Lorch Crown

Chapter 34

"LORCH, are you sure you all will be okay?"

Nilingon ni Lorch si Saskia na halatang hindi mapalagay sa kaalamang personal nilang magkakaibigan na titignan at hahalughugin ang bahay nila Youri sa Miami.

"Maybe you call the police department to check on the house while you guys wait?" Saskia suggested.

Nagkatinginan silang magkakaibigan.

Raven moves his head signing him to talk to Saskia. And when Lorch look at his other friends, they nodded.

Lorch sighed and held Saskia's arm to make her stand up. Giniya niya ito sa silid nila sa suite. Maaga silang bumalik sa suite niya dahil sa aalis pa silang magkakaibigan papuntang Miami kung saan patungo rin ang ilan sa mga kapatid niya at grupo ng mga ito.

"Luv, we'll be fine. If something, we have contacts in Miami that work in the police departments. We can even call for SWAT if needed. Don't worry." Sinapo niya ang mukha nito at nginitian.

"Pero Lorch, narinig mo naman yung kuwento ni Venice. The men that tried to take her were goons with guns and rifles." Hinawakan nito ang braso niya.

"Luv, believe me when I say we'll be fine. Youri is our friend and we want to find and save him our ways."

Napatitig sa kanya sa kanya si Saskia.

"What?" he asked, fixing some strand of her hair.

"Youri..." Saskia drawled. "You think... he's—"

"He's alive." Lorch slyly clenched his jaw. "Until I don't see his lifeless body I will hold on to that tiny hope I have that he's alive, luv. I'm not losing a friend, someone that close to me like a younger brother."

Nagbawi ito ng tingin saka bumuntong-hininga. "Youri visits me before he went to Miami..."

Lorch buried his hand in his pocket, forcibly smiling. "You informed me too late."

"And I feel terrible not telling you. Hindi ko alam na hinahanap niyo siya. Ang akala ko ng hindi ko na siya matawagan ay gusto niya lang lumayo dahil sa koneksyon nating tatlo. At nakasanayan ko na rin na hindi siya makontak minsan. You know we've been friends for like three years and sometimes I couldn't reach him for months then he'll pop again."

Bahagyang gumalaw ang kilay ni Lorch sa narinig bago siya napabuntong-hininga. Ang daming tinago sa kanya ni Youri. Ang sabi nito si Venice ang kaibigan ni Saskia. He really doesn't know what's with Youri lying to him.

"I understand." Nilapitan niya si Saski saka niyakap mula sa likuran. "Don't feel bad. I am also to blame because I never talk about him with you."

"Why so?"

Hinawakan niya ang kamay nito. "I didn't want to because I didn't want us to argue about him. To what he did."

"About the DNA?"

"Yeah..."

"Baka nagkamali lang talaga siya dahil sa may mga iniisip siyang problema."

"Could be..."

"You don't think so, do you?"

Nang hindi siya sumagot ay hinarap siya nito.

"Iniisip mo ba na baka may gusto sa akin si Youri kaya niya iyon nagawa?"

Lorch sighed, turning around to sit on the bed.

"Luv, Youri has been in more stressful work but never once has he made mistakes. Matalino si Youri at kilala ko ang didikasyon niya sa trabaho. Malabong nagkamali siya sa DNA test."

"Lorch, tinanong ko si Youri. Wala siyang gusto sa akin."

"Luv, he could blatantly lie to give both of us peace." Tinignan niya si Saskia. "Youri is a very giving person and very nice. Alam mo yung kaya niyang magpaubaya at magtiis para sa iba lalo na para sa kapatid niya at mga kaibigan."