The Wild Cat

Chapter 36

"The two people I loathe the most are here. One is pointing a gun to the other. This scene is so lovely. Really lovely."

She laughed a bit. Nanatili akong tahimik. Gusto kong magsalita pero hindi ko magawa. Something's stopping me. I didn't know what. Siguro dahil sa sobrang gulat sa narinig ko o di kaya'y sa sakit na nararamdaman ko sa aking dibdib.

She wanted me dead.

"You're doing me a favor, Viktor. I really wanted him dead for a long time now. Isang pangako lang ang pumipigil sa'kin. But this? This is perfect. Iba ang gumawa para sa'kin. You get to kill him, I get to kill you. It's a win-win situation. Well... at least for me."

That slight pinch became a heartbreaking pain.

Viktor laughed. "Shut the fvck up! Wag mo kong diktahan. I promise to kill this bastard but I want you to surrender the rights first."

"If you want it, kill me but when you kill the boss, don't do it in the dark. You kill me when my entire men are watching. You will gain their respect and follow you. That is if I couldn't kill you first."

Viktor growled and tightened his hold on me. Masakit 'yon pero binaliwala ko ito. Nanatili ang tingin ko kay Cat. Her eyes were not on mine.

Please look at me. Just look at me.

Gusto kong makita kung totoo ang mga sinasabi niya. Those couldn't be true right? I mean I know she loves me. Hindi niya sinasabi pero alam ko. We have our children to prove that. We're engaged.

Pero sapat na ba 'yon?

Sa akin oo pero sa kanya?

"You're wasting my time Viktor. Kalabitin mo na ang gatilyo. Madali lang 'yon..."

"Cat..." I called her. Please look at me...

"You're loverboy is pleading but I know you didn't care about him. Wala ka namang pake kahit na kanino. Even your unborn child. Sumugod ka dito para ipahamak silang lahat dahil ganyan ka kasama."

Naiinis na 'ko sa lalakeng 'to. Nilingon ko siya at tinignan ng masama. Nagpatim bagang ako at walang laman ang isip ko kung hindi pilipitin ang kanyang leeg. Naglilikot sa paligid ang kanyang mga mata na parang may hinahanap o hinihintay. Maybe his men.

Dapat matapos na 'to bago pa sila dumating.

Whipping my head back to Cat, I saw her smiling. It was sinister and dangerous like how a predators looked to their preys. Even more. Yung tingin na siguradong mahuhuli at mapapatay nito ang target. A certainty of bringing home the trophy.

Bumaling ang tingin niya sa'kin. It was hard and cold. My heart broke into millions of pieces. Parang bumagsak ang emosyon sa mukha ko. My throat burned. Napalunok ako dahil sa kawalan no'n ng emosyon sa'kin.

That look confirmed it all. She didn't-

"You know how much I hate you. Right, sweetheart?"

Nanatili ang banggaan ng aming mga tingin. Ni hindi ito natinag kahit pa na tinulak ako ng gagöng nasa likod ko at sipain ang likod ng tuhod ko para paluhurin.

"I pity you. You fvcking fell in love to a woman who only knows hate and you will die being hated by her."

She hates me? She hates me! She HATES me!