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Chapter 1: For Magic
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Ibinagsak ko ang mga plato nang makitang halos dinaanan ng bagyo ang kusina. Nagkalat ang mga platong pinagkainan, mga pack ng pagkain na tiyak kong kagabi pa, mga bote ng alak and of course foils and other paraphernalia.
I picked up the foil and stared at it with tired eyes. "Jules, nangako ka sa akin na titigil ka na sa bisyo mo."
I heard him giggled as he stared at nowhere. Alam kong walang silbing kausapin ko siya ngayon. He's high as kite kaya hindi niya rin maisasaulo ang sasabihin ko. I'm tired of this. I'm sick of this life. Kung hindi ko lang siya mahal ay matagal ko na siyang iniwan.
But he knew me well. Whenever I feel like giving up, he would hug me from behind and tell me I am an amazing woman at mahal niya ako. And that's it. I am sure I will never let him go.
Nakilala ko siya noong high school pa lamag ako. Malayong-malayo siya sa patpating Jules ngayon. It's understatement to call him a hearthrob. Halos lahat ng nag-aaral sa paaralang iyon ay may gusto sa kanya, and I am one of them.
But he would date only the best girls in school. Beauty queens, smart girls and such and I happened to be none of those. Nagkakasya na ako sa pasulyap-sulyap ko sa kanya mula sa malayo. When we graduated, I forgot about him at nagfocus na lamang ako sa pagtulong sa pamilya.
My dad is a magician for hire. I was born with penchant for magic at palagi akong mapag-usisa kay tatay tungkol sa mga tricks niya. I remembered having my greatest dream as a world class magician. At you age, naging apprentice ako ni tatay. I would go inside the box as he cut it in two, or he would put me inside a cage, all tied up and I would do my escape trick.
But six years ago, my father was shot dead by unknown people.
There were speculations who did. Well, not really speculations because my brother heard it from my father himself. On his dying moment, he mentioned Vander Mafia. That was the time my brother wanted nothing but to go after this Vander Mafia.
It was a suicide mission but since Brad Rustia, my brother has strong sense of justice, he pursued his dream of becoming an officer of justice.
Ipinilig ko ang ulo at lumapit kay Jules na ngayon ay nakalambitin ang ulo sa sofa. I pulled him by the hand at inayos ang kanyang pagkahiga.
It's been a year mula nang maging kami. Nang ni-raid ng mga pulis ang lugar nila, he escaped through my help. That's when my teenage fantasies of him became true. Naging magkasintahan kami, actually we're more than that. I practically live on his house, ako ang bumubuhay sa kanya at kasal na lamang ang kulang sa amin.
"Hey babe," he greeted me at hinila ako sa tabi niya. Napaupo ako at bumangon naman siya. He smelled of booze and cigarette. He started trailing kisses on my cheek, pababa sa leeg ko. "Na-miss kita."
