Dekko Enriquez is a walking sunshine. Negativity has no room in her world and she believes in the goodness of people. Suddenly, her world did a 360-degree rotation...turning into dark, gruesome and bloody.
How will bubbly Dekko handle being a suspe...
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SMOKE OCCUPIED THE place as the two men inhaled their sticks of marijuana. All the windows are closed except for the small one in the bathroom. Doors are locked to secure that no one would be able to come in, unless they know the passcode of the unit.
Nakasalampak ang paa ng binatang si Kael sa may itim na sofa. Sa kaliwang kamay ay hawak ang stick habang ang kanan niya naman ay panay ang scroll sa Facebook. Minsan ay biglang bubunghalit ng tawa na animo’y tinatakasan na ng katinunan…tapos biglang magseseryoso, tatalim ang mga mata sabay mura nang malutong.
“Tangina ubos agad!” reklamo nito sabay bato ng upos na marijuana sa sahig.
Nilingon niya ang lalaking tahimik na nakaupo malapit sa pinto, nakasalampak lamang ang binata habang sinisinghot ang isang pakete ng cocaine.
“Herson! Ecstasy nga! Hina nitong marijuana…”
HERSON WOKE UP from the trance caused by the cocaine he’s currently inhaling. He lazily opened his strong set of eyes as he looked for the tablets. Nang makita ang bote ay hinagis niya iyon kay Kael.
“Stupid ecstasy! Nandito ako, ulol! Bat ka dyan bumagsak?”
Tumawa si Kael nang hindi niya nasalo ang bote. Salungat sa paniwala niyang hindi pa siya tinatablan ng marijuana, wala na siya sa katinuan kaya pati ang paningin niya ay naapektuhan na rin.
Namayani ang katahimikan sa kanila. But as for Herson, literal noise may not be clouding his ears yet the voices in his mind were defeaning. No matter how many sachets of cocaine, sticks of marijuana or ecstasy tablets he takes…the demons won’t go away.
They keep on reminding him of that day. The day when he lost his will to live.
Just when he thought that he would be able to create a family of his own, since his supposed-to-be family have already abandoned him…his dream turned into ashes. He didn’t know what went wrong, he gave his all to the woman he loves…yet he was once again discarded like a used t-shirt.
Hininto ni Herson ang pagsinghot at nilingon ang kaibigang hindi pa natitigil sa pagtawa. “What’s the cleanest way to kill someone?”
Sa tanong na iyon ay mas lalong sumabog sa kakatawa si Kael. Dahil may tablet pa sa kaniyang bibig ay muntik tuloy itong mabulunan. Inabot niya ang tubig sa mesang kalapit at ininom ‘yon.
“Gago, ako yata papatayin mo!” sigaw ni Kael.
Hindi nagsalita si Herson. Wala ring tawang lumabas sa kaniya.
Napagtanto naman ni Kael na seryoso ang kaibigan sa sinabi. Ngumisi siya habang pinagmamasdan ang kaibigang sawi. “Cyanide, pare.”
Proud na proud si Kael sa kaniyang suhestiyon. Para saan pa’t kumuha sila ng kursong Chemistry kung hindi rin naman pala nila gagamitin? Siguradong malinis ang mangyayaring krimen kung kemikal ang gagamitin.
