The Mafia's Slave Part 1 & 2

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~Author-sama

M A R S H A N

"You're looking great, apo." Lola Zek touched my cheeks when she saw me. I smiled at her and held her hand. Gaya ni Lolo ay itinuring na rin niya akong tunay na apo.

"Si Lolo po pala?" I asked her.

"He's talking to his colleagues, better yet samahan mo na muna si Walrick, na hindi na mabitaw-bitawan ang game phone niya." Ngumiti ako sa kanya and walked towards the table occupied solely by my brother. Ganito naman kapag may okasyon ang pamilya namin. Dalawa lang kami ni Paeng ang laging magkasama. Minsan kinakausap naman kami ni Kuya Spencer.

May separate na table yung mga ex-friends namin with their new friends.

"Paeng, may ipapakita ako sayo." kulbit ko dito. Nakatanggal yung isang earpiece sa tenga niya para marinig niya kapag may kakausap sa kanya.

"What is it?" He asked me. Inusog ko yung upuan ko at dinikit sa upuan niya before showing him the picture of me and Maxene with her kids in between us. Natigilan si Paeng sa paglalaro. He removed his earphones and looked at me habang nanlalaki ang mga mata.

"I-I---"

"Maxene is alive." I said to him. Nabitawan niya ang phone niya at napatayo.

"W-Where is she? Let's go to her! I wanna see her." Halos hindi ito mapakali kaya hinila ko siya paupo.

"After party, let's go home to her." I said.

"Okay! Hintayin mo ko, I'll bring some clothes. I knew it! We were right the whole time!" he said excitedly. Kulang na lang magtatatalon ito sa tuwa.

When we thought Maxene died, parang gumuho na rin ng tuluyan ang mundo namin. Paeng and I can't accept the fact that she's already dead dahil malakas ang kutob namin na hindi pa siya patay. Yet no one believed us, akala nila depressed lang kami sa pagkamatay ni Maxene. And worse ipinakonsulta pa nila kami sa psychiatrist.

Akala nila nababaliw na kami. Pero malakas ang kutob namin and we refused to accept it 'cause we know Maxene is somewhere there. Babalik din siya samin.

We grew aloof towards our friends and family. Naging cold at tahimik si Raphael at naglayas naman ako. No one understands us, no one believed us, si Lolo lang.

Hindi ko pinansin ang pagdating nina Monique. Matagal na kaming friendship over ng mga yan. Alam kong nakatingin silang lahat sakin pero hindi ko sila tinapunan ng tingin. They even have the audacity to seat on the table besides us.

Kasama nila si Leanna, Waldrin's girlfriend, Hannah na ex ni Raven na girlfriend niya ulit and Jude na barkada nila nung college. I transferred school dahil hindi ko masikmurang nakikita sila.