S.I.A.T.T. Series Book 4: The Seductive Geek

Chapter Twelve

She lightly closed the door behind her and sighed deeply upon leaning her back to it. She should have not acted that way, giving Stewart a hint about her true self but she can't help it. She can't help it when the topic is about losing someone, about losing his father.

She was indeed her Daddy's little girl and she misses him so badly. So badly that she wanted to go back to the time when he was still alive. She looked around the room, reminiscing those days that they were all happy, the days when she was still happy.

Naalala pa niya noong araw, sa tuwing nagpupunta sila rito para magbakasyon, walang sisidlan ang kasiyahan niya. Kasama niya ang mga magulang at dito sila tuwing may mahabang weekend para magpunta sa dagat.

Binili ng ama niya ang bahay na ito para sa kanila dahil sa hilig niya sa dagat. Gustong gusto niyang lumangoy at maligo sa dagat dahil iyon ang nagpapasaya sa kanya. Magaling din kasi ang ama sa paglangoy at pagsisid at iyon ang kanilang bonding sa tuwing nagpupunta sila rito.

She loves swimming that she even became a part of the swimming team in their school. It was her father who taught her how to swim when she was little, he trained her well. She knows how a great swimmer he was which is why it was so hard to believe that he died from drowning.

This place reminds her so many happy moments in the past. The time where her mother cooks for them and they will all stay up late at night to watch movies or just lying on the beach sand outside while gazing at the stars.

At ang kwarto na kinaroroonan niya ngayon ay ang mismong kwarto ng mga magulang niya noon. Naalala pa niya na noong unang punta nila rito at takot pa siyang matulog mag-isa sa kwarto niya na siyang tinutuluyan ni Stew kaya dito siya kasama ng ama at ina natutulog. Kumpleto pa sila, pero ngayon hindi na.

Kung kaya't matagal na hindi siya nakabalik rito. Ilang taon na din magmula noong huli niyang punta rito dahil masakit para sa kanya na alalahanin ang lahat ng mga masasayang pagsasama nilang pamilya rito. Na dahil sa isang aksidente ay nagbago ang lahat sa kanya, naglaho ang lahat sa kanya.

Naputol ang pagbabalik-tanaw niya nang marinig ang tunog ng kanyang cellphone. Agad niyang kinuha iyon at huminga muna nang malalim bago iyon sinagot.

"What taking you so long to do your mission?" Anas ng lalaki sa kabilang linya.

"I am doing my mission." Wala sa mood na sagot niya dahil sa kasalukuyang nararamdamang lungkot.

"Really? That's not what I am seeing! It looks like you are here for a vacation together with Jackson's son." Akusa nito sakanya.

Ilang malalim na hininga muna ang pinalipas niya bago sinagot ang kausap dahil unti-unti na siyang napipikon lalo na't ngayon ay naalala niya ang pagkamatay ng kanyang ama.

"I don't care what you're seeing but I am doing my job. I need to get close to him to get his trust that's why I brought him here. We needed some time alone but you ruined it. I told you to stay hidden and don't let him see you but you're stupid to show yourself." Dire-direchong litanya niya dahil sa inis.

"Fuck you, woman! I'm not stupid! I'm here to watch you do your job." Galit nitong sagot.

"I told you I'm on it! And I told you that I'm going to do it in my own way, not yours!" Siya naman ang nagtaas ng boses. "I think he saw your face in the CCTV back in the house that's why he remembered you. He knows that you followed me here, and if you keep on showing up near us, then all these efforts, this mission, will be put on to waste if he'll learn that this was just a scheme from the start." At saglit huminto. "So back off before you get us into trouble."

Rinig niya ang malalim na mga paghinga ni Marco sa telepono na tila ba kinakalma ang sarili mula sa galit.

"Fine!" Sagot nito.