Uncontrollable Obsession

Kapitulo 44

Check-up

We were heading out of headquarters. Nakipagpaligsahan ako nang tahimik sa kaniya. To him, his pace was normal, but to me, it felt like a rush. I sighed silently when we turned the corner of the hallway, and I fell behind.

He was talking with Rioul when I asked him if he had work today because if he did, I should go home alone. However, he said he would drop me off instead and then go back. Gusto niyang isama ako sa opisina niya, pero hindi na ako pumayag. Kung sa ibang sitwasyon pa siguro siya nag-aya, baka sakaling nagtatakbo na ako sa sobrang tuwa. Dahil iyon naman ang pinakauna kong plano, balak kong pag-aralan ang lugar na pinagtatrabahuan niya. But then, the situation changed.

Ni ang blueprint nga ay tuluyan ko ng kinalimutan.

Hindi na nga rin ako umalma na ihatid niya dahil gusto ko nang makauwi agad. I was going home to find the paper from that basement.

I wanted to stay there longer, but that paper was urging me to leave immediately. Nahipo ko ang sentido. All sorts of thoughts were running through my head because of Katriyah. That girl! She could trouble me if I didn't stop her.

Zekeil noticed what I was doing, so I straightened up and tried to get ahead of him, which he matched, or I just thought of it that way. Ngumuso ako. He has long legs, so he easily caught up to me without even trying. Meanwhile, I almost tripped.

"Why did you change your mind?"

I heard him but my mind went back to her, it's stuck on her. May alam si Katriyah. Alam na alam niya ang mga pinaggagawa ko.

My jaw tightened at the thought that she wouldn't have been sent here if she weren't that skilled.

Then why my father give me this mission instead of her? Anong alam ng isang botanist sa kalakaran ng magnanakaw? Ano back up ko siya kung sakaling papalpak ako? Pero kaming dalawa naman ang pumalpak n'on!

I racked my brain trying to figure it out. Kasalanan ko rin naman dahil ang tanga kong magplano. It was all pretense, which led to almost two years. There was no development at all. Iniisip ko nalang na ang hirap makagalaw lalo pa't alam nila na may amnesia pa ako gayung wala naman na.

I wiggled my lip and looked up when I remembered Zekeil had asked me a question. Nalubog ako sa pag-iisip. I noticed he was waiting for my answer.

Pinag-isipan ko muna ang isasagot sa kaniya kaya medyo natagalan pa lalo.

"May hindi siya sinasabi..."

Alam ko naman na alam niya ang bagay na 'yon. Kaya lang iyon lang ang pumasok sa isip ko, binabagabag kasi ako ng papel na tinutukoy ni Katriyah.

"Hmm... you can say that. She's not part of Incognita for nothing."

Sumakay kami sa golf cart nang tahimik. Akmang papaandarin na ng may tumawag sa kaniya.

"Sir, may tawag po kayo galing kay Mr. Cansino."

I looked at the man who had chased us and realized he was one of his men. I just didn't know if he was from his company or his organization. I discovered that his company and headquarters were in the same building. Salamat kay Katriyah at nalaman ko. However, the headquarters was underground, and his company served as a front.

The place we entered earlier turned out to be the back of the building. Apparently, there were many, and all of them were high-profile. I even saw the membership list. Of course, Trievin were one of them. And Aljhier too. In fact, he's a medic.

"I'm not at my desk."

"Pero, Sir, tungkol daw 'yon sa ipapa-transfer na manus–"

"Why would he ask about it? Transfer him to Trieven's phone."