My Incognito HeartBreaker

Chapter 50

Helena fell asleep almost immediately after they exchanged I love you's, pero si Paolo naman ngayon ang hindi dalawin ng antok, due to the very confusing three-fold feeling na siya mismo ay nahihirapang ireconcile. He's upset with Lax for being the assertive man he'd always wanted to be. He's also dismayed with himself as Paolo for being such an uptight, calculated loser he wishes he wasn't. And for a reason he knows precisely, he also feels indignant towards Helena for giving herself up to a man she didn't know long and well enough too quickly. He cannot deny that a part of his heart is now slightly cracked beyond repair due to the realization that while he, as Paolo, remained faithful to her, replaceable naman pala siya para rito.

To take his mind off the perplexity of his thoughts, mas minabuti na lang niyang bumangon to do something productive. He went to the desk and sat on the swivel chair for a few minutes before he turned on the warm desk light.

He stared at the two MacBooks that belonged to him and Elmo, sitting side by side on the desk while trying to decide which one to open. Fully aware na wala siyang suot na maskara, lumingon muna siya sa direksyon ng kamang kinahihigaan ni Helena. He glared at her with a slight feeling of contempt for about ten minutes before he faced the desk again. He eventually chose to open the MacBook that belonged to him.

A private chat bubble connected to a VPN immediately appeared on the screen. It is coming from Gabbie under the classified handle JuliettRomeoUCov-GS.

JuliettRomeoUCov-GS: Gising ka pa?

SierraAlphaLG-007: Bakit ikaw, gising pa rin?

JuliettRomeoUCov-GS: Katatapos lang naming mag-set sattelite van. Pa-logout na rin ako when I received the notification that you logged in.

SierraAlphaLG-007: Nandiyan na pala kayo? Where are you?

JuliettRomeoUCov-GS: Naka-station na kami sa venue, may mga naka-deploy na rin sa resort na tutuluyan n'yo so they can look after Helena while you are testing the waters in the convention. Anong status mo? Si Helena lang ang nalo-locate namin. Hindi pa pala kayo umaalis sa Waterfront? Where's your chip? Bakit hindi namin ma-trace?

SierraAlphaLG-007: I lost it before we got here. I don't know where it is.

JuliettRomeoUCov-GS: What? Di bale, I'll give you a new one when we meet here.

SierraAlphaLG-007: I may have lost it while brawling with Aris Quijano's son.

JuliettRomeoUCov-GS: You positively ID'd him?

SierraUCovLG-007: Yes. I have his laptop. It went out of battery, so it is still charging. There are photos of him, Aris, their whole family, essential government officials, lobbyists, politicians, and, positively, the Speaker of the House. I also have his physical DL and credit cards, journal with phonebook, and memory cards, including the layout of their headquarters. His TOR browser is still logged in to their darknet server. There is considerable evidence that he's on as an admin and moderator. So I just went ahead and hacked his whole account and did all the necessary password resets. I still couldn't find how to access the huntlist. Which tells us that the son doesn't have such capability. Maybe only the father or someone higher has. I will surrender all these to you later, including his laptop, after I drop off Helena at Shangri-La Mactan Resort. Gus could find a way to hew their central server and shut it down remotely with whatever he can find helpful here. Kung hindi man, tuloy lang ang plano.

JuliettRomeoUCov-GS: Okay. Good job, Partz, kahit hindi ka pa rin kasama sa payroll. Ililibre na lang kita ng street food. Eat all you can.

SierraAlphaLG-007: Magkaka-hepa ka na sa kakakain mo n'yan. No thanks. Pakialam ko sa baryang payroll niyo, mamumulot na lang ako ng mga loot off record dahil hindi naman ako kasali sa team niyo, hindi ko kayo hahatian dahil hindi rin niyo naman ako hinahatian sa gastos at pondong isinusugal ko para sa kaso niyo.