Two

Revenge's Downfall

Nathan's Point of View

Three years later.

"You still cannot find that goddamn bitch? Just one woman and you still can't find her?!" Ang iinutil ng mga putang inang private investigator at detectives na nakuha ko.

"Binabayaran ko kayo sa bawat oras niyo pero hanggang ngayon wala pa ding resulta?!" Pasigaw kong tanong sa mga ito.

Iniikot ko ang mga mata ko pero hindi ko makita ang taong gusto kong makita. "Nasaan si Santos?"

And as if on cue, Jeremiah Santos came in.

"Make sure that your reason is valid as to why you came late!" Bulyaw ko agad sa kanya kahit hindi pa man siya ganap na nakakapasok sa opisina ko na nakapagpangiwi sa kanya.

"Don't worry, Nate-"

"Never call me by that name." I glared at him after I cut his words off.

"Fine. So, as I am saying. I think I have already found her." After hearing that, my heart beats faster and I had to cough to sort out my emotions. Ipinaalala ko sa sarili ko na galit ako sa kaniya.

I signaled my investigators to get out then looked at Santos intently for him to continue his report.

"She's not Lian Dela Vega now. She's under the alias of Maria Samonte." At inabot niya sa akin ang isang may kakapalang folder. May sinasabi pa siya pero hindi ko na narinig pa.

I gritted my teeth. After three long years, I am finally getting my revenge. I am finally going to see her suffer.

For the three years that I haven't found her, I made sure na wala na siyang luho at pamilyang mababalikan. I made sure of that.

I sabotaged every project bidding they will made. I bribed every investor and I paid every company staffs they have and just three months after I have made my move on them, they have filed for bankruptcy. No banks or shark loans lend them any amount of money.

There's something more.

Though I didn't intend for that to happen and that my conscience is bugging me, I don't care.

Her father committed suicide because he can't pay for the prior loan he made on a bank that he owed them and then her mother got into an accident which caused her mother's death. I maybe am technically at fault for her parent's blood misfortunes, but I didn't even ift a finger on them so I don't care.

I just took a quick glance at Santos then back at the files. "You may now go."

Santos seemed like he's worried about something and he's got something to tell me but in the end, he still left.

I scanned the files. So, she's at Nuestro Mental Institution. I am not surprised since she's a licensed Psychiatrist. Doon lang pala siya nagtatago. Ha! At binago pa talaga niya ang pangalan niya.

Napakunot ang noo ko ng makita na may isang lalaki ang madalas niyang kasama sa mga litrato. Napatiim bagang ako. Malandi.

I didn't waste any more time. I grabbed my car keys at pinuntahan agad ang ospital na kinaroroonan niya.

It's payback time, Lian. I grinned at the thought.

After I parked my car, I hurriedly asked the nurse's station where I can find Maria Samonte.

"How are you related to her, Sir?" Magalang at nakangiting tanong sa akin ng isang nurse na naroon.

Ano ng aba? Heh.

"I'm her fiancée."