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

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I don't know what the heck to say! I feel like I'm gonna die forty minutes from now!

Pumunta pala si Kuya Azrael sa condo ko yesterday night and I wasn't there! Nandoon ako sa rest house ni Ian, nag-e-enjoy! He's looking for his papers na hindi ko naman nagawa!

I am dead!

Humigpit ang hawak ko sa manibela. I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die! Hindi ko naman alam na pupunta pala si Kuya sa condo ko! Nawala rin sa isip ko 'yong papers!

"Damn it," I whispered. "Nakaiinis. What excuse should I make?"

One of the thing I learned from the arms of my strict brother is that, I should know and learn how to make excuses instead I fucked up. Funny.

"WHERE were you yesterday, Jasmin?"

A cold voice shivered my spine when I walked inside the dining. There, I saw Kuya Azrael with a tea on his left hand and Kuya Aidan with a coffee. I bowed my head.

"Friend's house, Kuya."

I heard him chuckle before putting down his tea. "Really?"

Kinabahan ako bigla, although, I'm kinda used to this attitude of him. Feeling ko law student ako na tinatanong ng professor about sa isang kaso na hindi ko naman nabasa!

I cleared my throat. "Yes, Kuya."

"What if I tell you that I know where you were yesterday, Jasmin?" he asked then pointed me.

Napalunok ako ng wala sa oras at napayuko. Para akong nasa dead-end, 'tangina. His words are making me shiver, making me scared! What the heck! Paano naman niya nalaman?

If I know, he's just trying to catch me. Ang problema naman sa 'kin, kinakabahan talaga ako! Why? Kasi malay ko ba kung alam talaga niya, 'di ba? I'm fucked up!

"Kuya, he already told you where she were yesterday," Kuya Aidan said as he put his cup down, ubos na ang kape na iniinom. Napaangat ako ng tingin dahil do'n. "Wala siyang aaminin sa 'yo kung nasabi na niya ang totoo."

Kuya Aidan looked at me and I can't help not to bow my head, again when my eyes met his. Alam kong alam niya na nagsisinungaling ako ngayon. Kilala niya ako at hindi ako makapagsisinungaling pagdating sa kaniya. Kay Kuya Azrael, oo pero kay Kuya Aidan? Mas malabo pa sa kulay ng baha.

"You're trying to cover her, don't you?" Kuya Azrael asked him. "Kaya namimihasa, kinakampihan mo palagi."

Oh, God! Here we go, again.

I closed my eyes deeply. I am trying to calm myself down. Alam ko na kung saan ang uwi nito. Away na naman na wala rin namang patutunguhan!

"I am not trying to cover her, Kuya," he answered calmly. "It's just that, forcing her is too pointless, isn't it? Nasabi na niya sa 'yo kung saan siya galing. Tama na kasisipat mo. Bida-bida ka rin masiyado, e."

Kuya Azrael chuckled before looking at Kuya Aidan intently. "Really? I know that you're just trying to cover your sister up, Aidan."

"Our sister, Kuya," Kuya Aidan said, correcting him.

Kuya Azrael shaked his head before pointing me. "She's lying. Alam kong wala siya sa bahay ng mga kaibigan niya kahapon!"

"How sure are you?"

"Pinuntahan ko ang bahay nina Rite kahapon at wala siya roon!"

"Siya lang ba ang kaibigan niya, Kuya?" Kuya Aidan shook his head this time. "Gaano ka kasigurado na ang bahay na tinutukoy niyang bahay ng kaibigan niya ay bahay nina Rite? May inilapag ba siyang pangalan? Wala naman, 'di ba?"