The Merciless Stud (Hot Trans Series #3)

Chapter 46

"Can you fill me in, hija? If you don't mind." Aniya. There. I shut my eyes tightly before letting out a heavy sigh and smiled at her.

I talked and talked on our way to her place. It pained me so much to go back to what happened and relive the pain of it all. Tita Gwen's facial expression was in full circus as she listened actively. She went from sharing the pain with me to feeling the anger eventually.

Napapa-iling siya habang nakikinig. Nakikitaan ko nang labis na pagka-dismaya at galit ang mga mata niya. I stopped when she finally parked in front of her big yet cozy looking modern wooden two storey house.

"The hell with Ariel! And your Mom? Really?" She sighed and shook her head in so much dismay. Hindi ako naka-sagot.

"Kaya pala ganoon na lamang ang udyok ni Apollo sa'king kunin ka. I didn't understand the anger from his voice when he called me in the wee hours of night! Now I do!" She hysterically pulled her keys out and the car's engine died after. Lumingon siya sa'kin.

"And this... this Echiverri. How powerful is he and his family?" Aniya. Napa-titig ako sakaniya at mariing lumunok.

"Very... powerful." Sabi ko sa kabila nang napaka-sakit na bikig sa lalamunan. Tumaas ang kilay niya.

"Well, let's see how powerful they are then." Anito. Kinabahan ako ngunit wala na akong naging panahon para umusisa pa dahil lumabas na siya ng sasakyan.

I went out of the car too and she pulled me inside her house. Naririnig ko ang ingay ng isa kong pinsan mula sa loob at hindi nag-tagal ay naaninag ko rin agad ito.

"Ma? Hala, andito na sila!" Sigaw ng maingay na si Jezzavelle. Narinig ko rin ang sumunod na tili ni Josephine.

"Naka-handa na ba ang lamesa? Andito na pinsan niyo." Ani Tita Gwen. Nag-tilian sila. I smiled at them when we finally got inside the house. Gosh, they look like twins!

"Apple Nolli!" Sigaw ni Sabel. I chuckled.

"Neone." Sabi ko. She dismissed it and hugged me so tight. Pinpin playfully caressed my hair and joined the embrace.

"Ang ganda! Ma, ang ganda!" Anito. Nag-tawanan kami. Tila nakaka-panibago ang pag-inat ng mukha ko gawa nang pag-ngiti dahil ilang oras yata akong hindi ngumiti dahil sa nangyari.

But at least, it's better now. Hindi man talaga maayos pero ngayo'y nakaka-ngiti na at mapipilitan talagang ngumiti dahil sakanila. My refuge. And just like I said in the bus earlier, I need to be stronger now. And stronger means retaining my most powerful attribute ever since: Resiliency.

"Tantanan niyo nga muna! Halika na, hija. Nagpa-luto ako." Ani Tita at iginiya kami papuntang dining room. They have a pretty decent house. Well, Tita is a Doctor based in the US. A single mother. And in vacation.

We ate the brunch that Tita and their maids prepared. I've never felt hunger like this ever in my life. Because right now, not only it is hunger for food, but also hunger for escape, freedom, empowerment, self love, and redemption. And I will eat that up. I'll make sure I ate and leave no single crumbs.

Nag-kwentuhan kami habang kumakain. I appreciate how Tita put the limelight on her daughters instead of me. It's still not easy for me to tell it all again although I know and I already have expected that I will also have to fill my cousins in.

Ilang sandali pa kaming nanatili lamang sa hapag pagkatapos kumain dahil naaliw kami sa kwento nina Sabel at Pinpin. Not once did they ever try to inquire about what happened. They were just excited at the thought that I will be staying here.

"Pinapa-linis ko pa ang kwartong katabi ng kay Sabel, hija. Magkakatabi lang ang kwarto niyong tatlo. Sa ngayon, kay Sabel ka muna matutulog." Ani Tita habang nagtsa-tsaa.