Thorns in Roses | ✔ #TOA2018 #ProjectBadassGirls

Epilogue

When the days are cold,
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold

“Uncle, please... please let me use our tracker for Yvonne... I know she’s still alive! She can’t be dead, Uncle. We can still track her with that, right? Yvonne’s not dead... she can’t be dead...” pagmamakaawa ni Arron sa ama ni Yvonne.

Hindi magawang salubungin ng tingin ni George ang pamangkin at nanatili itong nakayuko.

“Sir Arron” bulong ni Daphney at nag-aalalang napalingon ito sa dalawang taong pilit pinapakalma ang binata sa paraang paghawak nila sa magkabila nitong balikat, “Arron, Daphney had already done all forensic examinations on all—”

Hindi na naituloy ni Dereck ang kanyang sasabihin nang sigawan siya ni Arron pabalik kasabay ng galit nitong pagtanggal sa kamay ng mga taong nakapatong sa kanyang mga balikat, “No! You don’t know Yvonne, you don’t know how she can manipulate all the documents you can have with! How she—”

Hindi na nakapagtimpi si Rain at marahas nitong hinablot ang collar ng damit ni Arron, “Di ba tinrack mo ang lahat ng system na possibleng magamit para i-alter lahat ng results? May napala ka ba? Wala naman ‘di ba? Sinubukan mo pang alamin kung may naiwang traces si Yvonne, pero ano? Wala!”

Inis itong kumawala mula sa pagkakahablot ni Rain, “But she’s better than me! Kaya niyang gawin ang kahit ano kahit ang –”

“Ang ano?! Ang magpanggap na patay sa’yo? Sa ama niya? Sa’ting lahat?! Arron... it’s already a fvcking year since she’s gone! Get a life and move on!” sagot ni Rain.

“Bakit? Bakit napakadali niyong tanggapin na patay na si Von? Huh, Uncle?” baling ni Arron kay George, “Bakit nawalan na kayo ng pag-asa na may tyansang buhay pa siya? Bakit? Ni hindi niyo naman makilala yung bangkay na tinutukoy niyo na si Yvonne, ‘di ba? Ibig sabihin may posibilidad pang—”

“Traces of her fingerprints and blood are all over the katana the corpse was holding. Unluckily, the hair on the scalp was all burned into ashes that may help to verify the DNA of the corpse... but as soon as we checked the corpse’s teeth for an age test, it was and verified around Ms. Yvonne’s age.”

When your dreams all fall,
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood’s run stale

“Pero—”  –Arron

“They’ve seen her wedding ring, Son... the ring she always wear as necklace and under her shirt... the exact ring of what Russel gave to her and what she always treasured...” George calmly informed his nephew, “You do know that there could only be one ring on that kind because Russel was the one who personally made it” he added.

At dahil sa narinig ni Arron, nanlulumong napaluhod ito sa carpeted na sahig ng office ni George, “Von”, tanging naibulong nito at muling tumulo ang luha  ng binata. Maagap ‘mang inalo siya ng kanyang tiyuhin... masakit itong sumuko at nagpatuloy na humikbi.

I want to hide the truth,
I want to shelter you
But with the beast inside
There’s nowhere we can hide

No matter what we breed,
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come

“Sir, may bisita po kayo—”

When you feel my heat,
Look into my eyes
It’s where my demons hide
It’s where my demons hide