End Of All The Endings (Book 2)

End Game 39

[A/N: MERRY CHRISTMAS WATTPADERS!]

End Game 39

"Nobody knows"

Art Antonio

One week ago...

"You'll show up?" mahinahon kong tanong kay Monica. She turned her back at me.

"I.will." mariin niyang sambit. "Perhaps, you're afraid?"

Ikinuyom ko ang mga kamay ko. Humarap siya sa akin and her eyes locked onto my fist. "Hmm, it seems that you are. We're about to get married Art. Lalabas na sa publiko ang engagement nating dalawa, I'm no famous but this is my chance to create my own name." sumipsip siya ng wine. "I can't wait to tell everyone about us! By the way, who and where's your parents?"

Bigla akong napatigil sa tanong niya. My parents.

"I don't know."

"Magulang mo sila."

"I said, I don't know."

Tinaasan ako ni Monica ng kilay. "We're getting married, baka hindi nila alam? Duh, Art." lumapit ito sa akin at hinawakan niya ang pisngi ko. "Sa akin ka lang."

Akma niya akong hahalikan pero umiwas ako. Bahid sa mukha ni Monica ang inis.

I'm sorry... I'm not going to let anyone taste my lips unless it's Sheliah.

Ano ba Art, tama na.

"Mailap ka pa din sa akin? We'll see kung makaganyan ka pa kapag may ginawa ako sa babaeng 'yon."

Marahas kong hinawakan ang balikat ni Monica. "Don't you dare." tinitigan ko si Monica sa mata. "I'm going to kill you."

She laughs. "What a joke. You can't do that, you don't know how to kill."

I grinned. "You don't know what I am capable of Monica. We had our agreement, don't break it." binitawan ko siya.

"I'm not threatened Art."

"You should."

Sheliah Santibañez

Isang linggo na ang nakakalipas simula nang dumating si Monica para sirain ang atmospera ng buhay ko.

I already bought the movie, nakuha niya na ang pera. Now, all I need to do is to investigate.

I am in my father's office, hinihintay siya. Please tell me it'll be clear.

Bumukas ang pinto at pumasok ang tatay ko. I stood up from the chair and I kissed his cheek. "Sit down anak." sinunod ko ang sinabi niya. Pinanood ko siyang maupo at habang inilalatag niya ang mga papeles.

"Dad?"

Nag-angat ito ng tingin sa akin. "Liah."

"Ano na po? May kinalaman ba si Art sa pagkaka-kidnapped ng mga kaibigan ko?"

"Meron."

Parang sinasaksak ako patalikod sa nadinig... Tama ba? Meron?

"Dad? Are you sure? Totoo? That's... That's unreal. Paano niya magagawa 'yon--" inabot nito ang kamay ko at hinawakan niya 'yon.

"Calm down hija, we only know na may kinalaman siya pero it's not that he's the one who made it."

"It's the same! May kinalaman siya, how could he? Bakit? Ang daming tanong Papa... Ang dami." I started crying in front of him. "I don't know how to process things anymore... Ayoko na po, ayoko nang may malaman pa. I think--I think I can't handle it."

Tumayo ito at lumapit sa akin para yakapin ako. "Stop crying, hindi ko kayang makitang nasasaktan ang anak ko. Makakapaghiganti rin tayo sa kanila anak, pangako. No one should hurt you, no one."

"Pero... Revenge... Revenge is not my thing anymore. Ayoko nang maging masama, ayoko... Ayoko nang lumaban."

"Maliit pa lang ang impormasyon na hawak natin Liah, maliit pa lang. Don't waste your tears on this. We have so much to unfold and this is just a stepping stone. Kung ano man ang pagiging involved ni Art dito, it's better be good or I will not let him see the rise of the Sun." he pauses at bumitaw siya sa pagkakayakap para pagmasdan ako. Tumigil na din ako sa paghikbi, pinunasan nito ang mga mata ko gamit ang kamay niya.

"But what if... What if it's bad?"

"I feel that it is not. If my senses are wrong, I'll make it right. Kapag nalaman na natin ang lahat... I'll avenge you."

Hindi ko na mabilang ang oras na inilaan ko sa pagtitig sa kisame ng kwarto ko. It felt like a never-ending spiral of thoughts that I never get tired of thinking even though it hurts.

I'm getting too soft and I hate this character, hindi na dapat. I have to be tough, harder than a rock.

Bakit ba nangyayari sa akin ang lahat ng 'to? Yesterday, my life was a complete fairytale. Today, my life is indeed a horror. I'm not sure if I'm still up for tomorrow, I don't want to lose hope but this grief is like a gravity that attracts my body and hopes down.

At ano 'yong nangyare? Art alread bid his goodbye to our past, to our feelings. Isinarado niya na 'yung pahina ng libro namin, I should move forward now. Oo aaminin ko na, I'm not fully healed over him, masakit pa din. Kasi... Kasi, Ugh! I still care.

I'm so freaking deniable. Alam ko naman sa sarili ko na pride at ego ang umiiral sa akin in the name of love.

I am just pretending that I'm over and I am moved. But the real thing is, I am still hoping and I am stucked.

Stucked on what? On this relationship na ako na lang ang humahawak dahil wala nang kami. I am trying my best to be strong, to be ruthless on him. Kasi sinaktan niya ako. He broke his promise, he broke me. Sabi niya pakakasalan niya ako pero t*ngina, si Monica na pala.

Did he really mean his words? Minahal niya ba talaga ako? Kasi kung oo, bakit ang dali niya lang palitan ako? Linoko niya ba ako? I feel like he did. F*ck him!

I covered my face with a pillow. T*ngina Liah, 'wag kang iiyak.

I screamed. I hate you. I promised myself na hindi na ako iiyak sa harapan mo pero I freaking did it again!

Now, you're involved in the case of my friends. Masama ka na nga bang tao?

There's a part of me na kinasusuklaman ka and there's a part of me na nagugulumihanan pa. I am lost again, lost inside our memories.

Inalis ko ang unan sa mukha ko. I know this night will be my crying time. I know, that I would wake up with tear stains on my pillow

One thing I knew... Loving you has consequences.