The Possessive Psychopath

Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Warmth

Current Day

Victoria Abbel's Point of View

Tumingin ako kay Trevor at tsaka bumalik ang aking tingin kay Nikos na hanggang ngayon ay hindi maalis ang kunot sa kanyang mukha.

"The Dean guy is dead," Nikos repeated. I stiffened from my place. Everything is coming to me right now. The blood from Trevor's shirt, the weird notes from Trevor's trash bin, Trevor's words by saying he will make me prouder, and Trevor's way of trying to read what's going inside my head.

With a bored look, Trevor sipped from his hot coffee and sat down comfortably in the chair.

Nang mapansin ko ang dugo sa aking kamay ay agad akong tumakbo sa sink upang hugasan agad ito. Kahit ang suot kong damit ay nagkaroon ng stain ng dugo. After thirty minutes, I heard a car parking in our garage. It was Nikos, who's drunk and wasted. Nakita ko siyang humiga na lang sa sofa at hinayaan. Where did they go last night?

"Victoria, say something please. Hindi ako sanay na ganito ka katahimik." Nikos said while trying to wait for my response. I withdrew my gaze at Trevor who was still drinking his coffee.

"Wow," I don't know what to feel, really.

"I mean that's unfortunate. Dean is dead, that's just too..." huminga muna ako nang maluwag bago ko tinapos ang aking sasabihin.

"... easy." Easy death. Dean didn't deserve to die, that's just so easy. I want him to suffer every single day. To the point that he will regret what he'd done.

"Easy, you say?" Nikos asked, arching a brow.

"You don't have any idea how that man died, Tori. Maybe, he suffered and struggled too." Nikos added and sat down on the chair. Humarap siya kay Trevor at ako naman ay pinunasan ko ang aking bibig ng tuyo na towel. I just literally throw up. I rolled my eyes at Nikos. I really hate it when Nikos is always acting like a good guy. I scoffed, if I know he's here not just to help me but he had other ulterior motives. Hindi naman siya agad pupunta dito kung wala siya makukuha pabalik. He's like that but I appreciate him when he helped me in many ways than one. Napansin ni Nikos ang pagkadismaya sa aking mukha kaya umiwas ito ng tingin sa akin.

"I don't really care about how he died. Dying is just so easy for Dean. He won't even suffer from the things he did." I exclaimed at him, trying to reason out. Nagpakawala ng isang malalim na buntong hininga si Nikos.

"He will suffer... in hell." I heard him mutter, but I turned my heels away and proceeded to my room.

There are only two things that are clear to me: There will be no hearing and Dean's death is creeping the way out of me.

Nang makapasok ako sa aking kwarto ay nakita ko na naman ang mga scratch papers ni Trevor. This piece of paper doesn't make any sense. Especially the word REDRUM. Inilapit ko ang aking mukha sa papel at inalayo ito. What does this mean? Waiting a minute...

When you read it backward... you will get the word MURDER.

After an hour, I heard a police siren from outside. Binundol nang kaba ang aking dibdib. Unti-unti akong sumilip sa bintana at hindi ako nagkakamali, may dalawang pulis ang nakatayo sa labas ng aming gate. Bigla ako lumabas ng aking kwarto at agad dumiretso sa kwarto na ginagamit ngayon ni Trevor.

I knocked twice and waited for two minutes before Trevor opened the door for me. Nakakunot ang kanyang noo at bago pa niya ako ulit pagsarhan ng pinto ay pumasok ako bigla.