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Chapter 31: failed test
It was hard to look at Sage without wanting to smack him for being a big, fat liar. Hindi ko na alam kung alin ang totoo. Sage—whom I thought was too pure for this world—is actually lying.
Bawat salitang lumalabas sa bibig niya ay hindi ko mapapaniwalaan. How much of it was true? How much of it was a lie? What is he trying to achieve?
Sa umpisa ay imposible ang naisip ko na si Seven at si Wolff ay iisa, but then nothing in this world tells a fact more than evidence. Sage showed me a fake hologram of Wolff, para mapaniwala ako. He brushed off the fact that Seven and Wolff looked the same, even when I was almost losing my head thinking about it the first time. Kahit pa sabihing hindi malabo ang cloning, surgery, at kung ano pang mga proseso. Yes, that's true, but everything doesn't add up.
I have to give credit to Kruger, who made me aware of the little details. Wolff didn't trust me; he trusted himself, believing that choosing me would get the job done.
But I have to keep my guard up. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang kahihinatnan ko, so as much as possible, I have to pretend I trust Sage dahil nangako siyang ilalabas ako rito.
"D-Dani?"
Nag-angat ako ng tingin kay Sage na kababalik lang galing sa pakikipag-usap kay Dr. Lee.
Isa pa si Dr. Lee. Wolff told me that he doesn't trust him because he has sworn loyalty to the Glass family. See? Kahit sariling pamilya niya ay hindi niya pinagkakatiwalaan—so that fake Wolff telling me I'm wrong for trusting him only reveals their deceptiveness.
Tiningnan ko siya bilang sagot. I have to make sure my face does not show anything suspicious. I have to beat them in lying and deception as well.
And speaking of Kruger, wala akong ideya kung nasaan na siya. I hope he's safe from the incapacitation gas inside Prism. Sana lang din ay hindi niya sapitin ang sasapitin ni Seven.
"Are you r-ready for the tests?" Sage asked. "I'm sorry. I know y-you're hesitant, but it's their protocol."
Is that really it?
I forced a smile and nodded. "You will be there the whole time?"
He fixed his glasses before giving me a nod. "I promised."
The naive me would have believed that and held on to that promise. Sumunod ako sa kanya palapit sa mga doktor na naghihintay. They guided me towards a solitary room made of glass walls. I was the only one inside, pero mula sa loob ay dinig ko ang bawat tipa nila sa keyboard. They made me lie down in what looked like an MRI Scanner, but I knew it did something more than that. The whirring sound it made, made me want to run away, ngunit pinaalala ko sa sarili ko na kahit anong takbo ko ay wala akong kawala sa lugar na ito.
I endured the whirring noise close to my head hanggang sa natapos ang ilang minuto. I heard a voice saying the first test was done, so I could step out of the room. Pagkalabas ko ay naroon nga si Sage, his face not showing anything out of the ordinary.
