The Path Towards Greatness (Youth Series #2)

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The next morning I went to the office together with Atty. De Guzman.

"Have you listened to it?" I asked

"Yes. I already burned it on a flashdrive. Let's just wait if the judge will accept it."

I nodded. I hope they'll accept the new evidence.

"Don't worry Attorney. I'm sure that this time, mabibigyan nadin ng kasagutan ang lahat."

"I really hope so too..."

If they will accept the new evidence then there will be new hope for us for a new trial. I hope everything will go into plan. This is my last shot. Ang huli kong pag-asa para makalaya si mama.

"You still need to be careful to Atty. Sanchez. He'll do whatever it takes to win a case," he reminded

I looked at him. "Alam kong magaling siyang prosecutor pero magaling din akong abogado," mariin kong sabi

His lips parted. He was taken aback by what I said.

I looked away and placed my hands on my desk. "I don't care about him or whoever the prosecutor assigned to this case. If he'll do whatever it takes to win then I'll do everything for my mother."

"I'm sorry..."

I sighed and turned my head to face him. Humakbang ako palapit sa kanya at diretsong tumingin sa mata niya. "I've already been through so much Christian. More than you could ever imagined. Ngayon pa ba ako susuko?" I smiled bitterly. "Never."

***

After work, Nicholas and I decided to meet. I removed my sunglasses and saw his car parked on the other side of the road. Tumingin muna ako paligid bago tumawid. I covered my face using my hair. Pagkadating sa tapat ng pintuan niya ay agad akong pumasok.

"Glad you came," he said

"Sorry about yesterday. My phone died at biglang nagbrown out sa condo. I wasn't able to call you back."

He nodded. "Ayos ka lang—"

"Wait. What happened to your arm?!" agad kong tanong. I saw that he has a cast on his arm.

Napatingin siya doon. "Ahh...uh. Wala 'to. Naaksidente lang ako sa motor ko."

Kumunot ang noo ko. "W-what?!"

Tumingin lang siya sa harap. "It's nothing. Don't worry."

It looks like he's avoiding the topic. I don't know why he won't tell me. He looks badly injured.

"Anyway, about the call yesterday...uhm."

I'm still staring at his cast on his arm. So that explains why he doesn't use his motor anymore...naaksidente pala siya. Thank God he's still alive!

"Merong gustong mag testify," sabi ko

He nodded. "Yes."

"Bakit ngayon pa? You know that I tried to look for witness, the maids that once worked in the mansion but for some reason, bigla silang nawala. It's like they all quit their job after what happened or maybe...the governor kicked them out of the house."

"May kilala ka ba sa kanila?" tanong niya

Yumuko ako. "I wasn't really close with our maids before. Naiinis ako sa ilan sa kanila dahil nagpapaalipin sila sa governor. I can't really blame them because it's their job. The governor is in control of them. He has fingers wrapped around their necks."

He's done the same thing to me before. He's treating me like I'm some sort of puppet and I must obey to all of his orders. He's in control of me...but not anymore.