“Jao is dead?” I gasped after those words came out from my mouth.
“Yes.”
“H-How? Sinong pumatay sa kanya? What happened?” Hindi makapaniwala na tanong ko. They have been hunting Jao for months pero paano?
“He deserves it anyway,” Kibit balikat lang na sagot ni Vaughn sa akin. And then he continued with whatever he’s reading.
Nagsalubong ang kilay ko. Naibahan ako sa reaction ni Vaughn. Times like these, he’d give me more details, and somehow ay magiging sympathetic ang kanyang itsura pero ngayon, it feels like he’s someone else.
I cleared my throat. “Uhm, so, do you know what happened?”
“Not really. Nasabi lang sa akin. Don’t get too worked up about it. He’s one problem down.” He did not even look at me, tuloy lang syang nakatingin sa binabasa.
I did not continue in pressing him ab
