HUNTING ARISTOCRATS

Chapter 3- The PENTAGON

*Adelaide Sheridan*

"Tell me Ady, would you dare to live with me? Or would you rather die for me?" he asked me as if I'm going to answer his foolish query in his favor.

"I will die for the truth Roby. I live for my family not you. I don't even want to be with you." I answered.

He smiled but a bitter smile. He was disappointed from what he had heard.

"So hindi rin pala mapipigilan ng pagmamahal ko ang paghihiganti mo." he sounds so disappointed in me.

"All these years I wanted to find you, to finally serve justice for my family. At ngayon dumating na ang pinakahihintay kong araw. Maigaganti ko na ang mga magulang ko." I stated.

Ang tagal kong hinintay na mabigyan hustisya ang pagkamatay ng mga magulang ko.

"Then do it Ady." he said as he stepped forward at tinutok ang hawak kong baril sa noo niya.

"Do it Ady pull the trigger!" sigaw niya sakin.

I can't help but to cry, cry for myself.

Buong buhay ko wala akong ibang ginawa kundi paghandaan ang araw na maka-kaharap ko siya. Pero hindi ko inaasahan ang mga nangyari. Hindi ko inaasahang mapa-palapit ako sa kanya. Nandito na ko at abot kamay ko na ang matagal ko ng hinihintay. Pero bakit ang hirap gawin?

Saglit na natahimik ang buong paligid. The light coming from the moon is slowly fading. Only his face can remain revealed in my eyes.

I slightly shook my head because I can't accept the fact that I can't even pull the trigger. I can't accept losing.

"I hate you Roby." I said with this blank expression on my face while tears randomly falling from my eyes.

"I hate you for making me doubt myself. I hate you so much!" I cried. I shouldn't be crying right now.

Before I can even say a thing again, I heard a loud shot coming from somewhere.

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Habol ang aking hininga mula saking pagkabangon. I keep panting as grains of sweat are exploring my whole body.

Napanaginipan ko na naman yun. Paulit-ulit ko siyang nakikita sa mga panaginip ko.

I've undergone therapy after that incident and still, I'm suffering from nightmares.

I took a deep breath before I stood up. I went to the kitchen and poured water in a glass.

I felt the warm water inside my throat. It calms me.

In every nightmare, water is my medicine.

Sometimes I put myself in a tub filled with hot water and relaxed myself.

I suddenly notice the clock on the upper side of the fridge.

It's 5 am in the morning.

Minsan talaga yung bangungot ko daig pa ang alarm clock.

I went straight to the bathroom to take a bath in a tub of hot water.

I was ordered to meet Benitez at the Pentagon today. It was the house built for any special mission. It's more like a hideout and the team was required to live there while we carried out the mission. It was built inside the premises of the Polygon.

Polygon is an organization associated by the special agents that deals with state matters.

The place was named after the organization. It has houses and facilities built in a wide space, more like a country club house. Every house has an allotted area of 1000 Square meters, there are 11 houses to be exact and other establishments such as medical facility, recreational park at resort na tanging miyembro lang ng special agents at piling Government officials ang may access.