Chapter 2

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PENELOPE

"Please, Colonel. May itatanong lang ako. It's urgent." Kanina pa ako dito sa NBI station, sakto pa kasi na bumisita ang Colonel nila. Timing na timing langhiya!

"Sorry, miss. Hindi pwede. No permit, no interview." Kanina pa ulit-ulit na sinasabi ng Colonel. Kanina pa kasi ako nagmamaka-awa dito para makapasok na mahanap 'yung taong kailangan namin. Nainis na ata ang kausap 'kong guard kanina kaya pinatawag ang Colonel.

Shit! Mukhang wala talagang pag-asa. Mag iisang oras na ako dito, mukhang hindi talaga makakalusot. Takte!

"Ah damn it! Deads ako nito kay Zach! Shit naman, this is embarrassing." Sabay upo ko ng malakas dahilan para umuga ang 3 seater chair. Naiinis talaga ako.

Flashback.

Nandito kami ngayon sa opisina dahil ngayon ang uwi ni Zach sa Pilipinas.

"Shit! Uuwi na talaga si Zach?" Tanong ni Austin na kadadating lang.

"If you are reading your emails, then yes." Masungit na sagot ni Pauline habang ang mga mata ay nasa cellphone.

"Sorry babes, I'm loaded with crimes to work on." Sagot ni Austin. Sabay abot nito ng bulaklak. San nito nakuha ang bulaklak?

"Gago ka ba? The next time you see this flower is on your wake, Austin!" Sagot naman ni Pauline sabay tapon ng bulaklak dito. This two never learns.

"Ang ingay!" Pumasok naman si Qwert, short for qwerty. Not her real name but we call her that since she's really good at computers. She's Trina.

"Hey mina-san, am I late?" That's Yachi. Half-japanese, half-filipino. He's the guy that holds the record for 'better late than absent' reason.

"Kailan ka ba naging early?" Tanong ko.

"Whoa. Chill Prym-chan! Hindi ako pumunta rito para makipag-away." Sagot nito habang nakataas ang dalawang kamay.

"Idiot." Sagot ko.

Anyway, I'm Penelope, I'm a graduating senior high student. Yes, 2nd year college na dapat kung hindi lang naipasok ang senior high. I'm a detective. Ewan, mystery has been and will always be my safe haven. I loving codings, I love logic, anything that makes my mind revolve.

Our team is an official club in our university and it accepts other students from different schools. Well, front lang namin ang club. We work outside the club, we help solve cases and such.

Austin, he's also on senior high. He loves solving cases like I do. But he has deep understanding of everything he hears/reads. Too deep that it unveils secrets and codes.

Pauline, she's a school alumni. Well she just graduated and she's one year advance from us. She's studying criminology. She loves checking dead people and studying them.

As of the moment, kami palang ang members ng club. Hindi din naman easy ang filtering namin.

And btw, our head is Zach. He's a genius in terms of profiling and solving cases. He's often being called on extreme cases in and out of the country. And he is heading back today. Excited ako to experience extreme case solving again since pag wala siya sa Pinas, it's too boring. Limited ang cases na nahahawakan namin.

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