba ng tree ay parehong nasa pinanyarihan si Dion at ang pinsan niyang babae pero himalang nakaligtas. May nakatatandang kapatid na lalaki si Dion. His named was Dane. Si Tatiana naman ay nag-iisang anak. Nasa note na wala sa mansyon ng mga Andrada ang mga magulang niya pero namatay sa parehong araw sa isang car accident na kagagawan din ni lolo.

May pupuntahan yata ang mag-asawa pero hindi hinayaan ni lolo na may makaligtas sa balak niya kaya inuna ang mga magulang ni Tatiana. Tiyak na hindi nalaman ni lolo na may nakaligtas dahil kasama rin naman siyang namatay roon. Some of Andradas' men were able to help the family but it was too late. Tanging dalawang magpinsan na lang ang nailigtas.

The next paper was all about Dion Mandera and his current businesses. May ilang pictures doon in black and white ng mga gusali kung saan nakalagay nga ang pangalan ng buildings at sa ibaba sa locations. This only means he's not lying about his businesses and the address he mentioned on his papers.

Chances are he's there now, living his best life.

Wala sa papel ang anumang maaaring pagmamay-ari niya sa lugar namin. But there was definitely bits of information about him checking in at the Archangel and our number one competitor, the Microtel.

Kinuha ko ang mga papel sa lapag para ibalik sa envelope at ilan sa mga nakaipit na pictures ang nahulog. My heart skipped a beat as I saw one picture of Dion Mandera with his back on the camera. Patungo siya sa gusali ng Mandera Estate Wines suot ang blue terno suits.

May isang sideview na kuha nang lumingon siya sa paligid pero naka-shades. Hindi ko maiwasang tumitig lang doon. Kung hindi ko pa pilitin ang sarili na lumipat sa ibang larawan ay baka inabutan na ako ng dilim katititig lang sa simpleng larawan na iyon.

It was a recent one after he left this town. There was also a date at the bottom for accuracy.

Pero kung anumang kakaibang nararamdaman ko sa pagtitig sa larawan na iyon ay naglaho nang makita ang iba pang pictures kung saan iba-iba ring mga babae ang kasama niya. Mukhang kuha sa bar at restaurants. I knew coworkers and employees in one frame, but these are neither of those. Kakaiba ang pagkakalingkis ng babae sa kanya.

I didn't notice I had crumpled one of them inside my palm. That particular picture was with the woman who came to visit here before. So, nagkita sila. Kaya hindi na siya bumalik para hanapin si Dion dito ay nakita na pala niya.

I stomped inside the house to ask my brother about it but he's not in his room again. Nasa common CR siya sa ibaba at mukhang naliligo dahil sa shower. Hindi ko na tinawag at bumalik sa kwarto niya para tingnan ang cellphone niya.

It was on vibrate kaya rin siguro hindi niya naririnig. An unknown number was calling, and I answered the call since I knew his password. As expected, it was the man from earlier.

"Sir Tyron..." aniya at agad kong pinutol.

"It's me," I said firmly. "Don't call my brother again. Don't tell him about the result of your investigation yet — don't update him about anything!"

"What? Miss—"

"Magkita tayo bukas. I'll save your number to mine. Tatawagan kita mamaya at i-save mo ang number ko. Let's meet at the coffee shop a few blocks away from the Archangel Hotel."