ENDLESS JOURNEY OF LOVE

CHAPTER 37

Christian's

"Eljon tried his best and did everything para makuha ang attention ni Lez. He also tried his best to stop Almira from her evil schemes but it seems like nothing can stop her dahil ang laki ng galit niya kay Wayne at kay Lez. Dumating yung araw na nakidnap si Timothy--"

"Ano? Nakidnap si Timothy? Sino ang kumidnap sa kanya?" tuloy-tuloy kong tanong.

"The answer is obvious. Si Almira. The kidnapper wants Lez to leave the Philippines. Kapag umalis naman si Lez ng Pilipinas, sino ba ang makikinabang? Edi si Almira." He answered without making any eye contact to me.

Napakunot ang noo ko. Si Almira nanaman? Bakit ba napakachildish ng utak niya? Now I know kung bakit hindi talaga maganda ang kutob ko sa babaeng yon sa tuwing kasama niya si mama. It's because magkakuntsaba pala sila laban kay Lez. Why I didn't see these things coming? Bakit ba tinamaan ako ng kabobohan 6 years ago?

"So much things happened hanggang sa hindi nako mapakali. I visited Timothy's school and introduced myself as Wayne and Lez's father."

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Eljon's

"You're a liaar!! You told me that Lolo is dead but I was playing with him an hour ago."

Sino daw?

"Who are you talking about that?"

Biglang hinablot ni Tim yung bag ni Lez at may kung anu-anong kinalkal sa phone niya hanggang sa may pinakita siyang picture. Nanlaki mata ko dahil nakuha ko agad ang ibig sabihin ni Timothy.

"What am I going to do with that?"

Inikot ko yung mata ko at sa di kalayuan, I saw Lolo's car. Nakabukas yung window at pinapanood niya kami. So, he showed up himself to Timothy? Ano bang tumatakbo isip niya?

"This Lolo. I was playing with him an hour ago!"

"My father is dead. Do you even know what you're talking about?"

"I know, mommy but it's real and true! I was playing with him an hour ago."

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"After that, Eljon gave me a news that Lez finally got her senses up. She wanted to know the true reason behind Wayne's death nang makita niya yung autopsy result. She even had an evidence of a strand of hair na nakita niya. Nang malaman ko yun, I hired a man to get a copy of the autopsy result and steal the hair from Lez's belongings." He stated at saka siya tumingin sakin. "Nagpaconduct ka rin ng autopsy examination kay Wayne, right?"

I nodded. "Yeah. He was found dead in the morning but according sa exam, night before of that day siya namatay."

"You're right. After claiming the autopsy result, may mga mark sa leeg niya and so I did a DNA result to confirm. As expected, nagmatch sa kanya. The hair and the fingerprints. Nagmatch kay Almira."

How could she?

"Soon, Eljon gave me a news that Lez is really pushing Almira to become the president. Nakakapagod lang. Instead of convincing her, I just told him na lapitan ka at sabihan ka na protektahan mo si Lez. I'm sure napansin mo na 6 years ago, bigla ka nalang kinausap ni Eljon noong time na yon."

Hindi ako nakapagsalita at bigla ako napaisip.

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"Jump to the point, bastard. Ano ang gusto mong sabihin?"

"You just need to protect her, not to reconcile with her. That's all."
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Nanlaki agad mata ko nang maalala ko yun. Ayun ba yun? Bakit ba ako naging bobo noong time na yon?