Rewriting Fate (Good Girls Series #5)

Chapter 17: Necklace

It's already seven in the evening, I am seated on our terrace while reading something on my laptop and eating the cookies that Aizren gave me.

Wait, about the cookies!

It tastes delicious. Hindi nalalayo sa luto ni Tito Ryle. It tastes really good, I wonder why Tita Eycee didn't come up with a bakery business. Masarap kasi talaga yung luto niya, eh. Hindi nakakasawa sa totoo lang.

I scrolled more and read about the document Blaze sent me kanina before lunch.

These are some observations about the case.

Then I looked at my phone, waiting for him to call or send a message, but none was coming.

Sabi niya kanina, magme-message na lang siya. Bakit walang dumadating?

'The incident happened inside the Veronimo's Law Firm building.'

Oh, wait! Why does that name sound so familiar?

"What are you doing?" Shaun asked, holding a cup of ginger tea as he sat down on the ledge.

"Research," I answered.

"Is it about the project you and Blaze are doing?" he asked, I just nodded. "You like him?" he asked again, napatingin naman ako sa kanya at agad ding napaiwas.

"Have you really tampered the CCTV footage?" I asked, he gasped in disbelief.

"Yeah, Cendrix helped me with it." He answered,

"Thank you, it means a lot." I said, inalok ko siya ng cookies na tinanggihan niya dahil busog pa raw siya.

I searched for the Veronimo Law Firm, it was owned by Atty. Venice and Atty. Leonardo Veronimo. There are some photos of them, but they aren't clear enough. Hindi ko makita nang ayos 'yon.

'Veronimo's were known in the whole Philippines for wrecking history with the most cases won. They both topped the boards in different years and they were the most-paid lawyers in the past decades. However, they stopped their job as lawyers even without reaching the age of 60. Why? It is because of the incident that killed many lawyers, the arson of their law firm.'

I swallowed the lump in my throat, feeling ko nalalapit na kami sa katotohanan.

Bigla namang nag-vibrate ang phone ko sa ibabaw ng table kaya napatingin ako doon. A message just came from Blaze. It says that we should see each other in the convenience store, just half an hour.

Nagpaalam muna ako kay Shaun, he insisted na samahan ako at hindi na ako makatanggi pa.

We just walked, I am wearing black shorts and a beige oversized shirt, my hair's down. I am carrying my laptop bag while Shaun's walking slowly.

"Hindi mo ba kayang bilisan?" I asked,

"Why do you want me to move faster?" he gave me a teasing smile, "Wanna see him immediately?"

"Sira, I don't want to waste time. Hindi ka ba na-inform na gabi na?" I asked, he just shrugged, still with a teasing smile. Inirapan ko na lang siya.

I immediately saw Blaze outside the convenience store, nandoon sa spot namin nung isang gabi. Sa may round table at payong.

"Why?" I asked, naupo naman ako sa tabi niya. Kunot-noo niya akong pinasadahan ng tingin bago tumingin kay Shaun. Pinaningkitan niya pa ng mata ang kapatid ko kaya tumayo na ako, "Uh, by the way. I brought my brother here as a nuisance. Blaze, this is Shaun. Shaun, this is Blaze." I introduced,