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18: easier said than done
In this moment, I wish the receptor hadn't broken just to confirm that Wolff and Seven are indeed different people.
Nagsukatan sila ng tingin, and I thought it was my chance to slip away and escape. But no, neither of them was giving me that opportunity. Seven grabbed me just as the man named Kruger spoke.
"Let's get to the current matter at hand. Sino ka at anong ginagawa mo rito?" tanong ni Kruger sa akin. I almost shook in fear, and the potential consequences of this madness flashed in my mind.
Will I make it out alive?
Hardly.
Will I become a permanent detainee?
Possible.
There are so many possibilities. And if I get caught, I'll face all the consequences alone. Meanwhile, si Wolff?
Free and relieved from whatever the outcome is. Walang maniniwala sa akin kung sasabihin ko ang katotohanan tungkol sa dahilan kung bakit ako nandito. The best thing I can do is hold on to my claims and trust myself, dahil kung hindi ko iyon gagawin, sino pa bang ibang pagkakatiwalaan ko?
Bigla akong natigilan nang matawa si Seven. "It's refreshing to know na kahit mataas ang tiwala mo sa iyong hinuha, you're actually wrong. Sorry, phony detective, but your deduction about this woman being an intruder is going down the drain."
Seven tapped my head, and I didn't know what it meant. It could be an assurance or a warning about my stupidity in coming back to this place despite his previous effort to help me escape. Kung ako rin naman ang nasa sitwasyon ni Seven, I would be mad too.
Mukhang mahirap yatang kumbinsihin si Kruger. "On what grounds are you invalidating my claims?"
Seven smirked. "One, it doesn't make sense. Two, that's ridiculous. And three, you're definitely wrong."
Halata sa mukha ni Kruger ang inis. "Questioning my methods when you cannot even tell me why I was wrong, huh?"
Can they just throw punches at each other and let me flee? The situation isn't getting any better. I'm caught early on, there's a fire, and now these two are arguing.
I mustered all my remaining courage and spoke. "Pwede ba, can you two just brawl or kill each other or whatever you want to do?" I faced Kruger. "Hindi ako intruder, espiya or anything you think. I'm a new detainee here to rethink the poor choices I made in life!"
Partly true—dahil kaya ako umiiyak ay dahil hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit pinasok ko 'tong sitwasyon na ito. A lie—because I am not a detainee, and referring to myself as one doesn't make me feel any better.
This time, I faced Seven. "At ikaw naman, stop grabbing me whenever you want. I appreciate you defending me from this Kruger guy, but being stuck in between your issues is too much!"
