My Brothers Are Obsessed With Me 2: The Payback [On GOING]

CHAPTER 17

The Man Behind 2.0

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LACE's POV

NO. I refused to believe it. Ang daming dahilan na puwedeng magpatunay na hindi s'ya iyon.

The picture might be from back then when Dwane's still alive.

If not, he might be someone who look exactly like him.

He might be his twin brother, or a younger brother that look exactly like him.

There might be an impostor who underwent surgery to make himself look exactly like him to steal every cent from Dad.

Fuck. Fuck this. There is no way Dwane is alive. No, especially since I have a gut feeling about the reason, in case he really is the one we saw in the picture.

Napapikit nalang ako at napahawak sa ulo dahil hindi ako mapakali habang nakaupo dito sa sofa. Pakiramdam ko ay nararamdaman ko ang pag-ikot ng mundo dahil sa hilo. Gulong gulo ang utak ko at hindi malaman kung ano ang dapat kong paniwalaan.

Did he..

"Are you okay?"

Did he purposedly get rid of us all to conquer everything?

"Hey,"

Or is his plan to carry it all out on his own, so that no one else has to die?

"Lace,"

The truth can be either good or bad news.

"..!" NAPITLAG ako nang bigla nalang may lumipad na bungkos ng susi at tumama iyon sa ulo ko. Napadaing nalang ako sa sakit at halos ibato ko ulit iyon pabalik kay Zeik na nakakunot sa akin. "Ano ba?!" galit kong singhal.

Naka-polo pa ito na kulay puti na mukha ring kauuwi lamang galing sa hospital. "I've been calling you many times, nabingi ka na ba?" naiinis ang tono nitong tanong. Hindi ko s'ya pinansin at umismid lang ako.

I sighed. "Zeik," tawag ko muna sa kan'ya. I want to reassure myself. "When the police investigated the case six years ago, where did they found the bodies?" seryoso kong tanong na nagpabago ng ekspresyon ni Zeik.

"Tch, how can I even remember that? It was six years ago," sagot n'ya.

"Pilitin mong alalahanin," umismid si Zeik sa pagpupumilit ko. Nang makita n'yang seryoso ako sa gusto kong malaman ay bumuntong hininga nalang s'ya.

"As far as I can remember, si Zane ay nasa garage," panimula nito. "Sabi sa imbestigasyon, mukhang itinulak n'ya si Dk palabas kaya s'ya lang ang naiwan doon. Hindi namin alam kung bakit napadpad si Dk sa living area and why he fell from the second floor when in fact, he came with Zane from the start. Si Dk lang ang makakasagot kung ano talagang nangyari sa kan'ya." pagpapatuloy ni Zeik. 

But that's strange. Kung kasama s'ya ni Zane, why is he so far from the garage?

"SI Marvin ay nasa living area din. He died because the ceiling fell on him. I was there," bakas ang sakit sa mga mata ni Zeik nang banggitin n'ya ang nangyari kay Marvin. "As for Gerome, malapit s'ya sa entrance. We think na sinubukan n'yang pumasok despite his injuries and that's when the whole mansion blew up."

Tahimik lang akong nakinig kay Zeik. Habang pinapakinggan ko ang mga nangyari noon ay mas lalo lang umiigting ang kapit ko na makapaghiganti. Lalo akong naghangad ana mapatay ang mga may pakana ng lahat ng iyon.

"and Dwane? We only found a piece of his clothing on the second floor, not his body. May mantsa ng dugo iyon. Pareho din nating nakita kung paano binaril si Dwane."