Cases Uncovered

23 | She

"You're the good in me even if I'm bad but still you're the man I never had"

- Marion Valdez, Detective Files

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Chapter 23:
She

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ZANE

My eyes widened at her revelation. So, her own sister was the one who scared me?

"Another promotion, I presume," Raine said, sounding uninterested.

"Yes, but not just here," the woman replied.

"You're siblings? She's your sister, Raine?!" I exclaimed.

"Unfortunately, yes," Raine responded.

"I thought she was a—"

"A what?" Raine interjected.

"A?" Elizabeth, her supposed sister, turned her gaze to me.

"I thought she wanted me to spy on you," I said, struggling to control my thoughts. "I thought she was a bad person!"

"She could be one if you see her that way," Raine replied.

"Ah! So, you've chosen a nervous person to share your flat with. No wonder you're not worried about him," Elizabeth remarked. To her left was the black car that had taken me home before. "Well, at least you don't have classes tomorrow."

"None at all?" I asked.

"Just wait for the memorandum later. It's better if we discuss things inside the car," she added.

The man who had dropped me off earlier stepped out and opened the car door. Elizabeth slid in first, taking the passenger seat. Raine gestured for me to sit beside her in the back.

As Raine closed the door, the car's engine hummed softly, and we began to roll forward.

"Anyways, I'm not a criminal, Mr. Nuñez," Elizabeth continued. "I hold a high position in the government, and I would never do anything useless or damaging to my reputation."

As she spoke, her words echoed Raine's characteristic demeanour. They really are siblings.

"International agencies," Raine said. "She has many jobs aside from being a member of the NBI."

"When you said you're always watching, was that true?" I asked. "Why do people always say that?"

"Wouldn't you, if you had a younger sister like that? Well, it's not surprising because you're the youngest in your family," Elizabeth replied, glancing at us through the car's mirror.

"Are you also annoyed with Raine because she's about to start college, but her actions might ruin everything she worked for?" I asked.

"Yes, of course! I don't want all the hard work we put in with Mom and Dad to go to waste just because she follows what her mind tells her to do," Elizabeth replied.

"There you go again." I heard Raine mutter to herself while looking at her sister.

"You'll get used to her. It's just because of what happened when Mom and Dad passed away," Elizabeth explained.

My heart melted when I heard those words. No wonder Raine seemed so cold-hearted.

They're dead? Gosh!

"Sorry," I said.

Now everything was becoming clearer to me. "And about the scholarship, I guess it's a yes," she added. "Your response to my message yesterday helped my colleagues trace Alexa Tan's plan."