I entered the house, it really is narrow just like what Jaevier has described. I can still feel an empty chest, I'm still emotionally exhausted from what I had witnessed a while ago and it extremely affects me... that it has to be Jaevier.
That it has to be someone who I cherish.
That it has to be someone who defined love to me.
Bakit? Bakit sa lahat ng tao dito sa mundo, sa akin pinararanas lahat ng pasakit na 'to? Bakit...? Did I do something wrong? Did... Did I do something reckless? Binigyan ko lahat ng tao ng utang ng loob, tinanaw ko lahat ng 'yon. Nagpakaselfless ako, sinakripisyo ko lahat ng kailangan kong isakripisyo, maging mabuting ehemplo lang pero, why does it seem like, those weren't enough?
Of all people, why does it have to be Jaevier?
As soon as I entered the room, their heads quickly swung onto me. Shinoo has this blank expression while Sir Kieran's holding his head with a frown on his face. They're just looking at me like this is a partial accident.
"Dolli." Sir stood up and walked next to me while I could see Shinoo, standing as follows and gets to place himself on the other edge. "Nagkita ba kayo ni Jaevier?" sunod na tanong nito. I felt my heart skipped a bit, I heard Jaevier's name again and it shatters the brittleness of my heart. It makes me wanna despise myself for being not enough to protect him.
I left a tear which made Sir change his expression into an "I think I know what happened." one.
"S-Sir." pag-uutal ko.
"Nakita mo? Nagkita ba kayo ni Jaevier? Ng anak ko?" muling tanong nito.
I still couldn't answer. Kapag naririnig ko ang pangalan ni Jaevier, kumikirot ang dibdib ko at hinahabol ako ng konsensya ko. It ruins my mood and it darkens me. The scene was still fresh as it just happened a while ago.
Hindi ko pa rin masagot-sagot ang tanong ni Sir kasi natatakot ako sa possibleng mangyari. Natatakot ako na baka bigla na lang niya akong paalisin dito at maghimutok sa galit. Natatakot ako na baka this time, mawawala na ang tiwala niya sa akin. Kahit na simpleng oo o hindi lang ang isasagot ko, hindi ako mapakali na baka dahil sa hindi ko makontrol ang sarili ko e baka madulas ang labi ko at ayaw kong mangyari ang kinatatakutan ko.
"Dolli! I kept on asking you, why won't you answer me?!" malakas na sigaw nito, which caused me to flinch hardly and made me left a single hic.
"Sir... Si... Si Jaevier-"
"What happened... to my son?" pagtatanong niyang muli habang nanlalaki ang mata niya at nilalapit ang mukha niya sa mukha ko.
"S-Sir..." takot kong saad.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO MY SON?" galit na saad nito, dito ko na nalaman na I should speak the truth and whatever I need to sacrifice, just to escape this unusual conscience I feel, I need to tell the truth.
"Just tell Uncle if dead or not. It's just that simple!" paniningit ni Shinoo.
Humarap naman si Sir kay Shinoo but he's still in front of me, not moving a little bit. "Simple? Kung patay ang anak ko malamang!" bago pa siya magpatuloy ay humarap ulit sa akin ito nang may banta sa mga mata niya. "Hindi ako magdadalawang-isip na isunod ka sa impyerno. You promised my son that you'd protect him, right? Now, I'm gonna ask you again Dolli. Answer me honestly." he coldly muttered, eyes raging in front of me, those were devious elements.
"I'm... I'm sorry Sir-"
A slap made a huge impact on my left cheek, causing me to look down at my right.
Sir Kieran started to fall out tears, leaving contagious hiccups.
"Dolli... Sorry?"
"DO YOU THINK SORRY WOULD BRING BACK MY SON'S LIFE?" napakalakas na sigaw nito habang ginagargal ang boses niya, may salita pang ipiniyok niya dulot ng matinding galit nito habang nakahawak nang mahigpit sa damit ko at pinag-aalog ako na parang kawawang tuta.
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Diplomat Hotel
Mystery / ThrillerA hard working college student "Dollibae" has so much to accomplish in life, she's had so many struggles but she led them all into success. She met her very close friend in her University who carries a name "Yorish". University of the Philippines (...
