Celene POV
Nakatingin ako sa likod ng babae habang nangunguna itong naglalakad. I then concluded that she's a kasambahay the way she dress and act. 
Napahinto ako nang humito siya sa tapat ng malaking pintuan. Bumaling ito sa akin with her awkward smile. 
"Pwede ka nang pumasok sa loob iha" sabi nito at saka tumungo. I shoot her a scrutinizing gaze. I feel like she's hiding something. Why can't she look at me directly?
"Bakit po? Hindi ka po papasok?" 
"Iha, may trabaho ako sa likod ng mansion. Pasensya at hindi kita pwedeng samahan sa loob" with that, she immediately dissappeared at the back of the mansion leaving me alone. 
I sighed. I find her weird but I shrugged the thought as I start to feel nervous. 
God! Who would thought, meeting with my sisters could be this nerve racking? 
A bit anxious and nervous, I opened the door. I stop midway and gapped as I saw the view of the inside.
Wow!
Tumambad sa akin ang napakagandang interior ng mansion. From the chandelier to the floor, it design with perfection. Luxurious paintings and other displays make the place elegant. 
This place reminds me of the other mansion I have been. Yong mansion na pinag-vacayan namin. 
Napalinga-linga ako. The awed feeling vanished as I realized I'm the only living creature in this mansion. Where are the maids? Impossible namang wala diba?
I'm I in the right place? 
"Looks like our long awaited visitor is here!" 
Napabling ako sa baritonong boses na iyon. And there, I saw two men sitting handsomely at one of the couch in living room. Nakahinga ako ng maluwag.
I smiled awkwardly. I slowly made my way toward them as they're the only option I could ask on where the hell are my sisters. 
Opening the door was nerve racking but seeing them stared at me intently doubled the anxiety I'm feeling. 
I hate it! 
I fake and force a smile. "I'm sorry for the sudden visits but I'm in right place right? Margaret and Michelle live here?" I mentally scowled. They're something in them that scared me.
The other guy who wore black suit smirked while the other with his plain with T-shirt laughed mocking. 
My brow shot up questioning their behavior. 
"Don't worry, we know about your visits Ms. Zacirada" the guy in a suit said coldly. 
My heart skip a beat. I thought there's only person who's capable of doing that? How can this man use that same tone. That same tone where you'll root in your position out of excessive nervousness and anxiousness? 
The guy in a t-shirt laughed. "Easy Asher. You're scaring her" 
"I'm I?" tanong ng lalaki sa kasama. Sabay silang natawa. 
I cleared my throat. "I think, I'm in a wrong place. Mauuna na ako" nervous engulfed me. The way they laughed screamed danger.
Sweat starts to form on my head. My heart beats furiously. I immediately turned around and dashed to the door when men in black stopped me. 
Freaking hell! They just appeared in nowhere. 
"What is the meaning of this?" kinakabahan kong sabi. Binalingan ko ang dalawang lalaki sa couch pero wala lang sa kanila ang nangyayari. 
I instantly screamed as one of the men grabbed me by my hand and pinned me into the floor. 
I trashed and trashed ng may naramdaman akong kamay na gumagapang pataas ng legs ko. I tried to kicked but it's futile. 
"Mga hayop kayo! Stop!"
Hindi ko napiligilang mangilid ang luha ko ng may maramdaman nanaman akong isang kamay sa bewang ko. 
"Stop it! Let me go" I screamed again.
They didn't stop. They continue running their hands all around my body. 
"I will make your life miserable" I threatened.
Pero some just snorted like I'm saying a joke. Who am I kidding. I know I'm not capable of that but I didn't know it's that's obvious!
I felt their hands stiffened as I heard a loud  sighed. 
"DO YOU ALL WANT TO DIE?" Galit na sigaw ng lalaking naka t-shirt. Nakasalampak pa ako sa sahig pero I know the guy in a shirt ang sumigaw. 
In an instant, nawala ang mga kamay na humahawak sa akin. 
Pinaupo ako ng kasambahay kanina na nagpapasok sa akin. I glared at her wishing her suffered. She lowered her gaze guiltily. 
I tried to stop my tears pero may mga luha paring kumakawala.
I feel so harassed! 
Naglakad ang lalaking naka suit sa kaliwa ko at pinulut ang bag na dala ko. 
"Ito lang ba ang dala niya?" tanong niya sa mga lalaking lumapastangan sa akin.
"Yes sir" 
"No hidden weapon?"  
Umiling ang lalaki. 
I grimaced. How inconsiderate. They did that just to know if I'm hiding weapon? Why would I even bring a weapon? 
"Well, bring her to the basement" utos ni Asher. 
The man in a shirt growled. "Bro, wala akong kasalanan kapag may nagalit" matigas niyang angal.
"Sinong magagalit, Hunter?" baling niya sa katabi. Sarcastic was evident on his voice. 
Nagtitigan ang dalawa. 
The one in shirt which is Hunter shrugged and walked out. 
Asher loosen his tie. "MARCUS, DALHIN NIYO NA YAN, DON'T MAKE ME REPEAT MYSELF" sigaw niya.
Before pa ako mahawakan ng lalaki ay nagsalita ako. "Why are you doing this?" bitterness laced in my voice.
Asher smirked as he turned to face me. "Do I need a reason to?" 
"I don't even know you people!" I screamed.
He laughed evilly "You being a Zacirada is enough reason"
Napahawak ako bigla sa dibdib ko. I inhaled deeply to ease myself. Kinakapos ako ng hininga.
"Zacirada? I'm not Zacirada, someone is messing with us and changed my surname!" I tried explaining.
He ignored me. He picked his phone when it beeped. I saw how his eyebrow knotted when he read a text. 
Binalingan ako nito at madilim akong tinignan. He then signal his men to dismissed me. Nanlumo ako. I tried to fight pero wala na akong nagawa. 
My heart then skip a beat again. Its hurt. I unconsciously rubbed my chest while two men dragged me to the basement. 
Basta na lang akong tinulak papasok sa isang kulungan at agad ding ni lock. 
No window. No color. No life. Just plain white bulb and a single bed. 
I immediately lie on my back. Sweat start to form all over my body. My head feels like it's being hammered. My lungs begged to have an oxygen. But I'm more concern about my heart. It feels like it's being ripped away from my ribs. My body starts to shivers as my surroundings start to get cold as ice. Para akong hinulog sa isang nagyeyelong tubig! 
I start to feel dizzy as my sight start to blurred. The darkness start to engulfed me. 
I cried bitterly. 
Ang tanga naman kung dito lang matatapos ang buhay ko.
Before I even lost my consciousness, I heard a roaring voice. And then I'm done. 
… 
I woke up in a warm bed and smell a fresh flower. 
Bumalik na sa dati ang kondisyon ko.
Thank goodness! 
I opened my eyes. Nasa isang hindi pamilyar akong kwarto. After a while, memory starts to kick in. 
Damn! I was lured in this mansion! Or I was being idiot and just barged in thinking my sisters were here. 
I immediately moved out of bed. There's a terrace in my left side at agad kong tinungo. 
I have to get out of here.
Pagkabukas ko ng terrace ay tumambad sa akin ang mga hindi mabilang na mga black in men sa baba roaming the premises. 
I'm in a third floor and I would be a certified idiot if maisipan ko pang tumalon dito. 
Damn!
Napabaling ako sa loob ng marinig kong bumukas ang pinto. The same middle woman, I think around 40 plus ang edad emerged from it. 
The fury I felt after seeing her is just too much! 
"Walang hiya ka! You lured me here don't you?" I accused pagkakita niya sa akin.
She didn't respond. She entered the room with the a tray full of foods. 
"I'm sorry iha. Kumusta na ang lagay mo?" mainahon niyang tanong. 
"Do I look ok?" I paused at saka lumapit dito. Nangangalaiti sa galit. "Wala kayong karapatan alamin ang lagay ko when in the first place, kayo ang may kasalanan!" 
Lumungkot ang mata niya. She then sighed defeated. She lowered her eyes and start to walked out of the room bagkababa niya ng tray. 
Hindi pa siya nakakalabas ng may tumonog sa loob ng room. 
The door opened harshly as one the man emerged ready to strike its prey. 
The man, I despised the most surveyed the area. She eyed me coldly before he looked at the middle woman. 
"Ok lang po kayo, Ante Dina?" He asked laced with concerned. 
"Ok lang ako. Pwede ka ng umalis iho" 
He hesitate to leave pero umalis din naman. Bumalik sa akin ang babae. 
"Iha, mas mabuting huwag kang gumawa ng ikakapahamak mo"
May itinuro siya sa bandang taas without actually looking at it. 
Tinignan ko din ito. 
"Bawat galaw mo ay binabantayan. Tumutonog ang bell sa may malapit ng pinto mo kapag nakikita nikang may ginagawa kang hindi maganda" 
Dammit! Now I don't even have a right to be anger?
"Naririnig din ba ako?" 
Umiling siya. Iginaya niya ako sa kama kung nasaan ang pagkain. 
"Kumain ka iha. Dalawang araw kang walang malay dahil sa taas ngnlagnat mo" nag-aalala niyang sabi.
"God! Bakit niyo ba ako timutulungan? Diba isa ka din naman sa kanila?" I said bitterly. I wanted to scream but choose not to.
Good to know, I'm not being heard 
"Sino ba iha ang mamita mo. Pasinsya na at ako ang nag-alaga sayo. Palagi mong binabanggit ang mamita mo" 
I fake a smiled. Don't act like you cared woman! 
I ignore her. Nilakad ko ang pagkain at saka kumain na lang. Nang mapansin ng babaeng wala akong balak magsalita ay napilitan itong umalis. 
For God sake! Two days akong walang malay? 
I fidget. I then walked back and forth. The camera captured everything I do making me irritated. 
Time passed rapidly. Five more days passed at hindi pa ako nakakaalis. The same scenario happen. Papadalhan ako ng pagkain ng babae, kakain at magpaplano paano ako makakaalis. 
Sa subrang pagkairita ay minsan na akong nadatnan ni aling Dina na humahagulgul. 
"Iha, pasensya ka na at wala akong magawa para tulungan ka" nalulungkot niyang sabi like she did mean what she says.
I wiped my tears. "Well, kung gusto mo talaga akong tulungan. Kahit maibigay lang sa akin ang phone ko ayus na. I don't want my mother to be worried about me" 
Tumango siya. Agad siyang tumayo at umalis. 
Nang makitang lumabas ito ay hindi ko napihilan ang sarili ko at nagwala. The bell rang making my door open harshly. 
The man Marcus, cussed seeing me trashed. 
"Tumigil ka!" umalingawngaw ang boses niya sa loob ng mansion
I ignored him. I grabbed some of the vase beside the bed and throw it at him.
"F*cking woman! Tumigil ka kung gusto mo pang mabuhay. Hindi ako magdadalawang isip na patayin ka kahit hindi mo pa araw!" he said mercilessly and aimed his gun at me
I froze. I stopped trashing. So may araw kung kailan ako dapat mamatay?
Marcus laughed with satisfaction as he shut me up. Tinapunan ako nito ng malagkit na tingin bago siya lumabas.
I hoped it works.
Pagkalabas ni Marcus ay saka naman pumasok si aling Dina. Tinignan pa ang pituan na may pagtataka saka lumapit sa akin
She ushered me inside the bathroom. 
"Mag-iingat ka. Hindi mo gugustuhing isa sa kina Asher at Hunter ang magpunta sayo" 
Huling sabi niya bago siya umalis. I smiled at her genuinely this time. 
Bumalik ako sa bathroom para matignan ang cellphone na ibinigay niya. I can freely text inside dahil walang cctv sa bathroom. 
I composed a text for my mom. I told her I will take more time para makabalik ako and that I'm fine. I then dialed Ace number pero hindi ito nagriring. 
Nang hindi na ito nag ring for the third time. I hid the phone at lumabas. 
Lumapit ako sa pintuan at kunwaring sinusubukang buksan ito. 
"Buksan niyo ito!" I scream banging the door forcefully. 
Pasimple kong pinihit ang door knob. 
Jesus it works! 
Nagmadali akong lumayo sa pintuan. Acting all hurt and disappointed just so the camera captured how hopeless I am. 
The next two days passed pero wala pa rin progress ang mga plano mo. 
I need information and I don't know where I could get one. I'm back with being irritated as time passed. Aling Dina was not helping. She didn't answer any of my question.
I don't know if I'm really a hostage as both of the two men didn't even visited me. 
I don't wished that to happen but sometime napapaisip na lang ako as to why minsan ang tahimik ng paligid. Na minsan walang mga black in suit na nagro-roamed sa paligid. 
I'm in here for 10 days and so far, I'm surviving. 
The door opened. Aling Dina emerged from it. She smiled at me. 
"Kumusta na iha. Pasensya at wala ako kahapon" pagpapaumanhin niya.
Napabaling ako dito. "Nakakaalis po kayo dito?" 
She smiled. "Oo naman iha. Ang totoo niyan. Aalis ako ng isang linggo kaya hindi na ako ang maghahatid sayo ng pagkain" malungkot niyang sabi.
I shrugged. Agad din naman itong umalis ng hindi ko na ito pinapansin
Next morning came. May pumasok na isang babaeng kasing edad lang siguro ng mga kapatid ko. 
"Magandang umaga, ito na ang pagkain mo" masaya niyang ibinaba ang pagkain.
"Magandang tanghali" sabi nito saka binaba ang pang lunch ko. 
And then the dinner was served by her. I tried to strike a simple conversation. And some idea form inside my head as the girl answer every question I asked. 
"Hindi kaba kinakabahan? Lahat na lang  nang ginagawa mo ay binabantayan?" kunwaring concerned na sabi ko matapos niyang ipahayag na punong puno ng CCTV ang buong masion. 
Tumawa siya. "Naku hindi naman. Close kami nong nagtatrabaho sa control area. Malapit nga lang dito sa third floor iyon. Sa may pinakagilid banda dito" she said pointing at our left side. 
That made me smile. The very information I'm dying to know. 
Thanks to this idiotic girl at mukhang huling araw ko na dito.
Now, I just need to go in that control room and hacked the system. 
Umalis ang babae pagkatapus naming magchikahan. 
I'm in the middle of preparation to executes my plan when my door sudden burst open. 
It made me jumped with shocked. 
"Bumaba ka sa living area. Hinihintay kana nina sir" Marcus said with full of authority 
What?
Para akong binuhusan ng malamig na tubig sa narinig. 
They're back? The hell! Swerte ko nitong nakaraang araw dahil napag alaman kong wala sila sa bansa, pero ngayon I feel troubled. 
I'm I busted? 
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