R a y m o n d
THE NEXT DAY I was getting ready to go to work when Mom came with Lilian and she brought a tupperware with only a dish.
"Ray, it's for you!" he said smiling but I just looked at him and returned my gaze to Mom.
"Mom, I'll go first." I said goodbye and I was about to leave when he stopped me.
"Wait a minute, Raymond..are you still coming in?" he asked me and I took a deep breath before nodding and smiling at him so he wouldn't worry anymore.
When I arrived at the Montecillos' mansion, the gardener immediately greeted me and I smiled.
"Amon, you're already here. They've been waiting for you for a while, sir, and Miss Blythe will be coming in early." Mang Agustin said that I just nodded and went inside.
I immediately saw Senyor Montecillo's youngest son frowning while using his cell phone and listening to his father's sermon and when he saw me, he immediately felt pain.
"Blythe, listen to me, I will only allow you to go outside if you are with someone but if you are alone, it is not possible!" his father said authoritatively.
"Dad! I'm already nineteen years old but if you put me to it, I'm still a toddler, my god!" it said annoyed.
"Listen to me! There's a lot going on these past few weeks and the death threats I'm getting are getting worse and worse and for sure you know what I mean don't you!" his Daddy also shouted.
"Okay. Fine! Whatever. Do what you want, bring whoever you want with me!" he shouted and Señor Montecillo immediately looked at me.
"N-No..Dad! No!" it said annoyed.
"Amon, it's up to you to go with my son, you're the only one he can't escape from." He said and I just bowed a little and he left.
It quickly looked at me badly. "You! Don't slow down!" he said annoyed then grabbed his handbag and I followed him.
WHILE we were on the road, he was quietly typing on his phone when I stopped the car and looked at him behind.
He turned to me when I stopped. "Why did you stop?" he asked flatly.
"Where are you going?" I asked and he laughed silly then suddenly looked serious when he looked at me.
"Didn't I tell you, are you deaf?!" he said annoyed so I closed my eyes tightly.
"I mean, the one you're really going to, what are you planning to do now?" I asked and his face became even more serious.
"Even if I tell you where I want, that won't happen because for sure you'll just report me to my Daddy." He said and I took a deep breath.
"What if I make a deal with you, will you agree?" I asked seriously and he laughed softly then raised an eyebrow at me.
"Are you kidding me? Blythe Montecillo making a deal with a body guard or some..." then he looked at me.
"Fine. Good looking." he said with a sigh.
"Well, this is my deal, I will take you anywhere you want but we must be together by 7:00 pm, I will leave you the whole day, no one will stop you. Isn't that what you want, to be free even for one day, I give you that now. What, deal?" I asked with a smile and he remained silent and seemed like he wasn't sure if he would agree.
"My generosity has an expiration date, so if I were you, I would think quickly." I said and he laughed.
"Why would I----"
"5"
"4" I said and his eyes widened.
"W-What..."
"3" I counted.
"Hey just a minute!"
"2"
"What the hell! Just wait!" he shouted so I looked at him.
"What have you decided?" I asked and he took a deep breath then nodded.
"Okay fine. Take me to Margo, you already know that for sure, don't you." He said and I grinned and nodded.
WHEN we arrived at Margo's house, I looked at her.
"I'll get you back here before 7, so be ready." I said and he sneered at me.
"I don't know why all of a sudden you became like this." He said that's why I looked at him.
"I just want you to feel free and enjoy even just one day...you never know, this might be your last chance." I said smiling and he blinked.
"Wh-What do you mean--"
"I mean, you know someone took my place and he has a worse attitude." I said and I heard her breathing softly.
"Okay fine. Whatever. But, anyways, thank you." He said and went down.
I immediately grinned. "Enjoy your last day with your friends, Blythe." I said then quickly drove the car back to my house.
When I arrived, Mom wasn't there, I knew she wasn't there because she said she was going to see her brother, so I freely took out my big bag from under my bed and opened it.
Immediately five long guns and two small bullets were exposed to me, I grinned.
"This is the right time, this is the right time, my love." I said then take a deep breath, first I punched the table softly while thinking about what else I should bring.
I took some clothes, then my bag pack with only money.
And when I was going out, I met Lilian.
"Ray? I thought you came in--Wait? What are you carrying? Where are you going---"
"You have so many questions!" I said annoyed then put all that in the car.
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I went to the drugstore first before going back to Blythe. I looked at the time, it was five o'clock.
I know he and his friends got drunk at Margot's house because he was on wire tapping, he didn't notice earlier that I put it in the handbag he was carrying while he and his Daddy were arguing.
[[ Nako, your cutie pie bodyguard isn't there yet, right? ]] I heard his friend Margot say.
[[ He said that he will go before 7. ]] I heard Blythe say.
I was almost at Margot's house when I heard Blythe's scream.
[[ I don't want to do this now...]]
[[ Let me go...What the hell Ethan! I'm hurting! ]] I immediately gripped the steering wheel.
[[ Ugh, you smell, Blythe! ]]
I quickly drove the car and when I got there, I quickly knocked one after another.
[[ F'ck! Sh´t! Who's that?! ]] I hear a man's voice on the wire tapping.
[[ His body guard! ]]
Why doesn't he talk anymore?! This is not what I planned?! Bullsh´t!
I quickly knocked on their gate one after the other and a man came out.
"Come back later---" I immediately kicked him so that he lay down and I quickly went inside and immediately saw Blythe lying on the sofa with her drink on top.
He was about to approach me but I immediately threw the bottle I was holding at him causing his forehead to bleed.
I approached Blythe. I closed my eyes when the memory of Lea suddenly popped up in my mind, I quickly picked her up and got out and got in the car.
I closed my eyes during the flight and shook my head. I need to do this now, I won't let this night end without holding Blythe hostage. But, how can I do that? He almost raped me and it was because of me, like he did to my wife.
I looked at him and when a decision was formed in my mind, I drove the car away from that place.
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Blythe POVđź’Ž
I woke up to the sunlight hitting my face. Ugh! I would have stretched out my arm without being able to move it. What the heck?!
I immediately woke up and the room that was not familiar to me was revealed to me and when I looked at myself, my hands were tied and my eyes widened. What's going on?!
"Ahhhhhh!" I shouted loudly.
And when no one came I screamed again and the door opened and in came...Si Amon!
He's my bodyguard?! What is he...
I looked at him and his arms were just folded, looking blankly at me.
"Wha-Why am I here? What did you do?! Did you kidnap me?!!" I asked one question after another while stuttering and he just scratched his ear.
"ANSWER ME!" I screamed but he didn't seem to care.
He sat in the chair that was there but his arm was still folded. "You will stay here until your father and I have settled." He said this with a frown on my face.
"Wh-What did you say?" I will ask.
"It's probably not you, right? You're the one who's paying for the big arrears your father owed me, so get ready to say goodbye." he said then he came and caressed my cheek and I felt my hair rise. What the heck!
And when he was satisfied with the fear that was visible on my face, he violently let go of my cheek and was about to leave when I yelled at him.
"H-HAY´P KA! YOU KIDNAPPED ME AND I'LL SWEAR TO YOUR USELESS LIFE THAT YOU WILL SUFFER IN JAIL!" I shouted and saw her laugh.
"I know that my life has been meaningless for a long time and that's because of your Daddy, that's why when I get my revenge on your father...and when I kill him, I'm telling you that I will lock myself up myself. " He said it seriously and left me speechless.
STILL BLYTHE POV
I've been tied here for almost an hour since I woke up when Amon came back in and came to me and untied me to the bed, because apart from the fact that my hand was already tied, he also tied it to the headboard of the bed.
"P-LET ME GO PLEASE..." I begged and he laughed then looked at me.
"Did your Daddy take pity on my wife when she begged, didn't he?" He said and I closed my eyes. What is he saying?!
"I don't understand what you're saying?" I cried but he just looked at me and took a deep breath.
"I will remove your tie but..." he said then quickly touched both of my cheeks with only one of his hands and said. "Don't try to run away...because you don't want me to get angry, do we understand each other?" he asked and I immediately nodded.
I followed him to the living room and looked out the window and was nervous to see all I could see around me was trees. "Where did you take me?!" I shouted.
"Why do you still want to know, you can't escape either---"
"Can you just answer my question huh?!" I shouted and it quickly approached me and I immediately backed away because of its terrifying aura.
"Don't stop yelling at me! We're not in the mansion anymore!" he said seriously but I just sneered at him.
"I don't care! I'll scream and scream until I want to-----AAHHH!" I shouted as he suddenly pointed the gun he took out of the drawer at me.
"You keep quiet or I'll eat you a bullet?!" It was so loud that I sat on the floor because my knees seemed to be weak.
"RAYMOND, WHAT?!" shouted a woman and we both looked at the door and the woman quickly came to me and helped me stand up.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" It screamed then looked at me to see if I was alright then looked back at Raymond----Wait..Raymond?! Isn't its name Amon?
"Mom? What are you doing here?!" He said and my eyes widened. Is this woman his mother?
"You're the one I should be asking, why did you continue this?! Didn't we already talk about leaving it to the law!" the woman shouted and Amon immediately shook his head--I mean Raymond.
"Mom...what! It's been so many years! It's been two years, but what? Nothing has happened?! They haven't even arrested that woman's father!" it shouted pointing at me.
"It's not right..."
"I know! But, it's even more wrong that he continues to live a rich life while my wife and the child she's pregnant with is already under the ground...your child, isn't it? Doesn't it make sense to you? You don't want it anymore will his father be paid!" it shouted.
"You don't know how much I want to pay for what happened to my son and if I could! If I could, I would have killed that Montecillo, I would have done it!" He said while looking straight at me..I just burst into tears...what are they saying?! What is my Daddy's fault with them?! I wanted to ask more but I lost consciousness.
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I woke up feeling something cold on my neck and forehead, when I opened my eyes I saw the woman from before again. I immediately sat down.
"Lie down first." He said and I looked around, I'm still here!
I quickly looked at him and held his hand. "P-Have mercy...let me go. I don't want to be here anymore, I'm scared of him!" I said crying.
"I know Raymond's kidnapping of you was wrong, but I'm sure he won't hurt you, for now you stay here until your Daddy isn't in jail.." He said, which made me gasp.
"What is my Daddy's fault with you?! No---"
"He's behind us a lot, especially me!" Raymond came in suddenly.
"So if you're the only way to get him imprisoned, why not." he said seriously.
"And do you think I'll agree to jail my Daddy because of what you're accusing me of?" I shouted.
"I don't care if you agree or not..and what are you saying? We, are accusing? We are not accusing anyone!" he said seriously and emphatically while holding my arm violently.
"Your father is a criminal! Remember that and put it in your pussy!" it shouted.
"Raymond, what?! We've talked!" the woman reprimanded him and was annoyed that he let go of my arm, he went out.
"Blythe, please, I know it's hard but he won't hurt you as long as you get the surgery..." He said and I shook my head.
"How can I operate with you if you don't say anything about me! I don't know anything about what you say!" I said and just sat on the bed.
"I want to say it but...I don't know if you can handle it, I can only tell you this, it is a big arrears to our family...we just want him to pay for his crime in prison but it is denied to us...so I can't blame Raymond for acting like that." It said that I closed my eyes. Dad, what did you do?!
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"I'm leaving first, I just came here for a while, but I'll be back tomorrow." I heard them talking so I stood up and went out immediately.
"Are you leaving? Please...don't leave me alone with this kidnapper...please, take me home with you." I'm crying please and I see Amon's suffering.
"We'll bring you back too..that's a promise!" He said and I shook my head.
"Alright, I'm leaving...Raymond, we talked about it..I'm agreeing to what you want, but don't scare Blythe!" He said this but he didn't answer then suddenly took out the gun and wiped it...
"I'll take care of him, Mom!" He said and it was as if I was going to be attacked by what he said as if he was saying that at any moment I will say goodbye to this world.
After his mother left, he stood up and just left me in the living room. What kind of kidnapper is that?! Doesn't he know that I can get away with it?
He suddenly stopped entering his room and looked at me.
"If you think you can escape, you won't succeed, apart from the fact that I have the key to your car, this place is also remote and before you even get out of here I will surely find you." He said with a grin and entered his room.
Argh! That's why he had the courage to just leave me here. But I will not allow it, I will do and I will find a way to escape from it.
I waited for a few hours before peeking at Amon in his room and he was already sleeping. I immediately saw my bag so I smiled, I slowly went in and took it.
Success!
I said to my brain as soon as I finally got out of this room. I immediately took out my cell phone and when I opened it, it was potek! NO SIGNAL!
I immediately looked for the car key and I saw it but I was stunned. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE! Tsngina, it's debilitating!
COME WHAT MAY! As long as I can escape from here. I slowly opened the door so I wouldn't make any noise and when I got out I quickly ran away even though I didn't know where I was supposed to go. There is no house-to-house here, it is also very dark.
I've been walking for a long time but I still haven't seen anything to ask about, it seems like that house is the only house there.
If I don't hurry, that kidnapper might catch me.
After a while I saw a group of men so I felt like celebrating.
"H-Hello...excuse me!" I said softly and they turned to me.
"Ahmm...do you know where I can get a ride?" I asked and they looked at each other.
"Are you going to walk? It's still in town, mother, it will take you two hours or more to get there." He said and I closed my eyes.
"W-Isn't there another way to get there faster?" I cried and asked.
"It's late, mom, there's no tricycle at this time." He said and I closed my eyes.
"Maybe...AAAHHH!" I screamed when suddenly someone honked..
I don't want to look back. Don't look back, Blythe!
"And where are you going?" I heard this question and I closed my eyes and quickly ran away, I had forgotten that I was wearing high heels so I tripped, tripped and injured my knee.
I felt that Amon was holding me and when I looked at him I felt like I wanted to regret my escape.
"K-Kuya help me!" I begged them but they are just idiots.
"Raymond, who is that woman?" it asked.
"Montecillo's son." He said and I turned to them.
"Brother, he kidnapped me, won't you help me?!" I shouted but Amon picked me up and then made me sit on my back, as in he literally turned me on my back, it's a good thing I was holding my head.
"Hey you!" I cried but he didn't speak, he didn't say a word until we got home to his house while holding my arm very tightly.
"A-Ouch...n-I'm hurting..what?!!" I screamed but he only held my arm tighter, what's worse is that he was holding both of my arms.
"I told you, didn't I, don't try to run away! You won't succeed! Do you think I don't think about what I'm doing?!" he said weakly but firmly.
"You know what's on my mind right now..can I just do to you what your Daddy did to my wife? What if..." He said as he stopped and took something from his back and the gun was his..immediately he pointed at my senses.
"What if I just kill you now, that way it's over! I can get revenge on your Daddy, even if I'm in jail, it's fine at least I can make him feel the loss of a loved one, what? Let me try this on you?" he asked and I looked straight at him.
"G-Do it!" I said and he narrowed his eyes at me.
"You thought I couldn't?" he asked and I tortured him and with all my strength I took my arm and walked away from him..when I heard a gunshot I closed my eyes.
My whole body was shaking and softening as I looked at myself but nothing was right...I looked at a big white board full of pictures of me and my family but Daddy was in the middle.
That's when the bullet hit Dad's picture.
"Second thought, it's even better than the feeling that I'm going to kill your Daddy." He said this and I looked at him badly.
"W-What did Daddy do to you?! W-He didn't do anything bad to you when you were at the Mansion! M-He trusted you a lot!" I screamed while sitting because I was getting too weak from what was happening.
"That was his big mistake, trusting the person he should be afraid of. And what sin did your father do to me? Big! Big!" He said while staring straight at me. What could be my father's fault for him to be like this?!
"T-Tell me what that is?" I said seriously and I saw her breathing deeply.
"You want to know? Go ahead! I'll tell you how much of a devil you claim to be a good father!" he shouted and I suddenly felt nervous about what I could hear from him, I heard his soft laugh.
"Your father, Eduardo Montecillo, killed my wife!" He said and my eyes widened. No!
"N-No...that's not true!" I said still shaking my head.
"M-After he raped my wife, he killed her mercilessly! He threw her into the river like a haystack!" He said this and I started crying a lot.
"N-That's not true! You're lying!" I shouted and he just sneered at me.
"I have no reason to lie to you!" He also shouted back at me, I looked straight at him.
"He can't do that! My Daddy is so kind----"
"That's why my husband's father trusted him to introduce him to your daddy as his secretary! He trusted because he thought your father was kind! BUT WHAT DID HE DO?!" Amon shouted that I closed my eyes and I felt like I remembered something when the secretary said it.
I remembered that Daddy had a female partner in all his work.
That's right...Leah!
"P´t´y is Leah?!" I shouted and he looked at me.
"So, you and my husband met before, yes he is gone." he said weakly.
Is that why he suddenly disappeared?
"Daddy said she took a vacation because she's pregnant!" I shouted and I saw him close his eyes tightly.
"She's really pregnant, that's why I told her not to go to work, so she said goodbye to your Daddy but...he didn't come back that night...a few days before I saw him...he was gone!" He shouted and punched the table hard.
"P-How can you be sure that Daddy is the one with the plot?!" I also shouted and he looked at me while his eyes were shining.
"He was the last person Leah panong hin went to----"
"But that doesn't mean he's guilty! You have no evidence!" I shouted and he immediately came to me and I immediately moaned at the tightness of his grip on my arm.
"Alright, let's say he's innocent. But why would he pay all the lawyers to handle my husband's case just so he can't investigate, huh?!" he said weakly but firmly.
"It just means, non, he's guilty because he killed my wife!" he said then let me go.
I only got weaker...I bent down when he suddenly shouted and left me shaking, I don't know what hurts more, pain because of my knee wound and I even sprained my ankle because of my running, it hurts too he grabbed my arms and started to turn red, or the thought that Dad had done that.
I tried to walk but I just fell down. "Kidnapper!" I yelled but he called me several times but he still hasn't come out of his room.
"Kidnapper!"
"What?!" he shouted and he looked at me so I bowed down.
I just cried and when he came in I cried again.
"I-I'm having trouble walking, what?!" I screamed and he pulled it out of his hair and looked at me, he came close to me and immediately picked me up so that I was very close to his neck, when we entered the room where he tied me earlier, he suddenly put me down like I was just a pillow just tossed around.
I worked hard on him and immediately grabbed my foot, I heard him breathing deeply then came out
RAYMOND POV
I was sitting on the bed holding Leah's photo, I smiled, she was really beautiful.
"I miss you so much, my love..." I said with a bitter smile.
"If you were still alive today, our child would have been a year old...I would have fulfilled my promise to the whole family that is your dream..." I said and closed my eyes as my tears fell.
I remembered our conversation last night with Montecillo.
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"Amon, where are you and Blythe?! Why haven't you returned to the mansion yet?" he asked after I answered his call.
"Don't worry, he's still alive. I have no intention of killing your son yet." I said and I immediately heard that it was cheap.
"What did you do to my son?! What do you need?!---"
"You're what I need but of course I know we can't talk properly until I take your beloved son, I know he's your weakness, Montecillo!" I shouted and looked at Blythe when she moved, we were still in the car and I hadn't taken her to where there was no signal.
"Tell me what you need, I'll do everything! How much do you need?!" he asked and I laughed.
"I don't need your money! Even if you give me all your wealth, it won't be enough for what I want!" I said then get out of the car because Blythe might wake up.
"Then say so! I will do everything---"
"All? As in all?" I will ask.
"O-Yes..just let my son go." He said and I laughed then nodded.
"Can you revive my wife?" I asked and he was silent.
"Your wife? Si--Who is your wife?----"
"My wife that after you raped her, you just killed her like an animal!" I shouted and the person on the other line was silent.
"W-What are you talking about...I don't know which wife you're talking about!" he said nervously and I grinned.
"I know you know what I'm talking about, Leah Baltazar, your former secretary!" I said weakly.
"I-You're his wife..."
"Now you know what I want? I'll give you your son back, whole! Just bring him back to life." I said and he laughed.
"Are you really spoiled? I don't perform miracles----"
"Then, just say goodbye to your son and don't expect to see him alive again!" I shouted.
"Wait a minute...what do you want? Tell me I'll do anything!" It said.
"Then, are you ready to pay for all your sins?" I will ask.
"I have done nothing to you! I have done nothing to your wife, nothing!---"
"Liar! If you continue to be stubborn then don't really expect to see Blythe!" I then said the call ended.
That Montecillo must have been calling all day and he couldn't reach me. I went out again, I couldn't seem to sleep.
I could feel Blythe entering my room earlier but I didn't pay attention to him because I knew he wouldn't be able to escape me, apart from the fact that his phone had no signal, I knew he didn't know how to drive a car and even if he wandered around, he still couldn't he can escape.
I just thought that there are many snakes that come out at this time and that woman is still stupid.
I got a beer and sat in the living room. Tomorrow morning I will go to town to talk to Montecillo again, one day and two nights is enough to make him nervous.
I looked when the door opened and Blythe came out, I saw the wound on her knee so I took a deep breath.
I stood up so he stopped walking, I took the first aid kit from my room and handed it to him but he just looked at it.
"W-What do I do with that?" This question made me close my eyes tightly.
"It's big, treat yourself!" I said annoyed, that's why he took it and sat down on the chair and immediately opened the kit, he just took a band aid and put it on his wound which I held my breath because I was frustrated with this woman, he immediately looked at me.
I immediately looked at the box and looked for something to clean the wound and saw alcohol and betadine so I took that. I noticed it standing up and its immediate retreat.
"I-I don't want that!" he said softly but I ignored him and I carried him to the living room and sat him there and put his right leg on my thigh and immediately pulled the bandaid and he was about to scream but I immediately looked at him badly.
"It hurts...what the----A-Araayyy-Araayyy!" He groaned as I poured alcohol on his wound
He gave me a bad look but I ignored him and I just kept doing what I was doing and when he was about to stop my hand I immediately pressed the cotton on his knee, he started to cry because of the pain I smiled.
After I cleaned his knee, I stood up to get a cold compress from the freezer and approached him.
"Put that on your foot as soon as the swelling goes away." I said seriously but he just looked at me again.
"Don't say you want me to do it.. maybe I'll see you forever!" I said annoyed and he shook his head and immediately took the compress from my hand and put it on his ankle.
"HE'S TOGETHER! HE'S TOGETHER!" I heard him whisper so I looked at him again and he bowed. I just sighed and went to my room.