Trigger

39

Vincent Alexander

"Sebastian fucking Andrade, that fucking fucker of a fucktard!" I growled, quite unhinged by what we all just heard.

"That is correct!" Maragery's tone was like of a game show host as she stood up from the floor and slowly collapsed on the couch beside Julianne. "And even though it was obviously over between the two of us ay patuloy pa rin ang pag-attempt niyang kausapin ako at pagpunta sa bahay. Disillusioned, I never even felt guilt when he attempted to wait for hours outside our house. Nagpaulan, nagpagutom, nagpaawa...handa rin yata siyang mamatay ng mga oras na iyon para mapansin ko lang. He was pathethic. Make no mistake about it, I loved him, really. But I love my sister and my family above anything. Wala ng amor sa akin ang pabalikbalik niyang pagmamakaawa, kasabay ng hindi rin pagtigil na pagtetext sa akin noong unknown number. This time he was desperate. Based on the unsub experts, the tone of the messages changed and per the patterns and choice of words, natuklasan nilang babae ang sender at isa ito sa mga nanakit kay ate base sa mga detalyeng natetext nito. And as if the game that they all started was just the beginning, I received a personal surprise of my own one night. One of my security details, Beverly was in it with them. Nagising ako isang gabi dahil sa isang malakas na pagputok nang baril at pag bulusok ng mga dugo sa mukha ko. Shit. That night was so vile that it gives me naightmares up to now. Beveryly tried to kill me in my sleep, at mabuti na lang ay pinagdudahan na siya 'nong isa sa mga details ni dad, si kuya Clyde. you all know him already. Siya kasi ang naka shift noon sa cctv watch at nakita niya si Beverly na pumasok sa kwarto ko ng dis-oras ng gabi. He followed her and he was just in time as Beverly pulled the trigger."

"And that was when there was a massive media out break about you dying that night. Oh my god, sorry pero ang galing ng PR niyo. " Ms. Elizalde gasped. Kaagad na tumango si Margaery.

"That was the plan, hitting two birds with one stone. At iyo na nga. Naunahan ni Clyde si Beverly, he shot her in the head, and pieces of her head clung onto my face then onto my nightmares perpetually. Everything had gone full circle after the shooting and our family alongside the unsub experts agreed that the only way for the sick game and obsession to conclude was for me...to die. True enough, the messages, stalking and other harassment stopped after the nationwide news of me dying."

"Well it did not stop those fuckers from harassing Julianne now, did it? You know what, I think I am going to fucking kill Sebastian Andrade." I hissed but Julianne flicked my forehead.

"The fuck, you're not!" Margaery spat in a threatening tone. Napantig ang tenga ko. Simple lang naman rin ang solusyon ngayon and I would love to copy what Maragery did years ago to stop all of this. Pero ngayon ay si Sebastian na ang mamamatay, tutal ay sa kanya naman pala obsessed. "Kung ano man ang iniisip mo Señor, stop it. Sebastian doesn't know anything about all of this. He only knows that we broke up because he cheated on me."

Mas lalong uminit ang ulo ko sa narinig.

"What the fuck?!" It was Ms. Elizalde who echoed my current thoughts. "Bakit hindi niya alam ang katarantaduhang ginawa niya?"

"Okay...everyone should agree with me that we need a pause. Nakakaloka. Sandali, kukuha lang ako ng inumin." Mr. dela Cruz broke the tension and I saw him wiped his eyes as he stood up.

"Fuck. I just got a message from mom." Margaery spoke again, gently this time as she walked towards Julianne. "Papunta na rito sina dad. Darating sila in two hours."

Bumuntonghininga ako. I had to step back and give them a breather dahil baka kung ano nanaman ang masabi ko sa mga nalaman ko.

..........

I just ended a call with Seb at naumayan ng kaunti. I decided to walk back towards the living room and was a bit relieved that the crying was over. Margaery, Leslie and Eduardo were all nursing a bottle of beer while Julianne had her back on the sofa as she massaged her temples.