Hidden Pleasure (COMPLETED)

Chapter 33

Chapter 33

"CALM DOWN, Ken." Inirapan ko ito dahil ako ang nahihilo sa kanina pa niyang pabalik-balik ng lakad sa loob ng opisina ko. I was busy reading the reports for the last few years when he just suddenly barge in and told me that there's a big problem in our case. "Don't you trust me? Don't you?"

"I do have a trust in you, sweetie. It's that bitch that I don't trust," he gritted his teeth as he looked at me with rage in his eyes. "I can't believe they destroyed all the evidence that we have to send them behind bars."

"You really think I will let them win?" Kumunot ang noo siyang tumitig sa akin na ikinangisi ko naman. "Oh my, lazy uncle. You hurt me for not trusting me too much." Sinapo ko pa ang dibdib ko para ipakitang nasasaktan talaga ako. "I should be the client here and you should be the one doing everything that can win our case but you..."

"It's just your case that I can't focus, Iria! Just thinking the things that they had done to you, it wanted me to see their bloods on my hands." Umiling lang ako sa kanya dahil ayaw kong gano'n ang mga naiisip niya. "How dare they do that to you!"

"Camille can't be send behind bars for the rest of her life. And I don't plan on letting her roam around the city when I am still here." Tumalim ang mga mata kong tumingin kay Ken at nakita ko ang paglunok nito at pag-iwas ng tingin. "I plan on filling another case for her."

"You're really scary when you do that, you know." Ngumiti ako ng matamis dahil sa sinabi niya. "And don't smile like that. It's creepier than your smirk."

Natawa na lang ako dahil sa sinabi niya at napaisip ako kung paano ko mapapanatili ang demonyong iyon sa selda hanggang sa mamatay ito. I slowly tap my index finger in the desk as my mind thinks of the things that I can think of.

"What are you thinking?" Isang inosenteng ngiti lang ang tinugon ko sa tanong ni Ken sa akin na ikinasimangot niya. "I know how your mind works, Iria kahit na ilang taon tayong hindi nagkita at nagkasama and I advise you to stop it now."

"What did I do?" Walang muwang kong tanong sa kanya. "I was just thinking..."

"And that's what I am talking about. You were thinking." Diniinan nito huling tatlong kataga na parang sinasabi na alam niya talaga ang mga nasa isip ko. "I hate how you think, Iria. You're scary like your mother."

"I am not her daughter if I don't think like her," I winked at him that made him frown. "So wala na tayong mga ebidensiya ngayon?" Pag-iiba ko ng usapan namin kahit na hindi mawala-wala sa isip ko ang mga kailangan kong gawin ngayon kahit na ang alam niya ay wala na kaming mga ebidensiya laban sa mga demonyong iyon.

"You reminded me again. Yes," bumuntong hininga ito na parang sobrang problemado ito na ikinatawa ko naman ng mahina. "Don't laugh at me, woman. Nas-stress na ako sa kaso mo."

"So should I be the one handling my case, then?"

"Don't." Ginulo nito ang buhok niyang kanina pa magulo at pagod ang tingin na pinukol ako. "Mabuti na lang pala at hindi ka nag-aral ng abogasya. Paniguradong nasa loob na ng selda lahat ng mga nakasohan ng mga kliyente mo."

"Don't worry my favorite uncle. After all this mess, I'll plan to study law." Natatawa kong wika na ikinangiwi niya.

"And the court is doom." His face became flat and he shakes his head in disapproval of my plans. "Ano na ang gagawin natin? We are now back to zero, Iria."

"Don't worry too much, Kenny. Let them think that they won against us and that's where we will attack them without them knowing." Isang matamis na ngiti ang pinakawalan ko at nakita ko ang pagngiwi na naman ni Ken.