The Manipulation Game

12

#LessonNumberTwelve

"Mas eventful pa araw ni Jin kesa sa'tin."

"The fuck, you were planning to kill my cat?!"

"I didn't know what it was. And it bit me."

"You were 13 years old and you don't know what a cat is?"

"I was homeschooled."

"Hahaha ang cute niyo. 10 years after hindi pa'rin kayo nagbabago."

"And Rin became more childish."

"I did not!"

"Uuuy! Muling ibalik—"

" 'Wag nalang yuck kadiri."

"Both of you, shut up."

"Hala, ginagalit niyo si Rin, pag 'yan umiyak."

"Dad o!"

"Tigilan mo nga ako Rindelle!"

"Hala 'wag niyo ginagalit si Dad palayasin tayo niyan."

"Hahahahaha punyeta, ang kulit niyo."

"Anyways, tapusin na natin ang kwentuhan dahil tanghali na at nagugutom na ako. Loraine, dito ka na kumain 'a."

"Sure, Kurt."

"Your name is Kurt?!"

"Jin, you didn't know?"

"Just kidding. Magkwento na kayo."

"Buhay pa ba 'yong mallet mo hanggang ngayon?"

"Yep! I brought it with me when I kidnapped that Japanese girl."

"Ah."

"You still do shady things? I thought you guys are running a detective agency?"

"We are! But this and that are different."

"Well, I guess some things never change."

"Parang 'yong feelings niyo—OW!"

"Kung ayaw mong nasasaktan manahimik ka nalang."

"Wait, so Miki actually died?"

"Oo, sinabi ni Rin sa libing."

"Kaya pala no'ng tinanong ko kung nasa'n si Miki, hindi mo ako sinagot ng maayos."

"Oh. Speaking of libing, I will tell you all about that."

Ken.

Building, rooftop.

"Repent? Why'd you make us clean the crime scene if you're just going to hand us over the police?" Dan nervously said. Probably internally crying and screaming, which I'm doing right now.

That's the right thing to do. Turn ourselves over. They told me what happened when we saw each other outside. Turns out I wasn't the only one in a murdering mood today.

"Who ever told you I'm going to hand you in?" Rin smirked at us and walked towards the stone hedge and sat on top of it.

"Louis bumaba ka diyan, baka malaglag ka." Nag-alalang sabi ni Loraine.