"I'm asking the three of you! Bakit hindi kayo makasagot?" Nakahawak na si Erie sa bewang niya. As much as I want to stop her, I wouldn't even dare. Sobrang nakakatakot siya magalit.
"See? Magaling lang kayo sa una pero once someone confronted you na, wala na kayong masabi! Doon na nga kayo! Mga amoy araw!" Umirap ito saka humarap sa akin.
"You kasi, Sam. You're mahina!" Dinuro ako ni Erie kaya nanlaki ang mga mata ko sa gulat. "Next time, run over their shoes with your wheels na para magmukha pa silang dirty lalo!"
Bumungisngis si kuya Vair sa narinig.
"Kuya, nothing's funny! Inaaway nila si Sammy ko!" Erie pouted.
Lumapad ang ngiti ko at tinuro siya. "Hey, that's what my mama used to call me. Sammy." I smiled at her. "You're my mom now!"
"I am younger than you, Sameth." She crossed her arms as she towered over me since I'm still sitting in the staircase. Napapikit ang isa kong mata dahil sa sinag ng araw. Kumikislap ang suot niyang headband kaya naman pinagharang ko sa araw ang isa kong kamay.
Right.
Erie is a year younger, but she's the one who stands for me during times like this.
"Stand up na diyan. We're going home. Mom cooked Carbonara for us." Inagaw niya ang helmet ko mula kay kuya Vair. Ginamit ko iyon sa Go Kart racing kanina. Nandito lang sila Erie para manood.
Kaso napaaway pa nga. Bakit ba kasi ang hina ko? Nakakayamot naman. Gusto ko rin namang maranasan na ako yung magtatanggol sa kaniya.
Agad akong napatayo at nagpagpag ng sarili sa napagtanto. "Weh?! Nagluto ang mama mo ng—"
She immediately cuts me off. "It's our mama, Sam. Call her your mama."
Hindi ko namalayang nakangiti na pala ako sa hangin. Isang mapait na ngiti.
I don't have a mother. I don't know how it feels like to be taken care of your own mother. I don't have a father either. They died when I was three years old. Sindicato took their lives. Napakaaga kong naging mag-isa.
Not until the mafia came. They took care of me. Don Amore treated me like I'm his own child, but soon enough he handed me to the Vosslen's.
Then there... I met Erie. During the darkest days of my childhood, I met Erie. And Sky.
Long story short. The only woman that I have in my life is Erie. And now I feel like I'm starting to lose her too.
I'm scared. I wanted to hold her forever. I wanted her to be with me forever. I don't want to lose her. She's the only one I have.
Erie used to say to us, "When things gets rough, I have you guys and you guys have me too".
Things are getting rough now, Erie.
I need you. But what happened to us?
I miss us, Erie... but pursuing you and this feelings starts to hurt.
Parang napapagod na ako sa lahat. Kahit anong gusto ko, nawalan na ako ng lakas ilaban.
"Kuya Ryde! Can I go to my mommy muna po?" The kid asked politely, tugging my shirt.
"Sure." Tipid kong sagot saka pinilit ngumiti.
"Thank you po!" Then he ran happily to where his mom was located at. Hahayaan ko muna yung bata. May kalhating oras pa naman bago magsimula ang racing.
"Ayos ka pa?" Nilapitan ako ni Kast at nakalukot ang mukha niya dahil sa init.
Tumango na lang ako, wala na akong gana makipag-usap.
ČTEŠ
Races and Eight (Les Mafias #1)
AkčníInfinito has become the top group of illegal street racers with the guidance of mentor Erie Illyria Vosslen. Under the organization named Les Voleurs, the mafia's first money makers, they were bound to hasten on streets to keep the heist going. Var...
Chapter 29: Go Kart Event
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