Keeping The Last Bullet (Under Major Editing)

Chapter 11- Monster

I can feel a pair of burning eyes looking at us. Dahilan kung bakit malakas ko'ng naitulak si Tristan mula sa aking ibabaw. Napabangon ako ngunit mabilis 'rin na napangiwi sa kirot ng aking binti.

The arrogant guy. He's looking at me intensely na para ba'ng gusto niya akong patayin sa mga titig niya. Nakikita ko mula rito ang pagtitiim ng kanyang bagang, but he still managed not to close his hands to form into a fist.

"Condolence," mahinang sambit nito tsaka pumikit. Trying to calm himself. Hindi ko alam ngunit naghuhurumintado ang puso ko. I felt so bad when he saw us so close with each other. Pakiramdam ko may nagawa akong mali. I feel like I cheated on him.

"Ano ba talagang nangyayari? Nasaan si Bruise?" Isinantabi ko ang kakaibang nararamdaman at pinilit na tumayo. I felt Tristan's hand supporting me.

"You should rest by now, hindi makabubuti sa'yo ang ma-stress," saad nito, pinipigilan ako.

"Shit, sabi ko nasaan si Bruise? You guys fvcking made me so clueless," inis ko'ng saad.

"Your mouth," puna ng aroganteng lalaki.

"I will cuss whenever I fvcking want to. Now, why can't you just fvcking tell me where the fvck is Bruise?!" galit ko'ng saad.

Nagsimula na akong kabahan. Condolence? Lost? Who? What happened?

Walang sumagot sa kanilang dalawa. So I managed myself to get out of the room. Ngunit hindi ko nagustuhan ang tanawing bumungad sa akin pagbukas ko ng pinto.

It was my brother, crying silently. Napaangat ito nng tingin sa akin at kaagad na pinunasan ang luha. Mabilis niya ako'nginalalayan at kinumusta ang lagay ko.

"What's going on?" malamig ko'ng tanong. Gulong-gulo na ako at kinakabahan.

"I'm sorry," nakayukong paumanhin nito na nakapagpainit ng ulo ko.

Mabilis ko siyang kinwelyuhan at inangat sa ere.

"What the hell is going on?! Tell me, Bruise! What happened?!" galit ko'ng sigaw. He's crying again, but this time he let those tears flow.

I wanted to wipe it for him. I don't want to see my brother hurt, but I can't. How? Kung hindi ko naman ang dahilan kung bakit siya nasasaktan?

"Avrionne. P-Promise me not to do something horrible after I tell this to you. Promise me t-that you will listen to me first and d-do not let your f-feelings affect you. Pomise me, s-sister." I badly wanna cry by the way he said that.But I managed to stop it.

"M-Mom and Dad..They're g-gone."

Humigpit ang pagkakahawak ko sa kanyang kwelyo. Bumibigat ang aking paghinga.

"Say it again," utos ko rito tsaka nakatulalang nakinig sa kanyang pag-uulit.

"Alessandro and Lilybeth Ceranza we're gone," muling saad nito. Nabitawan ko ang pagkahawak sa kanyang kwelyo tsaka ikinuyom ang kamao.

"What do you mean they're gone? Where did they go? W-When would they come back? " nanghihinang tanong ko.

"Fvck! Never! T-They will be gone for forever, they will never come back. T-They will be there permanently, i-in heaven."

Tuluyan na akong napaupo kasabay ng pagbuhos ng luha sa aking mga mata.

I've been receiving death threats now from the different Mafia organizations or even Assassins I fought with. But this last made me so worried and afraid.

It was my parent's photo, marked with an x.

Fvck it. Ngayon ay pinupuntirya na nila maging ang mga magulang ko.