Kinausap lang ni Raven ang bouncer ng bar. Pagkatapos nun ay pinayagan na si Rye na makapasok. Pero bawal syang uminom. Nandito naman ako para masigurado yun.
Nasa isang VIP room kami. May nakalapag na din sa mesa na mga beer at pulutan. Hindi ko alam kung bakit walang kumakausap sa'kin magmula pa kanina.
"By the way, Jaiza pasama naman oh! May oorderin lang ako sa counter." Sabi ni Darah. Tumango naman si Jaiza. Hahalikan nya pa muna si Raven sa labi nung makita kong bigla itong umiwas. Kaya nahalikan lang sya sa pisngi. Di ko alam kung bakit napatingin sya sa'kin nung umiwas sya dito.
???
Wala akong ideya.
"Wait lang, may tawagan lang ako sa labas. Jordan, Rye, samahan nyo nga ako." Paalam naman ni Lex.
"Cr muna kami, 'dre." Paalam naman ni Kristoff at Kenji. Sumama na din si Cassie.
Pagkasara ng pinto ay narealize kong kami nalang dalawa ang nasa loob ng VIP room. Nagsimula ulit akong kabahan. Though ganito din naman ang set-up namin sa office.
Pero iba kasi ngayon. Wala kami sa trabaho. Tumatambol ang puso ko. Nangangatog na naman ulit ang tuhod ko.
Nilakasan ko ang loob kong tumayo. Napatingin naman sya. I was about to excuse myself para lumabas nung bigla syang nagsalita.
"I'm goin-----."
"Let's talk." He calmly said.
"Ahm--. About business?" Tanong ko ulit.
"About us. 2 years ago." He said.
"Huh?"
"I'm giving you an opportunity to explain." Walang emosyong sabi nya sa'kin.
Ito na ba ang tamang pagkakataon?
Hindi kaya...
Sinadya ng mga kaibigan namin na umalis para magkausap kami ni Raven?
"Where do I begin?"
"Why did you lied?" Diretsahang tanong nya.
"I'm sorry."
"I'm not asking for your sorry. What I want to know is that, why the hell did you lied?" Parang galit ang tono nyang tanong sa'kin.
"To protect you. To save you and Darah." I answered.
"Then you don't trust me. You've even underestimated me. I know that you're an assassin. But atleast you could trust me as your man. I told you, I'm going to protect you. I told you, I'm going to help you. Why did you soloed every pain? Am I not enough to save you? To gain your trust? To satisfy you?"
"Hindi mo ako maintindihan, Raven! Ginawa ko lang yun para makalabas kayo ni Darah. Hindi ordinaryong mga sniper ang nakapaligid sa'tin. Magagaling sila. Ano mang oras maaari tayong mamatay tatlo."
"That's fine with me as long as I'm with you. But you chose to hurt me instead."
"Dahil mahal kita. At ayokong may mangyaring masama sayo."
"I'm perfectly making a strategy on my own. Alam kong may sniper. Hindi ko lang alam kung ilan. Alam kong may back-up sila. But I'm making a lot of strategies of figuring things out on how to escape."
"And what I did, was the only way to escape."
"No. There's a lot of ways. Maraming mapagtataguan doon. Alam mong mabilis din akong kumilos."
BINABASA MO ANG
THE LENIENT ASSASSIN
Aksi@PIONEERING IN SAFETY PROTECTION AGENCY (PSPA) "I want your elite assassin to protect my son. I'll pay you triple, just lend me your ace." "No worries, Sir. We'll process her transfer at your school as soon as possible." - Manager of PSPA ...
