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5: Granted

One Shot #5
Granted

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Danilo

Interrogation room. Hindi ko na mabilang kung ilang beses na akong nakapasok or to put it more accurately, pumasok sa mga silid na gaya nito.

"Okay, so Mr. Bosque. Please tell us exactly what happened. And we know na baka mahapdi pa yung sugat pero it would help if you could tell us in detail."

As expected, ito nanaman ang bungad ng isa nanamang panot na police officer katabi ng isa nanamang 'investigator' na di ko mawari kung bagay ba sa kanya ang titulong iyan, gaya ng past 19 that I've met. Sarcasm included.

Kaya di ko na rin maiwasang iexpect na gaya ng past 19 na walang kwentang linapitan ko para mabigyang hustisya ang brutal na pagkamatay ng nanay ko, ay wala ring kwenta ang ika 20 na ito.

Before opening my mouth to answer his questions, nag flash nanaman sa isip ko ang ilang glimpse ng patay na katawan ni mama.

Red. Blood. Torn. Limbs. Ripped. Head. Shattered. Bones. Plied. Nails. Disfigured. Teeth. Partially. Peeled. Skin. Opened. Stomach. Scattered. Organs.

The list could go on. But this list is more than enough reason for me to kill the bastard who did this to her.

The policeman along with the investigator ofcourse, nakakuha sila ng pictures galing sa scene kaya di ko maintindihan kung bakit sa tingin ng panot na iyon, 'mahapdi' is the right term.

They also received my former statements, all from their department na paulit ulit nang iniinterview ang tungkol sa pagkamatay ng nanay ko - how I found her body, what happened next and whether I noticed anything suspicious or not. The time, the weather, her temperature lahat na!

And I hate it! I hate every part of it because paulit ulit na lang! Paulit ulit ko na lang kinekwento, paulit ulit ko na lang inaalala, paulit paulit na lang na nagrereplay ang pangyayare! Paulit ulit ko na lang nararamdaman ang takot at sakit!

Paulit ulit na lang nawawala sa akin ang nanay ko!

Flashback [included in Danilo Bosque's statements]

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'Hapdi' doesn't begin to cover it.

It's excruciating to begin with. But I still bear with it. I have to bear with it. Kailangan niya ng hustisya, that's the least I can offer the greatest woman I've ever met.

She was my mother by choice. And she chose to fix me.

But I cant fix this! I cant fix her! And I hate myself for it! And every minute that passes, na alam ko na hindi pa patay ang hayop na sumira sa tanging tao na tinanggap ako, I come to hate myself more.

Kaya kahit sobrang sakit na, kahit para na akong masusuka tuwing nasa loob ng isa nanamang interrogation room, I still do this.

For her. For nanay.

"Look, I know that you are either familiar with this case because I've been making a lot of noise sa department niyo, given the fact that I've consulted with 19 of your men or, I certainly hope not, you two are just stupid. So God help me dahil ang rason lang ng pagpunta ko dito ay para hanapin niyo ang gumawa niyan sa nanay ko and either kill the bastard, let me kill him or kung against ang pumatay sa batas na sinusunod niyo, kill me instead. Iba ang batas ko."

Ang panot na policeman ay bahagyang napaatras, probably sensing that I'm here for business, na dapat naman ay expected na nila.

The investigator on the other hand just crossed his arms and looked at me seriously, para bang pinagninilayan niya ang mga katagang binitawan ko, specially the last words.

"Mr. Bosque, I would like to ask you if your request is final. We would not like to regret future actions now don't we?"

"I meant every damn word."

Ilang segundo pa ang lumipas nang walang nagsasalita sa silid. Nakatutok sa akin ang mga mata nilang dalawa; mga matang nanunuri, nangingilala, nangangapa.

"Very well then."

Walang ano ano'y kinuha niya ang, baril? which now I'm guessing is a tranquilizer kasi pagkatapos niya akong barilin nito ay nawalan ako ng malay.

Malala pa pala ito sa huling labingsiyam na binisita kong imbestigador.

Wakas.

Author's Note

WELLLLLLLL I'm finally back, not like my presence was a big deal to begin with, hahaha

wow it's been so long so i'm not really sure if anyone will still read this but i need an outlet so here i am

also just in case it's hazy, Danilo thought wrong and uhh yk what happened next :)

i dont know if i'll continue writing the other ongoing ones i published or how long im gonna keep this up since im busy with school but bear with me ((or not))

Thanks for reading :))
-definitely not nikki