RUTHLESS ASSASSIN [BOOK II] COMPLETED

Chapter 18: Tres

YUYAN

I'M BUSY sipping my hot coffee, when the maid lend me a newspaper. Binuklat ko ito at napangisi nang tumambad sa akin ang headline. Umaayon ang lahat sa plano. Makakakilos na ako nang walang inaalala.

Abala rin ako sa pagbabasa ng balitang nagpangisi sa akin, nang marinig ko si Toshiro na isinisigaw ang pangalan ko.

"What's the meaning of this!?" tanong nito sabay lapag ng newspaper sa harapan ko.

I just stare at it and gave him my answer. "Uhm.. I'm dead." walang ganang sagot ko.

"Ghad! You really are insane, Yuyan!" sigaw nito habang hinihilot ang kaniyang sintido. Kitang-kita ang pag-aalala, sa kanyang mukha.

Alam kong alam na niya ang ginawa ko. But he won't blamed me for that. I just want to get them rid off me. Nang sa ganun ay magawa ko ang plano ko sa Dark Society. Thanks to Jessie, he's such a genius! Ipinaalam niya lang naman sa buong mundo na patay na ako.

Tinignan ko lang siya. "Yeah. I'm really insane." tamad kong sagot.

Alam kong masama ang loob niya sa akin. Dati sinasabi ko lahat sa kaniya, lahat ng plano ko, ngayon hindi na. Basta na lang siyang masusorpresa sa mga plano ko.

His brows furrowed. "What!? You're just dead? No other explanations? Huh!" he shrieked. "Last night, ipinagsigawan mong engaged ka na. Ngayon, patay ka na! Ano bang pumapasok sa utak mo, Yuyan!" sigaw nito at hinampas ang mesa.

Okay! I admit, Toshiro's scary! Halos mabulunan ako dahil ngayon ko lang siya nakitang magalit ng sobra-sobra.

"Speak Yuyan!" muli nitong sigaw. "Ganito ba ang gusto mong mangyari? Na ipaalam sa kanila na patay ka na? Hindi mo ba inisip kung anong mararamdaman nila? Ni Sheenah? Justine? Nixon? Huh?!"

Gusto kong magpaliwanag, pero hindi ko magawa. Masiyado akong nilukob ng takot dahil kay Toshiro. Hindi ko akalain na sasabog siya ng ganito.

"B-But t-they k-know me as Nica Cresent!" I uttered.

"Yeah! They've known you as Nica Cresent or whatever your fucking name is! But what about Sheenah? Nixon? Gunner?" he brushed his fingers through his hair. I know his pissed. Pissed on me. Pissed on my stupidity. "You helped Sheenah with their properties! You meet Nixon with Kyle. And I know you love Gunner. But what the fuck is this? Why don't you just show up, and say hi to them!?"

"I-I just want them to be safe. Away from me. I'm just concern about them. I don't want them to get hurt." sagot ko.

"Damn that safety concern of yours!" sigaw nito. "You're just torturing yourself! And you're just torturing them! Our fucking friends!"

Kyle said I was just torturing my self. I was just torturing Gunner. Now, Toshiro said, I was the same. I don't know what to do anymore. I just want them to be safe. Mahirap bang intindihin iyon?

Silence rained us.

No one dare to speak. I don't even know what to say. How to explained everything. That I just want them away from me. That's why I've done that stupidity.

Then suddenly he broke the silence. "Yeah right!? Maybe, you were happy, seeing them mourning---" he paused and looked at me with his cold eyes. "---mourning for someone who is not dead!" sigaw nito at iniwan akong nakaawang ang bibig.

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I immediately run towards the bar counter. Poured a hard drink on my glass and downed it. Bearing the warm fluid running from my throat. Then I poured another drink and downed it again.