The Dignified Heartbreaker

TDH ~ 15

TDH ~ XV

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Cleopatra

I am again in the moment wherein I don't know how to calm myself. Pabalik-balik na naman akong naglalakad sa harap ni Daddy habang hindi mapakali.

I have a plan of going here in LLSI headquarters but I didn't know it'll be because of this another bad news. Plano ko rin sanang makipag-sparring sa isa sa mga agents ng kahit kaunti lang para masanay ang sarili ko. But then, something happened again! What happened in the company bothered and worried me again!

Magkakasunod na ang pagtatangka ng kalaban kay Odyssey. And it's getting worse!

I felt so bad to the dog who died. I lured him to his death. I felt so guilty.

But what shocked me more is when I found out that my hunch was right!

The food was poisoned!

And Odyssey could have eaten that damn food! It was meant for him. Anong klaseng security ako na ni hindi ko man lang siya maprotektahan?

And the other agents as well.. May limang security na itinalaga si Daddy para magbantay kay Odyssey. They were scattered outside the company ngunit nasasalisihan pa rin kami.

"Cleo, anak, it's not your fault. Mabuti nga at hindi napunta kay Odyssey ang pagkain na iyon. You prevented it from happening." Dad said in a soft tone.

And with the cost of a dog's life?

"I barely did, Dad! It was accidental!"

Napaupo ako sa panghihina. I know I should just feel relieved that it wasn't Odyssey who was poisoned. But a dog is also a being. If there was a way that he doesn't have to die and me finding out that the food was poisoned then I would have taken that chance. Umasa lang yata kami sa pagkakataon ngayon. And it shouldn't be like that.

Pero nangyari na iyon.. That's what Odyssey has told me as well.

"What's happening? Why are you back? I thought you're going home?" He asked me when he landed his eyes on me.

I rushed getting back to his office after what I found out.

Inayos ko muna ang lahat sa ibaba. Tinawagan ko si Dad para alamin kung tama nga ang hinala ko.

The dog was taken care of. Naaawa man ako sa kalagayan nito'y wala na akong magagawa. It was already dead. Huli na lang rin daw na napansin ni Manong na wala na itong buhay. He asked for the guard's help at hindi rin daw nito alam ang gagawin. Kung sana ay ipinaalam nila ito agad sa akin, baka nasugod pa sa veterinarian ang aso.

Dad was problematic as well. His agents brought the dog to be examined.

"A dog was poisoned."

He scanned my face again, waiting for more.

I heavily sighed. Something's making me hard to breath. Sumisikip ang dibdib ko sa isiping namatay ang isang aso dahil pinakain ko siya ng may lason! If only I know..

But I can't take it too if it was Odyssey who was harmed as well. And Monique.. did he know? She was the one who ordered the food.. Everyone is a suspect now.

Sinabi ko na ang lahat ng ito kay Daddy at iniimbestigahan na nila ito. I'm not LLSI's best agent and I hate it. Why didn't I tried hard to be a good one? Bakit kasi imbes na mag-training ay naglakwatsa lang ako? I could have solved this problem easily at hindi na kailangang umasa pa sa iba.