The Game Changer (Mafia Families #2)

Chapter 15: Confessions

Author's advance note: :D

Hi ever so silent readers. I just wanna say.

Punong puno po itong chapter ng typos kasi di ko na, na proofread cause I wrote this at 2am and pa shutdown na mata ko. Busy nnaman for the last few days but it's over now and yeah im writing.

Wooohhhh yung mga nag message sakin may naka guess ng magiging plot ng story tungkol kay Blaze but im not gonna say who you are... mind reader ata hahahha but spoiler spoiler so i should stop blabbering now para mabasa niyo na. Enjoy :D

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THIRD PERSON'S POV

Palubog na ang araw nang dumating si Liam sa tinutuluyan niyang bahay sa Pilipinas. Alam niyang matagal siyang mananatili kaya bumili nalang siya ng mansion keysa manatili dun sa hotel na pagmamay-ari ng Famiglia.

Tanaw na niya ang gate at napansin niyang may nakaparada na itim na sasakyan sa tabi nito. Nang tumigil ang sasakyan sa harap ng gate ay agad na bumaba ang tao sa nakaparadang sasakyan.

Binaba na ni Liam ang side window and regarded the visitor.

"It's not often that a Capriotti visits me." Sabi ni Liam. "Often time they are held at gunpoint and... I take it you know what happens."

The visitor clench his jaw. "I'm not here to play your mind games Giovanni."

Napangisi si Liam kasi isang tingin pa lang ay alam na niya ang pakay nito.

"So you came to sell your soul to me."

Tahimik lang ito.

"Sadly, I don't need a Capriotti." Isasara na sana ni Liam ang bintana ng kotse nang agad itong nagsalita.

"I can give you what you want."

"And that is?"

"What you really wanted to get for years." Sagot nito.

"What makes you think I don't have it?"

"If you did. You'd be in Sicily right now planning the end of the entire Capriotti bloodline." Sagot nito.

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It's been two days since Blaze came. Hindi parin nila alam kung ipapaalam ba nila ang tungkol kay Iry.

"Hindi natin pwedeng sabihin kaagad kay Blaze." Sabi ni Fiona.

"Malalaman rin niya, mabuti pa na satin manggaling." Sabi naman ni Klent.

Napatingin sila kay L kasi sakanya namana ng final decision.

"We wait after the gala." Sagot ni L at wala namang nagreklamo.

The gala is tomorrow at lahat ng mirembro ng Vermillion ay nandun para ipagdiwang ang pag upo ni L bilang Boss. Darating din sina Zyren at Nico pati an ang Davino.

Lumabas na muna si L para magpahangin sa garden. Soemone else was there.

"Gino o Luca?" tanong ko at napalingon ito nakita ni L na iisa ang kulay ng mata nito.

She sighed. It's Gino.

"Di ko na ata napansin ang kambal mo? Pianuwi na ba ni Liam sa Sicily?" tanong ni L.

"Bakit mo natnaong?"

"Just curious." Sagot ni L at nagtaka kung anong meron di naman ganyan ka seryoso si Gino. Para yung si Dylan na palaging nakangiti at kong ano ano sinsabi. "May problema ba?"

Imbes na sumagot ay tumingala lang si Gino sa dumidilim na kalangitan.

"Dylan Henry." Bigla niyang sabi. "He likes you, doesn't he?"

Nagualt si L at di agad siya nakasagot napaisip anang siya sa mga sinasabi ng taong nakapaligid sakanya.

Hindi alam ni L ang amraramdaman niya kay Dylan. He's a friends, a family, someone that can be more than just a friend. Pero...

"What's stopping you?" bigla nanamang tanong ni Gino.

Hindi a;lam ni L kung bakit epro minsan pag nakakausap niya si Gino ay ang gaan ng loob nito sakanya. She feels like she could trust him and tell him anything.

"Everyone important to me always end up..." di na natapos ni L ang sasabihin niya at napalunok nalang.

"You're afraid to get hurt."

"What could hurt more than losing all the people I loved. All the Family I have left?" tanong naman ni L na nagpatahimik kay Gino.

Pareho silang tahimik nang ilang segundo.

"Maybe im afraid." Sabi ni L.

She just felt like she had to tell someone.

"Naalala mo ba yung binisita kong puntod."

Gino stayed silent.

"He meant the world to me." Nilunok ni L ang lahat ng mararamdaman niya. "Dio you know what would hurt more than seeing him die before my eyes."

"Letting go." Sagot ni Gino.

"Letting go means that you have to acknowledge the fact that he won't come back that he's gone forever."

Napatawa nalang si L ng konti kasi dapat ngapapahangin siya para mabawasan ang iniisip niya and here she is ppuring her heart out.

"Tingin ko ay sasabihin niya sayo na maging masaya. He offered his life so that you can have a life and be happy."

"You wouln't know the feeling Gino."

"I lost someone." Gino smiled sadly at L. Ramdam ni L ang lungkot sa boses nito. "I let her go. I would rather be hurt than living with the thought that she died because of me. I thought she'd be happier with someone else."

"At nasan na siya ngayon?" tanong ni L at napansin niya ang pagkuyom ni Gino ng kamay niya.

She knew she shouldn't have aswked.

"She died."

L felt the hurt and sadness in his voice.