The Politician's Biggest Mistake (Flame Series #1)

Simula

Flame Series
First Installment

The Politician's Biggest Mistake
(Ian Felix Acoza's)

"Acozas serve for justice and honor and whoever obstructs our way shall be damaged until they die. They bow their heads for the leaders. They bow their heads for our power. They bow their heads for us. They bow their heads for Acozas."

Ian Felix Acoza
/ I • yan / / Fe • liks / / A • ko • za /

Alena Jasmin Cortez
/ A • le • na / / Jas • min / / Cor • tes /

s o f e i n g c u t

They say that people come and people go easily. Kapag ang apoy ay tinupok ang isa pang apoy, magsisimula itong gumawa ng panibagong apoy... Mas malaki, mas nakikita, mas delikado.

Kaya lang, may mga bagay talaga na hindi natin hawak. There's a lot of things that we cannot control and we can't do anything about that. We have no choice but to accept the stones they're throwing, to accept all of their words even if it's painful and to listen on how they talk about you.

Kaya lang, minsan hindi mo rin maiiwasang mapatanong.

May alam ba sila sa 'yo?

Lahat ng mata ng mga tao ay nakasunod sa 'yo. They're all waiting for you to commit another mistake para ikalat sa social media. Once you made something that is against their will, issue and bashes will burn you.

Ang mahirap lang, kapag maraming tao ang may galit sa 'yo, kahit ano pa ang tama na gawin mo...

Lahat ay magiging mali sa kanila.

I started a flame, but I never expected that he'll start one too. But the thing here is... I betrayed him.

The flame that he gave me cursed him. I know that he regret meeting me at alam ko rin na nagsisisi siya dahil binigyan niya ako ng apoy na siya mismo ang gumawa gamit ang pinagkiskis na mga bato.

I turned out being his biggest mistake.

"Are you okay?"

I wiped my tears while watching TV. I swallowed hard while watching Ian. Kasalukuyan niyang ipinapakita ngayon sa media ang mga evidences na nakuha niya at ang nakuha ni Kuya Aidan.

All this time, iyong mga wirdo na papel na nakikita ko sa tuwing may pinaaayos sa 'kin ni Kuya ay tungkol sa ginagawa nilang masama.

"As you can see, this is Cortez' family tree," he said seriously while showing them a cartolina kung saan nakapaloob doon ang family tree ng pamilya namin. Kabilang na ro'n si Alice.

"Alice Navidad is the one who leaked and misinformed you all about the trending video on Twitter. Alice Navidad, Alena Jasmin Cortez' former secretary, is the owner of the twitter account who posted the video."

"Mister Senate President, sa tingin mo ba'y may alam si Jasmin Cortez sa nangyari? Sa tingin mo ba'y may alam siya sa ginagawa ng kaniyang kapatid na si Azrael Cortez at sa tingin mo rin ba'y may alam siya tungkol kay Alice Navidad?"

"Alena is out of this issue," Ian answered. "Wala siyang alam sa nangyayari. Wala siyang alam tungkol sa ginagawa ni Azrael Cortez at wala rin siyang alam kay Alice Navidad."

"Paano kayo nakasisiguro? Hindi niyo ba naisip na baka sangkot siya at may alam sa nangyaring pag-po-post ng video sa Twitter lalo na't kapatid siya ni Azrael Cortez, ang 'biggest enemy' ninyo sa politika, ika nga nila?"