UNDER Series #1: I'm in love with your eyes.

CHAPTER 9

"Ma? What happened?!" agad na tanong ko.

My heart still kept pounding as I approached Mama.

Everyone was there, even Kuya Yuan, Drix's older brother, and Kuya Cloud's best friend. He was handing some files to Mama, who looked so serious. Her eyes were dead, which sent shivers into my spine.

Anong nangyayari? Bakit andito si kuya Yuan? After years of not being here in Philippines. Umuwi siya at ayuko ang ideya na nabubuo sa utak ko kung bakit nandito si Kuya Yuan.

"It was the files regarding Cloud's disappearance." he confided in a cold tone.

Hinihintay ko pa kung may sasabihin siya pero hindi siya nagsalita na parang inaantay niya rin si Mama magsalita.

"I don't want to read this." Mama directly said I can see that she was trying her best not to cry. She was just throwing a death glare toward the folder that she was holding as it started to get ripped.

Hindi ko alam kung anong nangyayari, bakit hindi sila nagsasalita? It feels like an undefined storm was about to hit us any moment. Mga salita lang ni Kuya Yuan ang hinihintay namin lahat.

"We can't find his body anywhere, we eliminated almost everyone, we looked piece by piece, we traced everything but we can't still find anything–"

"ALMOST!" Mom shouted with anger in her tone, I could see the rage that she is trying to hide and the pain in her eyes that made my heart sink.

"I'm sorry." ayan na lang ang nasabi ni Kuya Yuan at napayuko na lang sa harap ni Mama. The tears that she was trying to hide earlier betrayed her and rushed down to her cheeks.

Napahawak na lang ako sa dibdib sa sakit, ang bigat ng pakiramdam ko. I know that I should expect this but it still hurts. I know kuya...

Hindi siya mawawala ng ganun ganun na lang. That is not how he is, he was strong, and he won't be killed just like that. Hindi ganun ang kuyang kilala ko.

I burst into crying as I fell into my knees as I banged my chest, ang sakit! I was with kuya since I was a kid. Hindi ko matanggap, hindi ko to matatanggap, at hindi ko to tatanggapin!

"Tell me...who is the last person you suspect." I shuttered as I cried, my hands trembling, "Please..." I begged.

"Hannarah." Kuya Yuan uttered. Napa angat ako ng tingin sa kanya nang pantayan niya ang posisyon ko.

Hindi ko namalayan na nasa harapan ko na sya. I looked at him and I met his deep brown eyes staring at me.

"Hannarah Veltramo Funtos." he divulged again.

My eyes furrowed as he said those names, "Is she the one who caused this mess?" I asked, he shook his head, not sure what to say while helping me get back on my feet.

Even though my knees were shaking, I forced myself to stand up, Drix was holding me for support. I can see that Mama stopped crying as he stared at Kuya Yuan.

"That is the only person who remained unharmed from our list, we tried to find her but we failed." sagot sa akin ni Kuya Yuan.

"We tried to find any information about her pero wala kaming nakita." si Drix naman ang sumagot ngayon. "Even Cadis and his team can't find anything about her, masyadong tago ang identity niya and no one knows who she really is." he uttered as he opened the other envelope na hawak nya.

"We tried to talk, sa mga dating naka business deals nya, and they said they never had a chance to meet her in person. It will always be her secretary na humaharap sa kanila." he added, "But the thing is, her trusted secretary was about your age, Hera."

My brow furrowed from the words he said, about my age. So she was just 17?

"Ilang taon na nagtatrabaho sa kanya ang secretary nya?" I asked with curiosity in my tone.

"The oldest transaction na nahanap namin with the same secretary was 7 years ago." his answer confused me.

If she was about my age and the oldest deal they found was about that secretary of Hannarah. It means she started around 12.

"It doesn't make sense." I argued.

"It really doesn't make sense." Kuya Yuan interrupts.

"But, how did you come up with the idea that she was associated with my Kuya?" tanong ko habang nag iisip.

What is her reason for being the prime suspect in that incident that made the oldest heir of SGE disappear?

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Someone's POV

"Please...let me go." I begged as tears from my eyes rushed down.

My hands were tied up, while I was standing. My knees are trembling from fear, the blood rushed through my head as he walked towards me with a lustful look in his eyes.

I gasp as he starts to grab me and aggressively travels his hands towards my body.

Niccolo Salviano was in front of me, the one who abducted me and murdered my entire family because they didn't meet his expectations in a deal that they agreed to.

He was holding my neck as he tried to get close to me. I can feel his breath from my ears, as it makes my spine shiver from fear.

"L-let go..." I kept on begging as I tried to avoid his touch but it's like he can't hear anything from me.

He didn't bother to move, his mind was set on trying to get close to me and he wasn't backing down. "No..please.." I kept begging and begging to let go, but instead of losing his grip, he kept on pulling me closer to him.

I tried to resist but my strength was unmatched by him. A hand holding my neck, and the other touching my face as he moved closer and closer. I just kept on crying silently as he never backed down from what he was doing.

I saw someone walking inside the room where Niccolo was trying to have me, I looked at her with helpless eyes. She just stand there watching me being raped... by her own husband.

I can't do anything but cry, Niccolo was having me from different sides and almost everything that came to his mind.

My body hurts as my womanhood starts to bleed from excessive things that I didn't imagine that he would do. I just want this to the end, I just want to be free from the hand of this demon.

My body eventually passed out but as I regained my consciousness Niccolo wasn't done with his fantasies yet as I felt something hard between my legs, I gasped when I saw him pull out a bottle of wine from me and drink the remaining wine from it.

Another hour has passed as he calms himself and reaches his limit, he walks out of the room and leaves me as if nothing happened.

I pity myself, I can't even wipe my own tears. I felt so disgusted with myself, I was fully naked with a lot of bruises around my body. I'm emotionally and physically exhausted from this. This is hell, if this is not then what this nightmare can be called? I was hopeless with everything, I already accepted my faith that I'd end up being killed after Niccolo satisfied himself.

No matter where I am, I'll be cursing this family. I'll bring in hell the rage that I'm feeling for that man. I'll make sure even if I die, I'll make his family suffer in every generation.

My body was about to give up from all the things that I suffered when I saw a kid standing in front of me. I looked at his eyes blankly, my body was covered in blood but he was just standing there looking at me like I was a painting in a museum.

He was just standing there holding a sketchbook in his hands, he was wearing a white shirt and shorts. He doesn't look like he's been captured. He was clean, his clothes were clean, but when my eyes traveled down I saw his arms and legs, which were covered in bruises.

The awkwardness from his stares started to kick in, but I couldn't do anything as he saw my whole body naked my eyes widened and tears rushed down to my cheeks again as he walked towards the bed beside me and grabbed the blanket, he even pulled a chair out and make a way for him to get up as he tried to cover me...