The Beast in the City

Kabanata 10

"Mi lord, narinig kong nagkaaberya kahapon. Ano'ng nangyari?" Spyder asked on the other line.

I closed my closet after I pulled a black T-shirt.

"You heard, but you're still asking, idiot," I said putting on my shirt.

My shoulder hurt a bit after it moved. That jackass gave me a fucking injury to mind again. Damn it.

"I didn't get too much information. I tried to call you last night but you were not answering."

"Stop acting like you're worried." Lumabas ako at sinarado ang pinto.

"I'm not worried about you. I'm just curious how they got to manipulate our plan. Mukha yatang napaghandaan ka nila."

"Ask your stupid hacker." I gritted my teeth when I remembered Pooh's failure.

Bumaba ako ng hagdan at namataan ko si Barbie na nakasalampak sa sahig at parang batang gumuguhit.

"Don't worry, it's not sabotage, I think. They only copied our techniques," aniya.

"Stop defending him. I'm not done with him yet."

He chukled. "I'm not defending him either."

I stood near Barbie. Para siyang kindergarten sa hitsura niya. Tinitigan ko siya at naaala ang ginawa kong paghalik sa kanya kagabi. And how the bulge on my pants reacted. Damn! I can't believe a young woman can actually make me fucking horny.

"What happened to the South?" I asked.

"May nakuha silang mahalagang bihag. This will be a great help to our next mission."

"How about the Sicilians?" I hid my hand on my pocket as I continued watching the woman.

"No new updates, Mi lord."

"Italians?"

"That's I'm going to discuss with you today, Mi lord. Are you in the office?"

"No, I'm home."

"Shall I go there?"

"With the captive."

"Roger that."

I ended the line and made a few steps towards her. Tinignan ko ang iginuguhit niya. Dalawang tao na magkahawak kamay. Isang babae kuno at lalaki. Kumunot ang noo ko at marahang ibinulsa ang cellphone.

Nakarinig ako ng tikhim sa kung saan. I immediately saw Emilia nearing us with a tray of food. Sinulyapan niya ako ng isang beses at saka nilapag ang tray sa tabi ng babae.

"Meryenda ka muna, Barbie." She smiled a bit and looked at me amusingly.

Mataman ko siyang tinignan bago umupo sa sofa at nagbukas ng tv.

"Hindi kayo papasok sa opisina, Señorito?" Emilia asked.

"What do you think?" I sarcastically said as I randomly pressed the remote.

She cleared her throat. "Akala ko kasi papasok kayo. Mukha kasing okay na okay na kayo."

Matalim ko siyang tinignan. Lumabi naman siya at nagbaba ng tingin pero sumisilip ang kaunting ngisi. Sinulyapan ko ang babae na abala nang kumakain.

"Hmm! Ken-Ken!" Sinulyapan niya ako at kinuha ang iginuguhit niya kanina.

Patalon siyang umupo sa tabi ko at masayang ipinakita ang papel. I looked at it annoyingly.

"Ken-Ken!" She pointed the male stickman. "Barbie!" She pointed the female.

Emilia laughed a bit.

Hinawi ko 'yon at muling naglipat lipat ng mga channel.