Every Line Crossed

ELC37

ELC37

"But what about his security details?" Mama sternly asked Papa who's holding his phone and walking back and forth, full of anger and frustration.

Aza has his own security details. I'm always confident that he's safe. They are always watching and following him in distance. That's also one of the reasons why I cannot understand it now.

"All men are down."

"They must have planned it really well."

I closed my eyes tightly and tears fell from my eyes again. No... my baby...

"Kill..." Mama called me while caressing my back.

"I already sent my people on your handmaiden's location, Kill. Are you sure she's didn't say anything more?" Kuya Rift asked.

I shook my head while crying. "She said they both got them but they let her go to send us a message. They are asking a billion but they didn't give where in Cavite could we meet them."

"Is this the same group from before, Rion?"

"We don't know that yet, Papa. They are too many..."

"Then the only thing we can do for now is to wait for a call or another message..."

I gasped when I heard that. My heart bled a million times imagining the fate of my son in the hands of his goons. Aza...

Kumawala ako kay Mama at binagsak ko ang mga kamay ko sa table. All of them looked at me.

"Papa, you can't expect me to wait while my son is out there, probably scared and crying! God knows what could be worst! I can't stand all of these talks without doing anything! He's four years old, Papa! He's too young! He can't go through this..." I sobbed harder.

Immense pain spread on my system. I felt like I was being tortured limbs by limbs. I don't know if I would be able to wake up on a day without my son. No... it won't be possible. We need to find him now! I wanna make sure that he's safe and okay!

Bakit siya pa? For God's sake, he's too young to experience all of this! Sana ako na lang! Why does it have to be him...

"Kill, we're trying our be－"

"Papa, please... please... I'm begging you. Kuya... please." I said, putting my hands together while crying hard. "Please... save my baby..."

Papa and my brothers eyed me with a mixture of distress and sadness.

"Kill..." I felt Mama's hand on my arm, trying to stop me from what I was doing. She pulled me back. I cannot see her face but her hands are shaking while trying to hold me. "You don't need to do that. Of course, we will find Aza... we won't let anything happen to him..."

Muli akong humikbi at umiling. "I can't wait, Ma. Mamatay ako sa paghihintay."

I removed Mama's hand on me before I turned my back on them even with their voices calling me. I tightly held my phone in my hand before I proceed in the comfort room. I stared at my reflection on the mirror. I look like a damn mess but I don't care.

My tears are falling in my eyes as I fidget on my phone. My hands are cold and shaking when I stopped on Six's name on my contact. It's been more than a month since the last time we had a communication but still...

I pressed the call button before I placed my phone on my ear. My heart is hammering so bad. Kasabay noon ang tuloy-tuloy na pagkasira ng utak ko habang iniisip kung kamusta na ang anak ko. My poor baby...

"Hello?" a cold voice greeted me after a few rings.

"Six..." I whimpered because of trying so much to stop my sobs. I covered my mouth using my mouth. I leaned on the wall of the comfort room. The calmness of his voice is making me weaker. I finally heard his voice again but I cannot rejoice on that because our son is missing.