THE MONTECRISTO (COMPLETED)

KABANATA 33

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"Tumakbo ka na, Chad.. oh, Attorney"

I gulped hard before facing Reed's presence. There's no... possibility... of Basti's life. I gritted my teeth before moving my body and getting Basti's gun. I pointed it at Reed's face, he chuckled.

"You can't kill me" he smirked, lalong uminit ang dugo ko. "My games... you won them all. But..." Dahan-dahan siyang lumapit sa 'kin, "Alam mo kung saan ka talo? Kay Ricia- oh, your Ayi" mahina siyang tumawa. Dahil doon ay nadagdagan ang galit ko. "Talo ka, Chad. Imagine, you're fighting for a woman who will say hello to our dear God soon-"

I punched his face. Tinutok ko ang baril aa hita niya at pina-putukan iyon, I did the same with his arms and other legs. He screamed in pain, he cried, but still, he laughed.

"Go on! Kill me!" Lalong lumakas ang tawa ng lalaki. "You know, Chad, 'yan ang papatay sa 'yo, ang kahinaan mo" Madiin niyang saad, I shot his leg once more, reason for him to scream again. "Fuck you!"

"Hindi ko dadayain ang kasong 'to, Reed" Madiin kong sagot bago itutok muli ang baril sa kaniya. "Killing you will be unfair, I will let you suffer in jail first, bago kita gawing ulam ng mga buwaya" Banta ko rito. Sinuguro kong walang sumusunod sa 'kin nang kumuha ako ng sasakyan. Sunod-sunod ang putok ng baril nang umandar ako.

But I know... this isn't my end yet. "Matatalo kita" I whispered before entering the city again. Nang umuwi ako sa bahay ay tulog na ang mag ina ko, si Uncle ay nasa sala at nanonood ng TV, hiding his gun under the pillow, to maybe make sure that my daughter won't see that.

"Update" He said, maybe he's asking me? Or... "I sent the policemen, your friend... he's in a good place now" Salita niya, talking about Basti. "Losing a friend is like losing one part of your life-"

"I want to kill Reed." Muling umusbong ang galit sa dibdib ko. I saw how my friend died, at wala manlang akong nagawa dahil takot ako? Dahil ang alam ko lang... lumaban sa korte. I only know how to fight legally, pero... tangina, lumaban ng patayan, bakit ako naduduwag? Bakit si Basti... kaya niyang mamatay para sa 'kin? Bakit?! Bakit ako hindi?!

"But you can't, because you're like me" Mahina at sarkastikong tumawa si Uncle. "I always want to kill Cassian for ruining me and my family." Madiing sambit ni Uncle. "You know, Chad, killing them will not make peace in our lives. But... them, killing themselves, will satisfy us" he smirked.

My forehead creased. Hindi na siya sumagot doon, at ang mga salitang 'yon ay nag renta sa isip ko, hanggang sa dumating ang araw kung kailan haharapin ko sa korte si Reed.

"Just by looking at his face, it makes me mad and wanting to kill him right now, in front of these people" Ace angrily whispered.

When Ace knows about Basti's death, revenge is always in his mind. So he did. Nang malaman niya kung saan nag tatago si Reed, agad niyang sinunog ang bahay nito, ang lahat ng ari-arian nito. He killed every man he saw in Reed's hideout. By his own barehands. Siya na rin ang nag sabi ng tungkol kay Basti doon sa babaeng sinabi sa 'kin. I can't do that... I'm weak for that.

"Bry will be mad, shut up" I answered, not showing any emotion. "You know how mad she was when you got shot. Paano kung makulong ka, baka kaya na no'n pumatay"

Nang dumating ang mga tao ay agad kaming umayos. Together, with our witnesses and Ayi, alam namin na kami ang mananalo. The truth is with us, no lies in back up. Alam kong kaya namin.

"We were in college that time..." Ayi started to speak when the judge told her to. "He offered me a lot of money... to show myself in his cameras, computers, having a cyber-"