SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO (Stuffed)

Anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.

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Martin's POV

How am I going to do this?

I am holding the check that Matthis gave me and if I deposited this, ten million would be added in my bank account.

Huge money at stake.

I just need to find who killed Pol Baldomero.

Marahan kong hinilot-hilot ang ulo ko. I am a fucking fool. Bakit ko ba tinanggap ang pera na iyon? Ngayon ko napag-isip-isip na napakahirap ng gagawin ko. Masyado akong nasilaw sa malaking halaga na inihain sa akin at kahit alam kong imposible ay naisip ko kanina na magagawa ko.

Kaya ko bang sabihin kay Matthias na si Elodie ang pumatay sa anak niya?

At kaya ko bang isuko si Elodie sa kanila?

You're a fucking idiot, Ted. Hindi ka pa rin nagbabago. Basta may perang involve, sumisige ka.

Napabuga ako ng hangin at umayos ng pagkakaupo sa kotse habang nakatingin sa paligid. Hindi ko alam kung nasaang lugar ba ako. Basta pagkagaling ko kay Matthias ay nagpaikot-ikot lang ako sa kalsada ng Maynila. Driving alone makes my head clear. Nakakapag-isip ako.

All right. I needed to have a plan. I could ask Declan's help. Wala naman kasi akong ibang mahihingan ng tulong kundi siya. We could get someone. Some crook, a bad guy. Those people with unending rap sheets. Mga taong ipinapa-torture ni Ghost. Those people were bound to die anyway. At least mapakinabangan naman sila.

Napatango-tango ako. Tama. Ganoon nga ang gagawin ko. Kailangan lang ng plano dito. There was no room for any mistake for this one. Monsters were involved and a fucking police investigator who starting to sniff with those cases.

Gabriel Silva.

He needed to get out of our way. I knew, one way or another, he would find out the truth.

Kinuha ko ang telepono ko sa bulsa at sinubukang tawagan si Elodie. Kailangan naming magkita para malaman niya ang plano ko. Para malaman niya ang gustong mangyari ni Matthias. This would be our fight together. I promised to her that I would help her to get her revenge and I am not going to turn my back on her.

Strange. She was not answering my calls. Sinubukan ko uling tawagan siya. And she rejected my call?

Napa-trouble kaya ang babaeng iyon?

Nakakaramdam ako ng pag-aalala. Where could she be at this hour? Shit. I drove to her place and found out she was not there. I tried calling her again, but she kept on rejecting my calls.

Damn it. Nasaan kaya ang babaeng iyon?

I already have a hunch on where she could be right now. Elodie tasted the thrill of killing the people who crossed her, and I am sure she was hungry for it. She escaped the first time, and I knew she would think she could do it again.

Mahina akong napamura. Nag-text ako kay Declan. He has the means of locating people. Ibinigay ko ang number ni Elodie at pina-trace ko. I needed to find that woman.

I stopped calling her and instead, I sent her a text message asking where she was.

With friends.