Meeting The Devil's Son

Chapter 70

Bella's PoV

"The one who stole those items in the market sure knows how to move inside, so what the hell do want me to think? Of course, i'll suspect each and every one of you! Goddamn it!"

Napayuko nalang ako sa panenermon ni Chief sa'min sa kawalan ng sasabihin para maidepensa ang sarili ko pati na din ang iba. Tama naman s'ya, kami lang naman mag-anak at si Joaquin ang may hawak ng market bukod pa sakanila dahil sa hindi malamang dahilan ay hindi n'ya gustong ipagkatiwala pa sa iba ang market kaya alam ko kung saan nanggagaling ang galit ni Chief, pero hindi naman yatang tamang pag dudahan n'ya kami gayong ilang taon na naming hawak 'yon, ngayon lang talaga may madulas na nakalusot.

Kung naitatanong n'yo, si Chief o ang Prime Minister ay hindi din kilala ang katauhan n'ya. Ni hindi nga namin alam kung babae s'ya o lalaki dahil taklob na takblob ang buong katawan n'ya mula ulo hanggang paa at may nakakapagpabago din ng boses n'ya, pero bago pa man ako naging si Majesty ay walong taon na s'yang nakaupo sa pwesto n'ya, matagal-tagal na kaya bihasa na s'ya sa ganito.

"You were playing safe that's why they managed to slipped through your fingers." Sabi pa ni Chief kaya napaghawak ko nalang ang mga kamay ko para maaliw ang sarili ko habang nakikinig ng sermon. Narinig pa namin s'yang napabuntong-hininga bago nagsalita ulit. "Do you know when did this exactly occurred and where were you when this happened?"

Agad kong iniangat ang mga mata ko bago s'ya tinignan. "An informant contacted me around 3am, my father was also in my house so as my men and him, my brother is just living a couple villas away from us so there's no use doubting us." Sabi ko bago s'ya pinakatitigan. "Back to the topic in hand, my informant told me that an hour before he called, an item went missing."

"Well, maybe it was him who stole it, he is just a rookie and i know that he went out and went home almost 2 in the morning."

Sa galit ay agad kong naihampas ang kamay ko sa lamesa bago hinarap ang cabinet member na nagsabi no'n.

"You can't just point a finger on us just because you want to, he was sleeping beside me the whole time when there was a ruckus happening in the market. He went to visit his family and decided to go home after playing with his brother for hours." Pikit-matang pagtatakip ko kay Joaquin na ikinalingon n'ya sa'kin pero hindi ko na 'yon pinansin pa. Kung hindi ko 'to gagawin ay s'ya ang pag-iinitan ng mga cabinet member lalo na't duda sa'min ngayon si Chief.

"You're just saying that because he is your boyfriend--"

"With all due respect, madame, monsieur, sorry to burst your bubble but i don't have anything to do with the missing drug."

"A drug?"

Nagsimula ang malakas na bulungan ng hilahin ni Joaquin ang kamay ko papaalis sa lamesa at lalo na ng dahil sa sinabi n'ya. Hindi ba nila alam?

"So you knew it was a drug? So it was you!"

"Isa pang daldal mong papansin kang impaktita ka, titimbawang ka sa inuupuan mo." Gigil sa sabi ko dahilan para mapatahimik sila, lalo na 'tong panot na babae, akala mo pagkaganda-ganda, mukha namang clown. Halata ang pagkabigla sa mga mata nila na nakatingin sa'kin pati na din sa babaeng sinabihan ko no'n. "We all know that it is a drug. How come we wouldn't know when the Chief nag us to death on the phone? How come you didn't know that it was a drug in the first place?" Saad ko pa bago s'ya inismidan.

Namutawi ang katahimikan ng dahil doon bago nagsalita si kuya matapos tumiktim. "It was a drug called Scopolamine. They suddenly dropped a little less than half of what the suppliers usually give and that landed the market jeopardize, thinking of it's little amount." Sabi ni kuya bago itinuon ang siko n'ya sa lamesa. "Someone suddenly held an auction in the middle of the night, without my fvcking permission, to sell the drugs."