Taming The Night [Cosmos Series#2]

Wakas

The car wobbled as the bullets came into my car. "Fuck."

"C-Creed, ang anak natin." I saw a woman in the passenger's seat, caressing her tummy while crying in pain.

I reached the glove compartment. Kinapa ko ang aking baril ngunit wala akong nahawakan doon. "Calm down, we'll-"

"Creed!" She shouted before my eyes got blinded by the light coming from a truck.

My grip on the railings tightened as I looked at the night sky. Mariin akong napapikit. Iyon ang kaisa-isang naaalala ko bago ako mawalan ng memorya. That was the first thing that I remember weeks after I stopped taking the prescribed medicine of my doctor. Ilang linggo na ang nakaraan ngunit hindi na ulit iyon nasundan.

The woman in my memory's my secretary and I just woke up one day and she's already my girlfriend but I can't feel anything for her. I need her, we have a child and I need to know where my child is.

"Babe, you okay?" Sela asked while I just nodded because I can already feel my head spinning.

"You wanna go outside?" She asked again.

Mariin akong napapikit bago tuluyang tumango. "Yeah."

That was the last thing I remember before I woke up with throbbing head. I opened my eyes but I see nothing but darkness. I tried to move my hands but I can't, that's when I realized something.

"Are you the Universe of Cosmos?" A voice asked but I didn't answer. Napangisi ako sa naisip. One of the desperates again.

"Hindi ka sasagot? Tinatanong kita!" Galit na sambit nito ngunit pinanatili ko lamang ang malamig na ekspresyon. Naramdaman ko ang Biglang paghila ng kung sino sa aking kuwelyo. Bahagya akong napangisi kaya naman agad kong naramdaman ang kamaong tumama sa aking pisngi.

Nagigting ang aking panga nang marinig ko ang mga ito na nagkakagulo at doon na ako napangisi. I felt someone untying my hands. Nang maalis ang pagkakatali ng aking mga kamay ay agad kong tinanggap ang telang tumatakip sa aking mga mata.

"Babe, a-are you hurt? I-" Agad na nagtama ang aming tingin.

"I have a meeting, let's talk later." I muttered as I entered my office. She's with me the last time that Amherst got me and they knew that she's my girlfriend but they didn't even touch her. Pinalagpas ko iyon at tinanggap ang paliwanag ni Sela sa kung anong nangyari noong gabing iyon.

Mirae frowned. "I told you, Sela's name is Cerys. Your secretary's Cerys, not Sela.

Napakunot ang aking noo sa sinabi ni Mirae. I believed her, she won't lie to me. There's something wrong, I know there is but I need to know where my child is.

"Daddy!" I saw my Daughter, Crizzette approaching. "Mommy Mirae's already here. We'll go ahead! Bye, Daddy!" She kissed my cheek as she smiled widely.

"Alright, take care." She waved her hands as she disappeared in my sight.

Crizzette's my daughter but not with Sela. I got them a DNA test without Sela knowing and it turns out negative.

"Come on, Sela. Can't you fix your dress alone?" Kunot noong sambit ko sa kanya. We're having our dinner then she suddenly announced that she felt that the back button of her dress was removed.

"Hindi ko nga abot, Babe naman." She pulled me towards the ladies room. Hindi na ako umangal at sinamahan na siya.

She locked the door after we entered. Agad siyang tumalikod sa akin at sinalikop ang buhok. I saw the middle button of her dress and I immediately fixed it.