Bad Clandestine

Simula

Simula

"Dad, handa na po ang lahat." Nakatingin lamang ako kay Dad na humihithit ng sigarilyo niya. Nakatingin siya sa labas at hindi ko mabasa kung ano nga ba ang nasa isip niya ngayon. Hindi ko na rin gugustuhing malaman pa dahil paniguradong hindi iyon maganda.

"Then let's go," aniya bago itinapon ang upos ng sigarilyo sa balkonahe. Yumuko ako at sumunod sa kaniya.

Pagbaba namin ng mansyon ay sumalubong sa amin ang mga armadong lalaki. Kasamahan namin sila. They bow their head when they see us. They're calling my father, 'Master'. While they call me Ms. Lia. Simple as that, they got it from Cruelia, my name, it's my father's choice.

We didn't greet them back.

"Axcel?" Tawag ni Dad kay Axcel na magalang ding nakayuko.

Banggit palang ng pangalan ay alam na ni Axcel ang nais iparating ni Dad.

"Yes Master, it's done."

Axcel secretly put guns inside the ship. Marami silang itinagong baril doon. Hindi kami maaring pumasok ng barko kung may mga baril kami dahil paniguradong makakahalata sila.

How did they put those guns? May mga kasapi kaming hindi kilala ng mga tauhan ng Elizondos, simple as that. They are traitors.

Kasama ni Axcel sina Via at Tifer. They are both son and daughter of my father's friends.

Sumakay na kami sa isang full size luxury car. Si Tifer ang magmamaneho. He used to be a racer kaya naman may tiwala si Dad sa kaniya pagdating sa pagpapatakbo ng kotse. Lalo na't tila lagi kaming nasa isang karera.

"I'll let them taste their own blood." Napatingin ako kay Dad, too serious. He's different in terms of being a mafia boss, a father, and a husband. Kapag oras ng trabaho ay oras ng trabaho lamang. He's sweet and caring to my mother, hindi mo malalaman na may ganito siyang ugali kung hindi mo siya kilala ng lubusan. Elizondo is my family's enemy. The've been competitors and a threat to each other since then. Napakatagal na. Not just in business.

Itinago ako ni Dad bilang anak niya dahil ayaw niyang mapahamak ako. Hindi nila alam na may anak ang Valdeabella kaya kahit sumama ako sa mga laban ay hindi nila ako kilala. Ang mga pinagkakatiwalaan lamang ni Dad ang nakakaalam sa totoo kong pagkatao. Even my Dad's underlings, Tifer, Via, Axcel didn't know that I'm the Valdeabella's heiress. They think I'm just the daughter of Dad's very important friend Tito Hidalyo, he always visit my father for business purposes. Minsan ay kunwaring ako ang binibisita niya rito sa mansyon. Ang ilang mga tauhan ay nakatira na rin rito pero alam nila ang mga limitasyon nila.

Tahimik lang kami sa loob ng sasakyan. I am not anxious anymore. Sanay na rin ako sa mga ganitong pangyayari. Since I'm seven they already trained me to become like them. Like what? A killer, devil or anything you want to called it. I already killed someone when I'm nine.
They teach me how to use a bow and arrow and make that person as my target. Oh, anyway, it's been years at hindi ko na dapat pang isipin ang mga nakaraan.

I'm already twenty-two and never been in a relationship. It's forbidden. I can't even marry anyone unless chosen by my dad. He doesn't want someone who's too innocent and weak. He wants someone who's stronger than him to replace his position someday, and also someone who can protect me. That's what he said.

My dad become the Valdeabella's mafia boss when he was twenty-six. He told me na hindi ko man gusto ang taong ipapakasal niya sa akin ay wala akong magagawa. Anyway, hindi naman taliwas sa akin ang gusto ni Dad dahil hindi ko alam ang salitang love, pagmamahal para sa iba maliban sa pagmamahal sa pamilya. I was taught to focus on the mafia's world not in the world that's full of love.