AGS 4: The Best Man's Wedding

Chapter 43: Recollection

Clark's memory revolved around his teenage years. Fourteen years old, the memory before he almost died after saving me.

Hindi masasabing mabilis ang recovery niya, pero may something talaga sa mga nangyayari na parang hindi nagma-match. I didn't want to overthink again, pero hindi ko maiwasan.

The car collision is deadly, as per the doctors and the investigators' words. Sa lakas ng impact, himala nga raw na hindi naging napitpit na lata ang kotse ni Clark at hindi pa siya nabalian. And that was Patrick's turn to defend things kasi may mali talaga sa mga nangyayari and we all felt that.

"Leo and I designed that car, as in recent lang," Patrick explained. "We refurbished that so the system could absorb and reduce at least fifty percent of the car crash shock impact force. Pababagalin niya ang impact force nang paunti-unti before mag-land lahat sa crumple zone. We changed the chassis, the tires, and the body frame of the car para, hindi man damage-proof, but at least, the fatality rate ng passengers, lesser than usual."

To be honest, wala akong naiintindihan sa mga sinasabi ni Patrick. He was explaining kina Tita Pia kasi according sa investigation, ang kotseng ginamit ay never pang ginamit ni Clark. But the thing is, ang plaka ng kotse, nakarehistro kay Clark din.

Leo was telling Tita na lumang kotse 'yon ng anak nila at refurbished lang.

Leo took a mechanical engineering course, majoring in automotive. Patrick is a former racer and a car distributor, the son of a famous car dealer, importer, and car parts producer in the country. At kung ano mang meron sa kotse, we are very sure na alam nila ang mga sinasabi nila.

Nagmi-meet ang explanations, but everything was executed cleanly—gaya ng sinasabi ni Tito Ferdz. At pinagalitan sila ni Tito kasi kung naglalaro lang daw sila ngayon, muntik nang mamatay ang anak nila sa larong ginagawa nila.

But all of them said na hindi nila ine-expect ang car crash kasi hindi nila isa-sacrifice ang buhay ni Clark just to prove the effectivity of a prototype project na hindi madaling mamamatay ang mga sakay n'on kung magkaroon man ng aksidente. And that was the rational explanation of that kasi bakit mo papatayin ang sarili mo para lang mapatunayan na maganda ang product na gawa ng kabarkada mo?

But the car Clark used was meant to accept huge damage during a car crash.

Tinanong ni Tito kung ano ang sinabi ni Clark kay Leo during his speech, and Leo couldn't deny it kasi may recorded video na nakitang nagbulungan sila ni Clark bago ito magbiro na ayaw siyang i-let go.

Magaling bumasa ng tao si Tito. Alam niya kung nagsisinungaling ang kausap niya o hindi.

Leo said, Clark will leave the wedding earlier than expected kaya hindi siya makakasayaw sa after-party. And if someone would look for him, sabihin lang daw ni Leo na dina-diarrhea si Clark.

It didn't make any sense, for real, but Kyline said it was the same thing she heard kasi nasa ibaba lang siya ng dalawa at that time kaya rinig niya ang pinag-uusapan nila.

But Leo's face during that time said otherwise. We knew that there was something wrong, but the details—and take note of the precision of the details—didn't make any fucking sense!

May mga witness! May mga makakapagpatunay na walang nagsisinungaling sa barkada ni Kuya. But everything felt like those details were presented accurately, na sa sobrang precise nila, binabaliw kami sa kung ano ang totoo sa hindi.

Clark was overspeeding. And he wasn't fond of driving recklessly.

The car he used wasn't the one he usually uses. And it was meant to accept a huge impact during a car crash.