Play The Game (COMPLETED)

Chapter 27

#PTG27 Chapter 27

Palakas nang palakas ang kabog ng dibdib ko habang hinihintay ko ang pagbabalik ni Anj. Panay ang sigaw ko na tumigil siya, pero ni hindi niya nagawang lumingon. She was adamant on getting Jax... and I knew that she wouldn't stop until he's here.

"Kitty..." mahinang tawag ni Deanne. She saw the struggle in my face. She was there. She saw how it all happened. "You need him. Don't be stubborn. Now's not the time to be stubborn."

Pilit akong ngumiti.

Puro pilit.

Kagaya ng pagpupumilit nila sa akin na maniwala na may pag-asa pa akong maka-labas dito... pero naglolokohan lang kami. Dahil alam naming lahat kung gaano kamakapangyarihan ang pamilya ni Kier. They would stop at nothing to get me in jail... Kagaya ng hindi nila pagtigil hanggang hindi maka-labas sa kulungan si Nathan.

"We don't even know if he'll come here..." sagot ko. "You know how he hates me."

Hindi agad siya naka-sagot. Pareho naming alam kung gaano ka-galit sa akin si Jax.

"It... It shouldn't matter. It all happened before. Iba iyong ngayon. Kitty, we're talking about reclusion perpetua! I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation!"

Huminga ako nang malalim.

"I understand. I do. I just... I just don't know how I'd get out of this mess... Or if I deserve this. Hindi ko alam. Naguguluhan ako."

Tumingin siya sa akin. "Makinig ka sa akin, okay? I know you. You didn't do this."

I looked at her, amused at how she thought that I was still the same person she knew years before. I was different now... I was more... jaded. I was well aware of life's harsh reality.

I was no longer a dreamer.

Reality slapped me hard.

"But what if I did?"

She pursed her lips. "Then we'll have to see if Jax still loves you. He'll have to find a way to get you out of here."

* * *

The police were pressuring me to give a statement. I remained mum... until I get a lawyer with me. Deanne wouldn't accept the case. She was a family lawyer. This wasn't her turf.

Ayaw din nila akong pagbigyan na makausap ang mga kaibigan ko. Deanne said that they're all outside, waiting for an update. Ang tanging gusto ko lamang ay ang makapagpalit ng damit. Hanggang ngayon ay hindi ako maka-hinga nang maayos tuwing napapadapo ang mga mata ko sa natuyong dugo ni Kier sa akin.

I couldn't believe how fast my life changed in the past hours.

Just last night, he was asking me to go on a vacation with him... and now, he's dead.

Ang bilis ng buhay. Masyadong mabilis. Hindi ako maka-sabay sa agos. Minsan, gusto ko na lang magpatangay. Kasi baka doon talaga dapat ako patungo. Baka doon, mahanap ko iyong kasiyahan na pinakawalan ko noon.

Baka doon, matahimik na ako.

"Misis, mamaya dadating na iyong prosecutor na assigned sa kaso mo. Kapag wala ka pa ring abogado, pasensyahan na pero itatawag na kita ng abogado."

Tumango ako. Maybe I could do this. I... I still studied law. If they wouldn't give me a good lawyer, I just needed to soldier on. I just needed someone to represent me...

Kaya ko 'to.

Siguro.

Tahimik na iyinuko ko ang ulo ko. Tahimik na naghihintay ng susunod na mangyayari. Alam ko sa sarili ko na hindi ako pupuntahan ni Jax... Galit siya sa akin. Galit na galit siya. But I wouldn't take it against him if he'd decline the case... I understand him. I'd always understand him.