Pasimple akong tumingin kay caleb na nakatingin na din sa hawak ni Tiffany.

"It's a lot of medicine. Is she sick or something? Puna nito at nilapag na ulit ang small box sa lamesang pinagkuhanan niya. Gulat akong tumingin sakanya. Shit! Did she know? Natawa si venice na nag pawala ng gulat kong expression.

"Oh well yes! She was sicked. That's her meds. Patricia suffered from inhaling a lot of smoke at the fire incident. She was admitted in a hospital for 2 and a half days. After they discharged her we brought her here to rest for few more days until she regain her strength. Her parents didn't know about her saving caleb tho. She wanted to hid what she did. A simple thank you would be sufficed." Matapang at mataray na sabi ng girlfriend ko. Taas kilay pa siyang napatingin kay Caleb na nakipag titigan din sakanya.

Gusto ko mang ngumiti dahil sa tuwa ng supalpalin siya ni venice pero hindi ko magawa. Ramdam ko ang galit ni venice lalo na at magkadikit kaming dalawa sa sofa.

"Then tell her, thank you." Mahinang Sabi naman ni caleb na umiwas na ng tingin.

"Come on! I'm not your assistant nor your messenger. Tell her that, asshole." My girlfriend talked back. I tried to stop her by holding her hand tight.

"How can I even tell her a thank you if you both hiding her? You didn't even give me a chance to do so." I scoffed at what he said. Lahat sila ay napatingin sa akin.

"You're Caleb Logan Pineda, right? You're a fucking mafia boss. You're the fucking CEO's of all our businesses. And you can't even passed by me and venice? Come on cal! Don't be ridiculous! Dude, kung gusto may paraan. Kung ayaw, ayaw. No more excuses." Tumayo na ako dahil baka kung saan pa to mapunta.

"I didn't do anything because I respected your decision, garrett. You have a reason why you don't want me and her to cross path again. I know you! You will never put all your energy, effort, emotion into something else if it doesn't matter. So I know that you have a Goddamn big reason with all of this shit you are doing. That's the reason I didn't used my connections just to talk to her." Napatigil ako ng magsalita siya. Lumingon ako at pati siya ay tumayo na at lumapit sa akin. Agad na lumapit din ang kambal para pumagitna sa amin.

"Yes I'm a mafia boss. I'm powerful than any of you. So If I really want to talk to her. I can do everything I can just to do that. It's very easy. But I didn't. I tried to be calmed and I didn't used my title or position just to get what I want with her. I will talk to her if she's gonna be infront of me. And if that happens. Don't ever stop me!" Matapos niyang sabihin yun ay umalis na siya ng condo.

Fuck Caleb! The more you dig the more deeper you'll gonna be!!

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Patricia's pov

So far, so good naman ang nangyari sa unang dalawang linggo namin ni suzze sa BJMP. Pati siya ay nailipat dito dahil may binugbog siyang holdaper at bugbog sarado niyang dinala sa police station. Biro ko nga sakanya, mag bestfriend talaga kami. Pareho kaming pasaway ay hindi sinusunod ang seniors namin.

Natuwa kami ni suzze ng half day lang kami ngayon. Weekdays kasi kaya konti lang ang may mga dalaw. Normally pag weekends ang madaming dumadalaw sa mga preso. At dahil mas busy pag weekends nag iba ang sched namin ni suzze. Wednesday ang off namin. At ngayon nga ay Tuesday, half day kami tapos bukas wala kaming pasok.

"Suzze, wag muna tayo uwi. Pasyal muna tayo." Sabi ko ng nasa parking lot na kami.

Inaayos na ni suzze ang motorbike niya. Sinuot niya yun at sumakay na. Pinigilan ko siya.

"May lakad akong iba eh. Tawagan mo nalang si venice." Napasimangot ako sa sinabi niya.

"May lakad si venice kasama ang dad niya eh. Sige na please? Wala akong kasama sa bahay. Alam mo namang may mga jowa yung dalawa so after ng OJT nila susunduin sila ng mga jowa nila at baka hindi na umuwi. So mag isa ko na naman sa bahay. Baka mamaya bigla akong mapahinto sa pagbaba ng hagdan malaglag ako. Mauuna ang ulo ko. O kaya nagluluto ako tapos biglang-."

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