Beginning of an End (Agent Series #03)

Chapter 11

BORROWED

Jay's POV

"Yeah. I heard about it, Keanne,"

We are on our way to the mansion after the Parents Meeting in Equinox. I got to see Claire's father again and I will admit that I am intimidated. Kahit wala siyang ginagawa ay mararamdaman mo talagang dapat siyang katakutan.

Lolo and Keanne are talking about Elijah right now. He said that General Tavio, Rouge's father, and him talked earlier and they reached a certain topic. It was Elijah putting in custody.

Lolo's expressing his disgust and anger towards him, how he killed innocent lives and how he destroyed families apart. I'm not feeling anything, though. He was in somewhere he needed to be and I hope that he won't fight or try to escape again.

Yes, he is dangerous and there is a chance that he might escape the prison he's in again but I trust Major Del Rosario's comrades. I'm sure that Elijah won't manage to escape this time.

When we arrived at the mansion, it was Safirah who was the most excited. Nakalimutan niya na atang kasama niya kami at nagpatuloy-tuloy lang siya doon. Lolo and I walked together while talking about some stuffs.

"So this Claire girl.. you like her already?" he teased. I rolled my eyes and shook my head. Safirah told them the story earlier kaya siguro tuwang-tuwa siya papasok. Now, Lolo and her will stop at nothing to tease me.

"Nope. Lo, we're just friends. New friends," I told him the truth. Yes, we are friends. I'm still protecting her and monitoring her while also protecting and monitoring my sister. So far, there's no any threats yet.

Now that Lolo approved, Safirah and I will join the field trip to Fort Luna tomorrow. He paid our identification bands for tomorrow trip. It was a light-gray wristband with the logo of Equinox attached in front of it while our initials, at the back.

"You sure, son? You're smiled when I told her name," he was trying to tease me and it's not working. I didn't smile earlier. Can't remember a single one.

"I didn't, Lo," I told him and shook my head before twisting the door knob. Hindi pa iniwang bukas ni Safirah. We entered into the mansion and we were greeted by Manang Cecilia and the others.

I told them that I'll put my bag and baggage in my room myself. I brought the one with guns and such so I didn't want them to get any suspicion even though it was not that heavy.

"Well, I like her for you," he said after removing his coat and putting it on top of the head rest of our sofa. "She seemed a very caring and fragile girl. You should take care of her."

I was about to say "of course" but I stopped myself. Lolo will surely put a malice in it. "I take good care of my friends, Lo. They are one of the precious parts of my life."

"That's right," he chuckled before looking at Manang Cecilia. "Cecil! One cup of my coffee, please."

"Gagawin na ho, Sir Alonzo!"

"Where was I?" he asked himself before sitting. I removed my blazer before putting it on the left arm rest of the sofa at my back.

"Yeah, right about you friends. You should. You know.." he crossed his legs. "People nowadays are brutal if you watch the news. Some syndicate are using girls for their own sake."

"Yeah, I saw it," he was referring to a certain syndicate who do human trafficking and used their hostaged girls as sex slaves. Five of them were found dead, floating in the river at Triquoda with cuts in their throats.

"Must be so hard for their family to accept it," Lolo shook his head before looking at me. "So you take care of your sister, Zach. I won't be here everyday so you are the man here. Got that?"