Got Me Captive (Got Me #1) | ✓

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"How long have you known this!?" tanong ko sa dalawang lalaking nakatanga lang sa amin. "Bakit hindi niyo agad pinaalam sakin?! Ginagago na kami, nagawa niyo pang patagaling ipaalam sa kin, tangina!"

I faced Posadaz with fiery glares. He frayed his stares at me as if hewas doing his best to not inflame me off the brink. Para lang silang nanonood ng teleserye habang inuunti-unti sa akin ni Eros ang lahat. 

"We didn't tell you immediately because we wanted you to keep it together until your father gets what he wanted," he said in all honesty.

"What?! The title?!" I scoff. "Stronzo! Mas ginawa niyo lang imposible ang lahat! Now that he's getting the higher seat, he's invincible!"

"Not really," he drawled.

Kumunot naman ang noo ko habang ramdam ko ang pagmugto ng mga mata ko. My eyes followed him when he took something from a drawer. Mabuway siyang naglakad pabalik sa akin tsaka nilahad muli ang isa pang kulay kape na envelope.

"What's this?"

"Your grandfather's last will and testament."

Napanganga ako. Kinuha ko ang nasa envelope tsaka binasa iyon. Hindi ako sigurado sa nababasa ko dahil halos parang tumigil na ito sa pag-gana.

"How do you have this?" malamig na tanong ko. "Bakit nasa kamay mo 'to?"

"I gave him that. It was your grandfather's order," Eros butt in. "He knew everything, Xandra."

I froze in my position. He knows what? My business with the father of my children? Fuck, does he knows he's the father of my children? Your grandfather's the spider for a reason, Xandra. 

"Why would h-he do that?" halos nawawala kong tanong.

Hindi ako sinagot ni Eros nang mukhang wala rin siyang masagot sa tanong ko. Agad na dumako ang mata ko sa mga matang nakatingin sa akin. Anakin and Caliber swerved gazes while Posadaz was just intently looking at us.

"Review it. Your father has a copy pero peke ang isang iyon. It was forged on purpose. We don't want to compromise your grandfather's plan," Posadaz said.

May alinlangang nagbaba ako ng tingin. Imbes na tugunin ang utos niya ay tinignan ko lang si Eros.

"We'll fly back to Italy in the next couple of days. It's your choice to face your father and confront him about all of this. After all, we're not sure about everything aside from what your grandfather provided us," sambit niya.

Napalunok ako. "A-About Nonno's death. . . anong alam niyo?"

Natahimik ang paligid. This is too much to take in. I'm not sure if I am ready to hear what they have for me about that matter.

"You should hear it directly from your father, Xandra. Everything we see now doesn't guarantee the truth."

Pinasadahan ko ng tingin ang hawak kong papel sa aking kamay. Natahimik lang ang paligid habang pilit kong iniintindi ang laman niyon. 

Ramdam ni Posadaz ang pagkabagabag ko sa mga nangyayari. He decided to send me home. I always drown in profound rumination and zone out every minute. Tulala pa rin ako nang makarating na kami sa bahay niya.

Sinalubong ako ng mga anak ko nang may galak. Narito na anaman ako sa posisyon na kung saan para akong lumulutang kada oras na lumilipas. As much as this is not the right place to be plaintive, my mind keep on collapsing into the depth of melancholia.

Pumasok sa isip ko si mamma. Nang matunghayan ko ang nakita kanina ay siya agad ang naisip ko. Our father was cheating on my mother. Tangina, hindi pa nga siya tapos sa pasakit ng nanayari nitong mga nakaraan ay heto na naman. I don't think I have the heart to see her being ruined. Nasa isip ko na habang dala ang bigat ng paglayo ng loob ko sa kaniya ay ginagago rin siya sa likod niya. Putangina.