The Playing Coach's Manager (Redo)

Chapter Twenty Six

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[Marie]

"Brigh?! What the--"

"Claire, please shut up and hop in! You too, man!" Sabi nito.

Tulala ako sa mga nagaganap pero agad akong hinila ni Kenji at pinaupo sa likod ni Brighton tapos agad siyang umupo sa likuran ko.

Pero may isang depungol na sumugod at humawak sa likuran ni Kenji. Pinipilit siyang itumba nito mula sa pagkakasakay niya sa motor. Hindi naman ako makaatake kasi napapagitnaan ako ni Kenji at Brighton. 'Di ako makapwesto.

Pinilit sikuhin ni Kenji 'yung humawak sa kaniya para bumitaw ito, pero nagsuguran na rin 'yung iba sa amin. Kung magpapaandar si Brighton, there's a big chance na bumagsak si Kenji.

Pero nagulat kami nang may dumating na mga lalakeng nakamotor pa. Siguro mga apat sila. Nagbabaan ang mga ito at saka nagsuguran sa mga nakahawak kay Kenji.

Teka- kilala ko 'tong mga to ah! Mga pinsan 'to ni Brighton. I got to know them kasi madalas sila sa school namin noon sa US dahil nanonood sila ng laban nila Brighton. We all know each other too since I was a part of the basketball team din ng school.

"Hey, Claire! Long time no see!" Sabi ni Ricky tapos hinila yung mga lalakeng nakakapit kay Kenji.

"We do that later, we need to take them out of here!" Sabi naman ni Jessie, isang pinsan ni Brighton.

Nang makabitaw yung maraming lalaki kay Kenji, humarurot agad si Brighton papaalis ng lugar na 'yon angkas kami. Tangina. Sa sobrang kaba ko, nakahawak yung kanang kamay ko sa bewang ni Btighton tapos yung kaliwa ay nakakapit sa kamay ni Kenji na nakakapit sa bewang ko naman.

Binaba kami ni Brighton sa isang kotse sa likod ng lote. May babae sa loob noon, kilala ko rin ito. Kapatid ito ni Ricky, si Roxy. She's around late 20's na.

"Explain!" Sabi ko agad pagkababa namin.

"I need to go back, Claire. Ricky and the others need some back up."

"What the fuck is happening?!" Inis kong tanong pa.

"Roxy is there to explain. I'll be back!" Sabi nito tapos humarurot ng motor pabalik sa kung saan kami nanggaling kanina.

"May I know what is happening?" Tanong ni Kenji sa babaeng nasa loob ng kotse.

"I am Ricky's elder sister, Roxy," pakilala niya kay Kenji. "Yesterday, Brigh recorded a conversation from those guys who you beat in the match yesterday. He recorded it because he heard your name and Claire's name, and he can't understand Tagalog so he asked Ricky to translate it for him. After finding out that they were planning to take you and Claire on, we made a plan to observe and act if needed." 

"Why didn't he tell me directly then?" I asked.

"It seems that Brigh is guilty for everything he did to you so he couldn't bring himself to talk to you and you also blocked his messages. Plus, he wasn't really sure if those losers would actually do it so we just really waited and followed the plan."