Ayesha Rakki's POV
Nag-angat ako ng tingin sa lugar na sinend ni Faudia. Hindi ko inaasahan na isang bahay ang matatagpuan ko.
Yeah. It's a mansion. It looks old but still... ang ganda ng buong lugar.
But then, seeing those people with guns make the place looks so messy. Is this an old house of the Adisson's? I don't actually have any idea about their houses but I know an ancestral house when I see one.
"I'm Rakki." Natural na sabi ko sa mga lalaking nasa gate na nakatutok ang baril sakin.
The plan is to get inside without fighting. Baka kung ano ang gawin ni Uncle Greg sa mga taong hawak niya so I have to do one thing and that is to give myself up.
"Tell Uncle Greg I'm here to talk to him." Natural na sabi ko. Nagtaka pa sila nung una pero nung binigay ko ang mga baril ko ay mukhang tinawagan na nila si Uncle kaya pinapasok na nila ako.
Of course, I still have a gun. Nakatago lang.
Pagpasok ko sa loob ay bumungad sa akin si Uncle Greg na nakangisi habang may hawak na wine. Nakuha niya pang ngumisi sa kabila ng lahat.
Kakaiba talaga 'to.
"Where are they?" Diretsong tanong ko na ikinangisi niya lalo. Sinenyasan niya pa akong umupo pero hindi ko sinunod yun at tumayo nalang. "Where's my Uncle Sean?"
"I don't know. Maybe he's dead." Parang may pumitik sa utak ko nang marinig ang sinabi niya kaya tinutok ko agad ang baril sa harapan niya.
Sabay sabay naman na naglabas ng baril ang mga tauhan niya at agad akong tinutukan.
"Alam mo sa sarili mo na kaya kitang patayin sa mga oras na 'to. I don't care about my life. You can kill me anytime, I don't mind." Naikuyom ko ang kamao ko at ngumisi sa kaniya. "So don't threaten me about killing me because it's not going to work."
Hindi naman ako natatakot na mamatay. Isa nalang. Kapag nasigurado ko na mamamatay si Uncle Greg—ang pinaka-simula ng lahat, mapapayapa na ako. Yun lang naman ang kailangan ko.
Sinenyasan niya agad ang mga tauhan niya na ibaba ang baril na hawak na mukhang nagdadalawang isip pa pero sinunod din naman siya.
"I know where you're coming from, Rakki. The world has been cruel to us. It has taken things from us, broken promises, and left scars that never truly heal. I understand why you're angry."
Gusto kong matawa! Baliw talaga siya!
"Don't compare me to your life, Uncle Greg. What's happening to my life isn't because of me. It's because of someone who is bitter with his own life and chooses to hurt others just to make himself feel powerful." Ayoko siyang kausap pero I need to do it to buy us more time.
Humigpit ang hawak niya sa baso hanggang sa mabasag yun bago sarkastikong natawa at tumingin sakin. "You don't understand."
"I completely don't understand. You had so many chances to do something better with your pain. But instead, you chose revenge."
"Revenge was all I had left."
"No. It was all you wanted. There's a difference."
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