Casper (Completed)

Chapter 13

"You are shaking..." Hinawakan ko ang kamay ni Casper.
"Let me drive." Ang sabi ko sa kanya.
Sumunod naman si Casper sa akin. Umupo siya sa passenger side at ako na ang nagmaneho. Tahimik siya hanggang sa makauwi kami sa bahay niya.

"Casper." I called him pagkahinto namin sa garahe.
"He was there." Sabi nito.
"Casper... Are you okay? Tell me what's wrong?"
He looked at me with so much pain in his eyes. "Liam was there...In front of us."
"Yes... Your previous partner." I slowly said.
Umiling si Casper. Pumikit at isinaldal ang ulo sa upuan.
"He is the one who killed me." Sabi nito.
Para akong nabingi...
"What?"
"He killed me. He pulled the trigger. I was still conscious after he shot me... I was asking him to help me...but he just stood there... letting me die."

Napasandal din ako sa upuan...Sobrang nabigla ako sa sinabi niya. Alam kong pinagbibintangan ni mommy si Liam na pumatay kay Casper before... but hearing it from him... I can feel his anger.
"Why?... But why he did that?" Naguguluhang tanong ko.
"He wanted..." Umiling si Casper. "He wanted our research."
"He wanted so many things...Clarida."

"Why did he end up killing you? Why... why he is still here? Out of the prison?"
"There is no witness." Sagot ni Casper. Hinawakan ni Casper ang parte sa tapat ng kanyang puso.
"I can still remember like it was yesterday. I can't believe I will see him today. It shook me."
"He doesn't know who you are," I said to him. Nanghihina na din sa mga nangyayari.
"He will know. Have you seen his face when he saw me? He will know who am I."
"What shall we do?"
"Nothing... You will do nothing. Let me handle this."

"Casper..." Napalakas ang boses ko. "You will end up double dead if you will not think straight."
"You are not the one who got stolen two decades of life." Punong puno ang galit si Casper.
"You are not the one who ends up looking from your grave and waiting for someone to return." Sabi niya. "You will not understand, Clarida."
"Maybe," I said.
"But you need to know too that I was the child that was taken for granted because her mom was busy looking for a way to bring you back. Until her last breath Casper, she was thinking about you."

Unti-unting bumabalik sa isip ko ang mga panahon na nakakulong si mommy sa laboratory niya habang mag-isa akong nag-aaral. Yung mga panahong naiiwan ako sa yaya dahil kailangan niyang pumunta sa America. Yung mga panahong kailangan ko ng magulang sa school pero dahil meron siyang experiement, nakalimutan niyang pumunta.

Kinuha ko sa bag ko ang sulat na pinapabigay ni mommy sa kanya.
"I forgot to give this to you. It's a letter from my mom."
Nakatingin si Casper sa sulat ng hinawakan ko ang kamay niya at ipinatong ang sulat. Iniwan ko siyang mag-isa sa kotse. Nanlalambot akong bumalik sa loob ng bahay at pumasok sa kwarto ko.

HIndi ko alam ang drama ko, bakit ako nalulungkot. Siguro dahil tapos na ang pagtulong ko sa kanya at kailangan ko ng umuwi. Tapos na ang pangako ko kay mommy. Kailangan ko ng harapin ang buhay ko.