CINCO
-The Trial-
THIRD PERSON'S POV
Five days...
Five days already passed since that incident happened. The Herrero family was beyond shock upon knowing the incident, they were feeling sad, mad, and lost. They keep on questioning themselves on how on earth did this happened. Everything was fine, or so they thought.
"You're the worst," the old woman muttered with so much hatred, its pointer finger was pointed at the girl laying on the floor, soaking in blood, and is crying in silence.
"How, h-how could you do that to JR? Your brother?" the old woman added, crying so hard making its voice crack as it speaks.
"Shush, hun. I'll handle this, rest for a while okay?" the old man interrupted and held his wife's elbows, supporting her for she's trembling.
On the other side, Liberty's sister, Karen sitting on the same floor with her sister, facing Liberty.
"Ugh, fuck, my tears just won't stop!" Karen shouted while sobbing, "You bitch, tell me why! Tell me why in this fucking world did you do...this, that." Karen added, asking Liberty. Karen lost all her strength the moment she saw his brother, on Liberty's lap, cold and stiff.
"It was...I don't know," Liberty answered, whispering.
"You fucking what?! Hindi mo alam? Tangina that! Don't make tanga of me cause I'm fucking not Liberty, I'm not!" Karen shouted again at her sister but Liberty didn't even flinch a little, instead, she started chuckling.
"Fool," Liberty said still chuckling, making Karen's eyes go wide, "Even if I tell you, you won't understand." She bitterly said.
"Huh, really? Fuck, why? I thought we're all okay? We're all doing great naman yesterday? We even happily celebrated your birthday so why?" Karen emotionally said.
"Okay? Great? Happy? We are none of those. We were never fine." Liberty said coldly.
"W-What are you talking about, Liberty?! Are you insane?" Karen said, acting tough.
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. Who knows?" She said, "Oh yeah, you wouldn't know since you're the favorite. You're the best, and the best is always in cloud nine. Of course, you wouldn't know, silly me." Liberty added mockingly earning a hard slap from her older sister.
"You fucking know nothing. Being the best was never my choice, and will never be my choice, kasi alam mo? Kaakibat ng pagiging pinakamagaling ang pagiging perpekto, and I am not that." Karen said, crying, "People expect me to do this and that, people expect me to be the greatest. I never have the chance to choose for myself because I needed to meet their standards, I need to satisfy them."
The whole family was silent. It was the first time they heard Karen talk like this, seeing her in this state was one of the one thing they never even expected aside from, of course, Liberty killing her brother.
"Fool? Maybe I am the biggest fool. I never let myself chose to do the things I want without me realizing it. I thought people around me will be satisfied and happy seeing me on top, but I was wrong. I was wrong all along," Karen added, chuckling bitterly as she wipes her own tears, "The stares of disappointment, it was all on me. I thought my best wasn't enough, stupid me. It was not because I did not do enough, it was because they all wanted me to fail. Gago right?" Karen said as she looked at Liberty.
"They were waiting for me to make a mistake. I wouldn't understand? Sure then, let's talk about this in court." Karen then stood up and left everyone there, stunned by everything.
