The Man With Broken Dreams ( WATTYS 2019 )

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''Let us all give a round of applause to Engineer Azello Joaquin Andrade the CEO of Golden Belle Corp.'' I waved my hand and bid goodbye to our public audience.

I got in the car and busied myself reading reports and papers regarding a business proposal of some of my colleagues in college. After a short drive I handed the files to my secretary and entered my minimalist yet luxurious office

''sir we found her'' I stopped midway while walking down the hallways of my office.

My mind seemed to be haywired after 5 years of hiding and chasing I could finally meet the woman who tore my dreams apart. She killed my son. My only son.

I will make sure luluhod siya sa harap ko to ask for forgiveness my gritted my teeth with annoyance and hatred just by imagining that I'll be seeing her again

''leave us alone'' I ordered to my personal assistants

Ang nakatatandang private investigator ang naiwan although his hair was visibly whitening he still looks good and professional I trust him since he was able to trace my family's background before I became the greatest in this industry.

''she's somewhere a few miles away from the city'' sabay abot ng private investigator ko ng envelope tungkol sa babaeng hinahanap ko. Nagsimula siya magbahagi ng kanyang mga nakalap na impormasyon my jaw dropped in frustration she's really an evil piece of shit

Ang kapal ng pagmumukha niya paano niya nagagawang gumimik at magsaya kung alam niyang pumatay siya? Wala siyang awa sa anak ko. Nagmakaawa ako sa kanya to spare my son's life but she never did.

Binigay ko ang tseke sa matanda at pinaalis na ito upang gawin ang iba ko pang hinihiling.

I grabbed a glass at binato yun sa pader ipaparamdam ko sa kanya kung gaano kasakit mawalan ng anak. I gritted my teeth and crumpled the girl's picture dahil ang litrato ng babaeng nakikipag sayaw sa lalaki ang siyang sumira sa mga pangarap ko.

Umuwi ako at nagbihis, binuhos lahat ng galit sa pagsuntok sa punching bag.

Bawat suntok na aking pinakakawalan ay iniisip ko ang babaeng walang hiya na yon.

Makakamtan ko na rin ang hustisya para sa aking anak

Maiibsan na rin ang pighati na aking nadarama.

Tumunog ang cellphone ko hudyat ng pagtigil ko sa mga iniisip hindi ko na din namalayan ang oras kaya Hinubad ko ang boxing gloves na aking soot at sinagot ang tawag

Napangiti na lamang ako dahil umaayon ang lahat sa plano ko.

''bring her to me. Kidnap her. Or do anything possible para maiharap niyo siya sa akin'' agad agad akong nagbihis at nag ayos halo halong emosyon ang aking nararamdaman dahil makakaganti na rin ako.

It's been a year since I started writing this. I hope there will be readers who will support me. 

I worked real hard writing this. 

thank you to the 9 people reading / viewing my story. 

this means a lot. 

love, 

Leiz