Kiana's POV
I looked outside while driving my car. Napangiti na lamang ako nang muling masilayan ang kapaligiran. Halos walang pinagbago. Malawak na palayan. Mga huni ng ibon.
How I wish I can live in this place forever. It's a paradise for me.
Pero nawala ang ngiti ko nang may maalala. It's a paradise, yes. But a paradise where tragedies live in. Kung mananatili ako dito, maaaring hindi lamang si Lola Lily ang mamatay kung hindi maging lahat ng nakatira dito.
I won't let what happened to Lola Lily happen again. Just thinking of her made me remember the days where I chose to stay here after her death and the things I found out.
"Suicide is not an escape from pain. It will just prove how weak you are."
Kaagad akong lumingon at nakita ko si Black na nakatayo 'di kalayuan sa akin. Nakapamulsa siya at matamang nakatingin sa akin. We stared at each other as the wind ruffles our hair.
Anong ginagawa niya dito? Sinundan niya ba ako?
"You know what? If you really want justice, you won't kill yourself. Suicide is only for the weak," seryosong sambit niya.
Natahimik naman ako at napatingin sa tubig ng dagat. A minute ago, I want to drown myself and just die. Pero ngayon, parang gusto ko na lang itulak ang lalaking ito sa tubig at lunurin hanggang mamatay.
Huminga ako nang malalim. Hindi ko alam kung bakit nandito siya at kung paano niya nalaman na nandito ako. But one thing is for sure, he is not an ordinary man who just showed up in my life.
"You really think I'll kill myself?" tanong ko matapos kong pasimpleng punasan ang mga luha ko sa pisngi.
He shrugged. "Yeah. You are obviously planning to kill yourself a while ago."
"Talaga? Paano kung balak ko lang talagang maligo sa dagat?" sarcastic na tanong ko.
"If that's the case, you should have stripped."
He even smirked at me so I frowned. Manyak ba ang lalaking 'to?
"And besides, who will take a bath with the fact that their grandmother just died minutes ago?"
Hindi ako kaagad nakasagot dahil may punto siya. Pero dahil din sa sinabi niya, uminit lang ulit ang dugo ko nang maalala ang nangyari kay Lola Lily.
"Hindi muna ako babalik," sambit ko at tumango siya.
Napakunot noo naman ako. Sigurado akong sumunod 'yan dito para isama ako pabalik. Pero bakit tumango siya kaagad na para bang agree siya na hindi muna ako babalik?
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4 Deadly Queens
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