MY STEPBROTHER POSSESSIVENESS [Develaux Series 1] (𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄)

CHAPTER 31: I'M NOT A COWARD

|• One fake friend can do more damage than five enemies •|

JOSH POV

Me and marc was silently eating when we heard a stamp noise coming towards us, and we look at it, it's kiko and yohan the jerk. Tss. Such a coward.

"Yow wazzups mah men!" Bati ni marc sa dalawa.. such a good in acting bruh! Hahahahha!

"Tss" kiko hissed then passed by. Rude.

I feel something weird about kiko. But I don't know why.
Something strange about him this past few months, hindi ko lang punagtutuunan ng pansin. His busy talking in his phone, day and night. Kulang na lang habang naliligo sya ay may kausap sya sa cellphone nya.

"Saan kayo pupunta, dude?"

"Hanging out with the bitches out there" malamig na turan nya bago sumunod kay kiko ng labas.

That punk! Akala ko pa naman mahal nya si ashera kaya nya kinidnap ayun pala papatayin nya tsk! Such a fucking moron. Kung alam ko lang talaga na ganto ang kahihinatnan ni ashera sana hindi na lang ako sumali sa pagdakip sa kanya sa airport.

"Bro, do you smell it?" Napatingin naman ako kay marc ng nagtataka. Smell, what?

"I don't smell any stinks dude"

"It smell fishy bro, hindi mo ba napapansin si kiko nitong mga nakaraang araw? Cut that, I mean this fast few months?" Marc said

"So, did you notice that too?" He nodded repeatedly.

"His weird, but anyways do you think it's the right time to let ashera escape?" He asked with hesitation that could be seen on his face.

Alam kong nag aalala sya sa magiging kalagayan ni ashera pag itinakas namin sya, pero mas kinakabahan kami sa pwedeng mangyari sa kanya sa puder ng walanghiyang step-brother nya, dang this situation!!

I know he's worried about Ashera's condition when we take her away, but we're more nervous about what could happen to her here at her shameless step-brother's house, dang this situation !!

I don't know what we can do to just keep her away from here geez!

there is a possibility that yohan will still find her if we can get her out of this hell, that her life will be chaotic again because of the sin that is being blamed on her that we know she will never be able to do.

I'll admit I felt sorry for her when she looked us in the eye, and I know that's how marc feels for ashera. you can see in her face that she is begging for help, that we will stop kiko from strangling her and let her explain. instead of helping her we just stared at her coldly and let her choke until she was about to run out of breath.

"the time has come marc, we have nothing to waste. let's do this, let's take ashera away from the hands of stupid yohan..."

"Perhaps, let him find ashera after finding the truth by himself" huling saad ko bago naglakad papunta kung saan nakakulong at nakagapos si ashera.

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@DARK ROOM

"Turn on the light, marc" utos ko ng makapasok kami sa silid kung saan nakita naming may tubig na pumatak galing sa mga mata nya. She's crying.

I guess she didn't notice us nor our presense. So I call her name.

"Ashera"

"Ashera!" Marc call her but no response, she keeps sobbing.

I sat down infront of her and confront her to make her mind in peace, even just for now. Hindi ko kayang makita syang umiiyak, ansakit sakit sa dibdib.

"W-w-why a-re.... y-you ... h–here?" Tanong nya habang salitan kaming tinitignan ni marc.

MARC POV

I pity her. I know to myself that I already treated ashera as my younger sister, it's hard to see her suffer, crying alone and whimpering to get out of here, she's even looked like a prisoner slave.

I can't stand seeing ashera like this, anymore.

"W-w-why a-re.... y-you ... h–here?" She ask, almost whispering.

"Me and josh will help you escape now"

"E... scape?..." pagak na saad nya, "HAHAHAHAHAH... s...top a–acting i... infront of m–me!... instead, k-kill m...me ... now" pabulong na sabi nya, ngunit ramdam mo ang pighati at galit na lumulukob sa buong silid.

"Kill you?!" Josh suddenly roar after hearing what ashera plead.

"Ne! I want to die!"

"Tama na ashera! Wala na tayong oras para sa dramahan!"

"Hindi ako tatakas! Hindi ko sya tatakasan! I'm not a coward like him!!! Dahil ako mismo ang papatay sa kanya tulad ng pangbibintang nyang ako ang pumatay kay daddy" matigas nyang sabi with full of authority.

"Hindi natin pwedeng sayangin ang oras na to ash, please! Go with us..." I plead while looking at her eyes, she looked away.

I'm sorry ashera...

"Where's kiko? And... y–yohan?"

"Umalis sila kani-kanina lang" pag aamin ni josh bago tumingin sakin, bago nya kalagan si ashera. Pareho naming inalalayan si ashera bago idaan sa back door, papuntang secret door na madalas naming daanan ni josh pag inuutusan kami ni yohan at kiko.

"Hanggang dito na lang kami ashera, diretsohin mo lang yan at may makikita kang maliit na balon, lumiko ka pakanan at makikita mo na ang daanan palabas dito. Mag iingat ka" sabi ko

"Maraming salamat sa inyo josh, marc" she smile at us before huging us one by one, then start to walk away.

We wait until her figure starts to fade, bago kami bumalik.

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Pinalaya na ng tuluyan si ashera, what will happen next? Alive or die? Tuluyan na kaya syang makakatakas? Or the demon starts to chasing her to drag her down?