Dealing with Mr. Scared of What? (Quadro Series #1)

Chapter 50

"Jupiter is an accident. Venus's sister has a husband and that man take advantage of Venus's. He took advantage of her and Jupiter is the outcome of it all."

Shock. Surprise. Disbelief. Hindi niya alam kung ano ba dapat ang maramdaman niya ng marinig niya ang sinabi ni Kyx, pati dila niya umurong. Naka-tingin lang siya sa binata na naka-tingin sa kawalan, mukhang inaalala nito ang mga nangyari, gusto niya itong pigilang pero hindi niya maigalaw ang labi niya. May parte sakaniya malaman kung ano ba talaga nangyari kay Venus.

"He did all those things to her, I hate myself for not noticing. Huli na ng malaman namin lahat." Kyx then scoffs. "When Venus was pregnant with Jupiter, everyone was mad. Ayaw niyang sabihin kung sino ang tatay, and it gets worse when she tried to abort it but she didn't, it was Zone. Pinainom niya si Venus noon." Kyx voice cracks, napatingin siya dito. He's crying. Gusto niyo itong patigilin pero hindi niya maigalaw ang sarili niya.

Naalarma siya dahil sa pag-iyak ni Kyx pero hindi niya magawang pigilan ito. The story that Kyx's currently telling her is insane. More questions pop on her mind. Hindi niya alam ang gagawin! "Kyx —"

"Hanggang sa nanganak si Venus walang nakakaalam saamin sa nangayari sakaniya hanggang sa nalaman namin na may heart complications si Jupiter. She need a transplant as soon as she can." Kinuha nito ang wallet nito bago may kinuha na larawan. "At the same day. Nalaman na lang namin na may donor na si Jupiter hindi namin kilala."

"Oh." That is the only thing she could say. She felt all her inside is being twisted listening to everything Kyx's said. Noong una hindi niya maintindihan kung bakit parang ang laki ng epekto nito kay Kyx pero ngayon na nakikinig siya, naiitindihan niya na. Pakiramdam niya may kung ano kumukurot sa puso niya.

"Months after, we found out that Venus had leukemia and after Jupiter 10th birthday, hindi pa din namin alam kung sino ang tatay ni Jupiter." Kyx then hand her the photo, she can see tears falling from his eyes. Agad naman nito pinapahiran. "She gave her heart to Jupiter, and that picture was the last picture we took together."

She looks at the pictures. Jupiter was inside a Intensive Care Unit and beside her was Kyx and Venus behind them, their eyes puffy just by looking, halatang walang tulog at kakaiyak nila. Makikita mong walang pahinga ang mga ito. "Kyx —"

"Nalaman na lang namin lahat ng ginawa ni Zone dahil sa sulat at video na iniwan ni Venus." Nakatulala na si Kyx habang nagkwe-kwento. Gusto niya itong hawakan o yakapin man lang pero natatakot siya na baka magka-panic attack ito! "Nalaman iyon ni Ate Mel. She knew what her husband did, she filed a case against him and annulment."

"Kyx. Hindi mo kailangan —"

"When we won the case, Ate Mel died the next week after finalizing everything a week before she died because of cancer. " Kyx was crying while telling this whole story. One of his hands is wiping the tears falling from his eyes. Kyx's look was breathless while talking. "They didn't deserve everything that happen to them."

"Kyx." She called him gently before holding his hand. "And you don't deserve the guilt your feeling. You didn't do anything wrong."

"No!" Kyx aggressively remarked before facing her. Napaigtad siya dahil sa lakas ng boses nito. "It was all my fault!" Sigaw nito sakaniya. "It was me!" Turo nito sa sarili. "Nangyayari lahat ng iyon sa harap ko! Kung hindi ko lang sana siya iniwan ng gabing iyon! This wouldn't happen, she shouldn't have been sexually assaulted!"