GANGSTER ROYALTIES: Love and Misadventures

CHAPTER 80. PLEASE, COME BACK

Napailing nalang ako.

Khali is still and indeed a mystery to me.

Kumusta na kaya siya? Kumusta na ‘yung sugat niya?

I know she‘ll be fine because she‘s finally home with her family but I just can‘t help wondering about her.

I owe her my life. I want to be of some help to her as much as I could. But how can I do that without her by our side?

That‘s one of the reason why I‘m still hanging on after that traumatic incident I‘ve experienced. Gusto kong bumawi sa kaniya. Kaya kailangan kong maging maayos.

Speaking of that incident, ang huli kong alaala doon ay ang tunog ng sirena ng mga pulis, after nun, nawalan na raw ako ng malay. The rest of the story, kinuwento nalang sa akin ni Kian.

Iniwan nila ang mga Jokers doon at pinaubaya nalang sa mga pulis. Umalis kami bago pa man kami mahuli dahil hindi kami pwedeng madatnan ng mga pulis doon. Hindi namin alam kung sinong tumawag ng pulis. Maybe, Khali. But there‘s no way to confirm that for now.

But a lot of strange things happened after that...

I heard there was this thing about a video which they used as an exchange between the Jokers—or Wilhelm, but the video vanished.

Sabi ng Four Dragons, imposibleng Wilhems ang nakapasok sa server dahil binantayan ng kaibigan nila iyon hanggang hating-gabi. Ngunit hindi nila malaman kung bakit bigla nalang nawala.

Which only means that a more skilled hacker was behind it. But who could it be?

Kaya ngayon, walang ebisensiya na may kinalaman sila sa illegal drug trafficking sa Tenebrés, ngunit malaki ang ebidensiya na sila ang Jokers na nang-aatake ng mga estudyante sa gabi.

Kaya kahit papaano ay mabibigyang hustisya parin ang mga nabiktima nila bilang Jokers.

Pero hindi sapat iyon...

“D-Do you have any news about the J-Jokers now?” nag-aalangang tanong ko.

I can‘t forget it. I will never forget it. Until now, it still give me anxiety. Kaya hindi ako masyadong nagtatanong tungkol sa kanila. Bahala na ang mga awtoridad sa kanila.

“I heard nasa Lumiere Juvenile Detention Center na sila ah?” Kian said.

Oh, that juvenile detention? That place is pretty well-known, but not in a good way. Because they say... that, that place is like a prison.

I‘m relieved. Ibig sabihin niyan nakakulong na sila at malayong makapanakit ng iba, hindi ba?

“No...” I heard someone say behind me.

Mabilis akong lumingon sa likuran ko, si Kevin kasama si Xander at Shin ay palapit sa gawi namin.

Kinabahan ako. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko nang marinig ko ang sumunod niyang sinabi.

“They were released...”

*♡♤*

“So, kumusta naman kayo ni Xander?” pabulong na tanong ni Kian kay Jaemin.