Code: PSYCHE (Code Series #2)

Chapter 14: An Hier

Chapter 14:
An Hier

DESIRE CARMELA

Naglakad-lakad ako sa loob ng mansyon. Saulo ko ang bawat pasikot-sikot nito kahit na gaano man ito kalaki. But I didn't really have the right access to some parts of the mansion. May mga restricted area dito at di ko alam kung sino-sino lang ang pwede.

All I know is, mapapagalitan ako ni Daddy kapag pumunta ako doon noong bata pa ako. Now that I'm old enough, dapat lang siguro na malaman ko ang loob ng bawat pasilyo.

Now, I have to get rid of Eros. Sinusundan niya kasi ako kahit saan ako magpunta. He's not taking off his eyes on me and it's annoying.

"You know, pwede mo pa rin naman ireport kay Dad ang nangyari pero di mo ginawa. Why?"

He's still following my tracks. Papunta ako sa library.

"I'm curious.." sagot niya.

Napabaling ako sa kanya. Curious?

"Curious on how far can you go. You are aware of the danger your mother holds. You experience it on hand. Not just once.. but for many times. Yet, you are still trying to know more about her."

Many times?

Isang beses pa lang ako napahamak, Eros. That's when I was fighting with Vanessa Ruiz.

"Your father informed us that you were abducted years ago. Bata ka pa."

Wait..

I know that I encountered a traumatic event when I was a kid. Iyon din ang dahilan kung bakit hindi ko maalala ang childhood ko. At the same time, I lost my hearing for 2 years because my brain shutdown every single noise that will traumatized me again. Simula din noon, I always here voices inside my head that gives me anxiety attacks many years ago. Pero hindi ko maalala kung ano ang nangyari noon.

"I'm curious why you are doing all of this." He said again.

"Noong una, hindi ko alam kung ano ang purpose niyo ni Anteros." Sagot ko sa kanya't sumandal sa may dingding. "I don't feel any threat at all for many years. Pero bigla na lang akong binigyan ng asungot na bodyguard." Diniinan ko talaga iyong asungot. Napangisi siya.

"I don't trust you at all, Eros." I said honestly.

"I don't trust your words, Desire." Sagot niya.

Napangiti ako.

"You already betrayed my father because you didn't tell him about Vanessa."

Umiling siya sakin at lumapit.

"Hindi mo pa sakin sinasabi kung sino siya at kung bakit ka niya sinugod." Seryoso nyang wika. "I am your keeper Desire whether you like or not. Be honest with me."

Tinitigan ko lang siya. Sasabihin ko ba sa kanya?

Naalala ko ang ginawa niya kay Vanessa nong gabing iyon. Pinana niya si Vanessa. Ni hindi man lang nag-alangan na gawin iyon, mailigtas lamang ako. But I couldn't trust him fully.

The first moment I saw him and his twin, I could feel that there is something off with the both of them. Hindi ko lang mapangalan kung ano iyon.

"She's just Vanessa. A person with Alexithymia."

"She's not one of the Autotrophs. So bakit ka niya hinahabol at gustong patayin?"

Auto-what?

I tilted my head and wonder. Ano sinasabi niya?

Sinabi niya kanina na sinabi ni Dad na dati na akong nakidnap noong bata pa. I'm sure he knows more about me more than I thought. He might have know something that Dad is keeping away from me.