Chapter 43: The Last of Augustus I (The Plot)

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LORELEI

IF THERE'S one lesson that I learned in the past few weeks, it's about keeping secrets. Some truths must be kept from other people. Even if we trust them. Even if they trust us. What's terrifying is not the truth, but what one does after learning about it.

If my dad told me sooner that he wasn't my real father, would I have grown much colder to him? Would the image of my mother as a loving and faithful wife be tarnished by the truth?

If I told Loki that his beloved brother is part of the organization that we've been chasing, would he have condemned him to death?

Kaya nga sa imbestigasyon kay Augustus, pinili naming maglihim ng ilang detalye mula kina Margarette, such as Jamie being a spy of the so-called Moriarty in the QED Club. We did not want to raise more questions while we were seeking for more answers. Maybe once this was over, we would disclose to them the secret that we kept.

Nanggalaiti ako sa galit noon kay Loki dahil hindi niya kaagad sinabi sa akin ang mga hinala niya tungkol kay Jamie. I felt stabbed in the back not by one, but by a hundred knives. I trusted him almost a hundred percent because I knew he wouldn't do anything that might ruin it. But he did. Nagkalamat tuloy ang relasyon naming dalawa.

Halos sakalin ko na rin si Jamie gamit ang kanyang naka-braid na buhok dahil sa pagsisinungaling niya sa akin. I was still convincing myself that she did what she had to do because of a legit reason: exacting revenge on the person who allegedly plotted his brother's death.

If there's any consolation to these revelations, it must be the fact that they kept the truth from me for a reason, not because they just wanted to mess with me.

Look at me now, tolerating this behavior that I abhorred. I began to support what I hate. Keeping secrets. Lying. Well, technically we did not lie to the executive committee. We only refused to tell them some parts of what we know.

And not to mention, I was also keeping a secret from Loki. His brother's involvement in this complicated case. Natatakot ako sa kung anong pwedeng mangyari sakaling malaman niya ang totoo. Things would get much, much worse, and I would be caught in the middle because I already knew the truth, but shut my mouth.

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