DETECTIVE FILES. File 2 (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 35: DEDUCTION GONE WRONG

Chapter 35: Deduction Gone Wrong

It's not only my body that is numb and tired but as well as my brain. After Ryu went out the room ay hinila din ako palabas ni Gray. He was still shaking with anger habang pababa kami ng hagdan hanggang sa makarating kami sa kanyang kotse. He opened the door for me and I silently went inside and sat.

Rovan Allejo III. Bernard Sison. Billion accounts. Those are the things that run in my mind as of the moment. The annual income that I thought Dad is earning is actually with few extra zeroes.

I flinched a little when Gray shut the door violently as he sat on the driver's seat at hinawakan ang manibela. His right hand is swollen. It must hurt a lot. I reached for his hand at dahan-dahang tiningnan iyon.

"Sorry...."

"Why do you sound so lifeless?", tanong ni Gray sa akin.

Nakahawak lamang ako sa kamay niya at nakayukong sinipat iyon.

"I just died...." Yes, that's how I felt when I confirmed Zywon's accusations about Dad.

"Ha?", he asked. Malungkot ako at galit siya. We shouldn't be talking with each other dahil mukhang walang patutunguhan ang usapang ganito lalo na at magkaiba ang emosyong nararamdaman namin.

"I was pierced with a poisoned sword right in my heart."

Hindi ko alam kung ano ang iniisip niya. I'm still holding his swollen hand like I have no intention of letting it go. I carefully touched the swollen part na para bang maghihilom iyon sa paraan ng paghawak ko.

"Is that a figure of speech? If it is, please explain."

I shook my head at him. I don't want talk about it now.

"Amber..."

"I think I'm the unluckiest person in the world. All my life I thought I got a perfect family that eventhough we're not living in a castle, I always thought we're perfect." I felt my tears forming at the side of my eyes.

He tried lifting my chin ngunit iniwas ko ang mukha ko.
"Sabihin mo sa akin ang nangyari."

"I don't want to." Nagsimula ng maglaglagan ang mga luha sa mata ko. So this is it. This is what Ryu and Zywon felt kapag usapang pamilya. Yes, I still had my Dad while they lost their Mom's but having an evil Dad is the worst. All my life, I'm living a life full of lies. Ibig sabihin nito ay kumakain ako at nagkakaroon ng mga bagay na gusto ko ng mula sa masamang paraan.

"Hindi kita pipilitin. Just tell me if you're ready", wika niya sa akin. "Sorry for what I did. I - I just don't like the idea of Ryu hugging you. It angers me so I apologized. Please be back to your lively old self."

"I just died.... from drowning. Drowning in confusions...."
Yan ang nadarama ko ngayon. I feel so lifeless. Napakawalang-gana mabuhay.

Binawi ni Gray ang kamay niya mula sa akin. He held my shoulders then lifted my chin. Tinangka ko ulit na umiwas but he put both his hands on my cheeks at hinarap ako sa kanya.

"No you didn't. Maybe just close to it but I can still do something to keep you alive from drowning ........... by resuscitating you."

He pulled me towards him and his lips touched mine. It was short and what he did really made me somehow alive. His lips against mine makes my blood flow right in my veins in a fast way. I felt a tear fell from my eye as I decided to close my eyes to feel this moment but then he withdraw from resuscitating me. He pulled me against his chest and gave me an assuring hug. I felt his chin on my head as he carressed my back, as if he's trying to comfort me.