She Who Stole My Beastly Heart

Chapter 11- Innocent No More

Chapter 11: Innocent No More

•KLAD'S POV•

I CAN still taste the pain and bitterness raging in my chest. I was wide awake all night thinking many thoughts. Dumagdag sa problema ko ang hindi pa pagkagising ni Daddy. Dumadaan ang mga araw at tila'y humahaba ang mga ito upang hindi ko pa makita si Vice. Mag-iisang buwan na talaga ata. Sa loob ng panahon na 'yon, apat na bagay ang inaasahan kong mangyari.

Ang magising si Daddy.

Ang makalabas sa mansion.

Ang makita si Vice.

Ang makabalik man lang kahit papaano sa kumbento.

Pero hindi nangyari. Walang naglakas ng loob para ibayaya sa akin ang mga bagay na iyon. Kahit ata ang Panginoon ay ayaw ng ibigay sa akin iyon. Should I bargain with Him?

Gisingin lang niya ang Daddy ko at ayaw ko nang hilingin na makita pa si Vice. Sometimes, the prayers that were granted are those that were best suited for the situation or what was right for our sake.

Usually, early six in the morning, nasa kusina na ako tumutulong sa mga maids na maghanda ng almusal, pero ngayon kay hirap ng bumangon kapag ang alam mo lanh gawin buong araw ay ang tumambay at makipagtitigan sa mga dingding ng bahay niyo.

I want to go out from this mansion. Kahit man lang mamalengke o mag-mall ay dalhin ako ni Luke o ni Matthew, but they were busy with their school works and friends, I guess. Nakakalabas lang ako kapag nagsisimba at bibisita kay Daddy. It was confirmed though that the bullet wasn't an ordinary bullet. It was infected some chemicals that if it were not treated immediately, it will disfunction some organs of the body.

Natatakot ako nang malaman ko 'yon kaya mas hiniling ko na ang kaligtasan ni Daddy kaysa sa ibang bagay. My soft heart was building strong anger towards the suspect of shooting my Dad. Gusto kong isumpa ang may gawa noon, pero hindi ko kaya, ang tangi lang magagawa ko ay manalangin na magkahimala.

Hindi ko alam kung mapapatawad ko ba ang taong gumawa noon sa Daddy ko, even how God taught my heart to be forgiving. That single bullet was too much for my Daddy to suffer like this.

In the middle of my deepest thoughts, Luke barged in to my room making me woke up from bed. Nakangiti siyang binabati ako ng magandang umaga. I have favored him something pala tungkol kay Vice. I knew it so crazy to request this to my brother, but I was really desperate to know.

I had him stalk Vice.

"Ate, good news, from my five days of stalking Vice with my friends, hindi na iba-ibang babae ang idinidate niya, isa na lang, si Ms. Marga na lang. Kyaah...I'm so kinikilig!," he wasn't aware of my feelings towards Vice. Dahil para sa akin, it did not matter to anyone if I say it to them. Bawal din naman.

Bawal akong makaramdam ng ganito. Sabi nga ni Uncle Rich, feeling like this was a disgrace!

Hindi rin talaga lingid sa kaalaman ko na ang kapatid ko ay isang babaeng nakulong sa katawan ng isang lalaki, kaya ganyan siya makapag-react.

"Well, that's good news," I smiled trying to hide a poking pain in my chest. Sabi ko lang sa kanya na pakisundan si Vice dahil kaibigan ko siya.

"Alam mo ba, Ate, ang ganda pala talaga ni Ms. Marga sa personal, tapos ang bait pa. Super. Kung kaibigan mo si Vice ay bet ko siya para kay Ms. Marga," kung sasabihin ko kaya sa kanya na may gusto ako kay Vice. Sino ang kakampihan niya? Si Marga o ako? "Pero, infairness din Atesh, ang gwapo din ni Vice. Super duper as in bagay sila. How I wish..."

God. All people have the same opinion with mine about their connections to each other. Sikat pala talaga si Marga noon pa nang lumalaban siya sa mga beauty pageants. She has competed for Ms. World Philippine's crown for three years and just achieved it on her third year, and won the international crown last year. Articles were so full of compliments of her, soft-hearted and too value-laided woman.