SNIPER ASSASSIN

Chapter Four

Axel Valderama

Saturday morning.

Hanggang boy's locker room, patuloy pa rin akong kinakantyawan ng mga barkada ko. Actually one month pa lang kaming magkakasama.

Si Kenneth at Miggy ang classmate ko sa course na architecture. Sina Jhoel at Tommy naman ang magkaklase sa course na engineering.

Noong hinahanap ko kasi ang building ng architecture. Nagkabungguan kami ni Tommy. Nag-sorry ako and took the opportunity to ask.

Luckily, two of his friends are architecture student and since wala pa akong kakilala, they offered me to join the group. Sino ba naman ako para tumanggi pa. Besides they are good people. Sa loob ng isang buwan, nakilala ko sila ng lubusan.

What can I say pare-pareho lang naman kaming mga gwapo.

By the way!

Axel Valderama, eighteen years of age. Actually, since birth until second year high school, dito ako sa Pilipinas lumaki at nag-aral. Third year high school ako, when my family went to Australia to invest some business. Hanggang second year college ako doon.

Doon grumaduate ng college ang older sister ko. Reese Valderama who is now twenty years old. Actually, freshly graduate. Businessman ang daddy ko at isa rin siyang leader ng mafia, yap, you heard it right. Anak ako ng isang mafia, that makes me one of them.

Mommy and Reese contradicts though pero wala naman silang nagawa. Simula ng dumating kami sa Australia in-open na sa akin ni daddy ang lahat-lahat about it.

Nasa tamang edad na daw ako para malaman ang responsibilidad na nakaatang sa akin. He even organized my own gang, na sila ang naging mga kaibigan ko, kasi halos magkaka-edad naman kaming sampu.

I had flings, no commitment at wala pa akong naging seryosong girlfriend. Something came up. Medyo nagkagulo sa organization, so para hindi kami malagay sa panganib nagdecide si daddy na iuwi kami ng Pilipinas.

Hindi alam nina Kenneth, Jhoel, Tommy at Miggy ang tungkol sa pagiging mafia ko. And i want to stay that way. Gusto ko rin naman magkaroon ng normal na mga kaibigan na walang gulo, enjoy basketball at mag-aral ng mabuti.

"They no nothing, the safer they are."

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Friday night

Last night we had a group chat, kaming limang magkakaibigan, about sa basketball. May try out daw kami bukas kasi nag-graduate na ang dating Captain Ball and there is an upcoming event.

Ang coach namin ay isang P.E. teacher, malaki naman daw ang tiwala niya kaya ipinaubaya na niya sa team ang pagpapatry out at paghahanap ng Captain Ball.

"Why don't one of you take the place?" i asked them.

"Bro, hindi pa namin kaya iyan at sa tingin namin may mas deserving na maging Captain Ball." sabi ni Kenneth at nag-agree naman iyong iba.

"Mga bros, point guard is here." biglang claimed ni Tommy since iyon naman talaga ang position niya.

"Small forward in the house." claimed din ni Jhoel sa position niya.

"Hanap niyo ba ako? Power forward mah mehn." Kenneth claiming his position.

"So two position na lang hinahanap, then I voluntarily accepting, shooting guard, iyan ata ang expertise ko." and Miggy claimed his position.