XEN'S POV
It is past ten in the evening and I found myself at Gecko while holding a bottle of Russo-Baltique Vodka. I had consumed almost five bottles but I want more. I wanna get drunk tonight, or maybe forever.
I was enjoying my drink when two horse-like whores sit beside me.
"C'mon Xen, don't get wasted alone. We are here to join you." Lore said as she grasps my right leg.
"Yeah. Don't be a loner baby." Mia added as she runs her fingers on my chest.
Of course, I knew them. They once became my bed playmates and one in my fuck-it list before.
"You wanna join me?" I asked as I stand in front of them and they eagerly nodded their head like a streetwalker that is athirst of a boink. "Well, I don't want to," I said tenderly as I pour to them the remaining alcohol inside the bottle. They look more like a wet fledgling ready for a tweet-tweet.
"Sir, okay lang ba kayo?" tanong sa akin ni Darren.
"Yeah. Just get those gruesome whores out of my sight. After that, puntahan n'yo ko ni Benjie sa black room." I said as I throw the empty bottle of Russo-Baltique Vodka in front of those hookers.
"Yes sir," Darren answered.
Susuray-suray akong naglakad papunta sa black room but I'm well aware that I'm not drunk, I'm just tipsy. Wala akong pakialam kong sino-sino ang nasasagi ko sa dance floor. Hindi rin naman sila makaalma dahil alam nilang ako ang may-ari ng Gecko. It took me several minutes before I escape the crowd. Muntik pa akong mapasubsob sa isang bakanteng mesa nang maitulak ako ng isang customer.
"I'm sorry sir. I really didn't mean that," pagmamakaawa nito sa akin.
But since I'm shattered tonight, I don't know what an apology is. I clenched my fist and make it land on his stomach. The stupid man cried in pain while I'm enjoying the schadenfreude. His companions suddenly take him away from me. What scaredy-cats.
I noticed that everyone is staring at me due to the commotion I made. But as I looked at them, they continued what they are doing as if nothing happened. But a girl at the corner remains her gaze to me. She is looking at me intently as if she wanna fight with me. Until I realize who is she. I smiled at her but she suddenly gets up and leaves her place. Another scaredy-cat, Lexi.
Nagpatuloy na ako sa paglalakad papunta sa black room. Pagkapasok ko ay muli akong kumuha ng wine sa cellar. I poured some to my glass and put the rest at the center table.
As I sat on the sofa, everything rushes back into my mind which makes me more upset.
"Ahhhhh!" I exploded as I throw the glass to the floor. Each broken piece was worthlessly shattered on the floor, just like me, a stupid worthless.
Hindi ko lubos maisip na ang taong tinutulungan ko ay s'ya palang sumira sa buhay ng babaeng pinaka-iniingatan ko. And it feels like I am also responsible for everything that Iowa's been and going through.
BINABASA MO ANG
The Leftovers
Misterio / SuspensoIowa Vighn Santos devoted herself to find justice for her ill-fated parents after they were mercilessly and determinedly killed. But how will she achieve justice if she too, lies six feet below the ground?
