LUSCIOUS POISON

Chapter 16

Malawak ang ngisi sa mukha ni Arthus nang pagdating ss pinakahuling lap ay lumayo na ang agwat n'ya mula sa kalaban n'ya. Alam n'yang maingay ngayon ang mga kaibigan n'ya dahil sa ginawa n'ya kanina na para bang hinayaan n'yang manalo ang kalaban.

As if he would let anyone defeat him in anyway.

Pero dahil kilala naman s'ya ng tatlong iyon ay malamang, alam na rin ng mga iyon na may plano s'ya. Inapakan n'ya ng mas madiin ang accelerator at malakas na natatawa habang iniisip kung ano ang hitsura ng mukha ni Toni ngayon.

He drifted winning when reach the finish line and in a few seconds, Landon's kid followed but sadly, he got the victory and 3 million is waiving.

"Damn you! Russo!"

Malakas s'yang natawa nang pagkalabas nang pagkalabas pa lang n'ya ng sasakyan ay ang boses na iyon ni Toni kaagad ang sumalubong sa tainga n'ya sa Kabila nang maiingay na mga tao sa bleachers.

"At least thanks to me that I won," aniya nang may ngisi sa mukha.

"Gago! Sisirain mo talaga ang mga sasakyan ko?!" Singhal nito sa kaniya.

Hindi n'ya na nagawang sumagot nang tapikin ni Laurenz ang kaniyang balikat at itinuro nito ang papalapit na si Landon.

"He would like to eat you alive." Natatawang sambit ni Arthus nang sobrang sama nang tingin nito kay Lance. Sinamaan naman s; ya ng tingin ng kaibigan kaya mas lalo pa s'yang natawa.

Hinarap n'ya ang mayabang na si Landon at seryoso itong tiningnan.

"You tricked me. Niloko ninyo akong apat!" Galit na saad nito kaya mas lalo lang tumalim ang tingin n'ya rito.

"Dahil natalo kayo, niloko kayo?" aniya kaya napatingin ito sa kaniya at malapit na malapit na itong magbuhat ng kamao sa mukha n'ya.

Bumaling ito sa kaibigan n'yang si Lance, "wala kayong sinabi na hindi baguhan ang kaibigan mo, Vargaz!"

Piper scoffs, "baguhan lang ba ang kaya ninyong labanan? What a loser!"

Mabilis na hinila ni Laurenz ang dalaga nang tingnan ito ng masama ni Landon.

"Ikaw ang pumili sa kaniya hindi ba?" Nakangising sambit ni Laurenz. "Because you think he is the weakest among the 4 of us."

"You tricked me!" Sigaw nito kaya nagtaas ng kamay si Arthus dahil naiirita talaga s'ya sa mga ganitong tao na ang yayabang, wala namang ibubuga laban sa kaniya.

"Tricked my ass," sambit n'ya saka hinagis kay Lance ang gloves na hinubad n'ya. Mabilis itong nasalo ng kaibigan n'ya pero nang mapagtanto nito kung ano iyon ay binato rin nito iyon pabalik sa kaniya.

"We don't accept, cheque, you know that," ani Laurenz kaya nanlaki lalo ang butas ng ilong ni Landon dahil sa galit at inis sa kanila.

"We are not paying---"

"You wouldn't wish to die," nakangising sabi ni Toni kaya tumalikod si Landon suot ang galit na galit na mukha at hinagis nito ang kung ano sa kasama nito.

Pa-simple n'yang tiningnan ang isang tao na hindi n'ya inasahan na makikita sa lugar na ito. Napa-smirk na lamang si Arthus habang malaya n'ya itong tinitingnan pero hindi s'ya nito nakikilala.

Kahit kailan at kahit saan talaga s'ya magpunta ay susundan s'ya ng mga tanong hindi makatanggap na mas magaling s'ya sa lahat ng bagay.

"Your highness, we have landed."

Calla slowly opened her eyes as she heard the woman's voice that just spoke. She looked at the cabin crew and the woman smiled at her. She then looked outside the window and realized that they indeed landed.

She then stood up and bring her small bag with her without minding her other stuffs. Her people will do that for her. As she stepped out from the plain, men bowed their heads to give respect and she just walked through the car that is waiting for her.

"Welcome back, your highness," said the driver as he is holding the door for her.

"Head to the house," she said and the driver nodded before he closed the door of the back seat where she is sitting.

Calla take her phone out to send a message to her girl friend she left abroad because of this shitty thing that is happening in the House.

As she looked at outside the window, she saw her face around the place. Everyone in Spain knew her but she only know people happened to be part of the palace.

She wonder how is it like to be a daughter of an ordinary family. That you can roam around the world with our minding other people. Although, she'd been doing that her whole life but the people in the House get pissed off and she just doesn't mind.

Now, she is going to be dealing this new issue in the house, especially their own family. She couldn't believe she is going to be hearing this thing once again, like after 20 years.

"Anong klaseng kalokohan ang sinasakyan nila ngayon?" She said frustratingly.

When she noticed that they are finally entering the huge gate of the House of Vasquez, she composed herself and getting ready to face her parents to deal with this sh*t of a thing.

Maids and guards were in line when the car she was riding arrived and they all bowed their heads when she stepped out from it. She went straight to the office of the King and Queen to meet her parents for she doesn't like wasting time and to make this thing clear.

"I am glad that you are back, your highness, the King and the Queen are both waiting for your arrival," said Mikael but she chose to only look at the family's lawyer and npt saying anything.

As she opened the door and went inside, she spotted her father hugging her crying mother.

"So what is this all about? What is the commotion all about? You're believing for something we all know a fraud now?" She uttered that made her mother looked at her with that dagger stare.

"How could say that?! Are you not supposed to be happy with the fact that their is this chance that your twin sister is alive, Calla? She is alive!"

"She's dead, Ma! Camella is dead when we were 5, ma! How can you just believed with a random old woman who just told you that your daughter is alive?" She fired back!

She couldn't believe that it's too easy like this to talk that her twin sister is alive, it was 20 years ago.

"I her DNA test result's her in my hand," said Mikael to interrupt her discussion with her parents.

"Where did you get that?" She asked back.

"That old woman came here last week but I chose to didn't tell you about this and I went to check it myself for I don't want you all to believe a lie. I tested her with your sample, Princess and the King's and it came positive."

She grabbed the paper Mikael handling her and she doesn't know how and what to feel. She gulped for upon seeing the picture of the girl paste on it, she couldn't feel anything of a sister.

"Then whose body did you all cremated?" She asked trying hard to hold back her tears.

"We asked Mikael to check on that," her mom cried.

Calla tightened her grip holding the paper for she couldn't believe it, she felt nothing and she is not going to believe it like that.

"You're sister went through a lot in the Philippines."

Her eyes widened when she heard the country's name. How the hell that woman is in the Philippines?!