Peculiarity In Her Eyes

[ 41 ] Easily Caught

"Oa mo Lie girl, as if naman hindi na kayo ulit magkikita pa." Marvin joked but for me, I took it seriously. You can't guess what might happen, maybe in the near future ay magiging totoo ang sinabi ni Marvin. Just sayin'.

We bid our goodbyes and parts our own ways.

"Why didn't you tell it to me from the first place?!" Bulyaw agad sakin ni ate Shiela pagkalabas namin sa mall.

"I tried countless times ate but you're always interrupting me that I shouldn't be worried, which is kinda true but that's not what I'm going to say to you."

"Sana pinilit mo akong pakinggan ka huhu! Mabuti nalang at may naging palusot ka agad." Mukha nadepressed yata dahil sa nangyari.

"Not my fault." I said raising both of my hands while laughing a bit.

"Oo na, psh!" She crossed her arms and stomped her feet like little girl in rage. Hindi ko mapigilan na mapatawa dahil sa reaction niya.

"You two took long enough," bumalik ang pagbusangot sa mukha ko ng narinig kong magsalita si gurang. Nandito na pala kami sa parking lot.

Hindi ko siya pinansin saka nilagay ko na sa trunk ang groceries na binili ko.

Napakamot ng ulo si ate Shiela. "Sorry boss, medyo naging complicated ang nangyari doon sa loob."

"It's good that you're here now. Jerome, you ready?" Nang mabanggit niya ang pangalan ni kuya Jerome ay tumingin ako sa gawi niya. Nagthumbs-up lang siya bilang sagot.

What the? What is he wearing? It's like nagtatrabaho siya sa isang fast food chain dahil sa suot niyang uniform. Napatigil ako ng mapagtanto ko ang gusto nilang mangyari.

Wait a sec....

"Are you planning to do a wrong-room-number-delivery action?" Tanong ko habang nakapamewang. Tumunog ang kamay niya, saying that I hit the bullseye.

"Yup. Until the culprit open his condo door, that's our cue to cuff him and make him talk." I rolled my eyes. They have the most cliché plan to apprehand the culprit.

"That's a super mega plain and common plan."

"But it still works, it will never gets old. Don't you underestimate the world of plain and common. Like they said, simplicity is beauty." Tinignan ko siya ng ilang sandali, hindi makapaniwala sa kanya while he just winked at me. I just rolled my eyes.

Huminto ang kotse sa isang malaking building. Mas malaki pa 'to kesa sa tinitirhan ni gurang. What the? Mayaman ang lalaking 'yun?

"Sigurado po kayo na nasa tamang address tayo?" Tanong ni Tyrone habang nakatingin sa isang malawak na building.

"Well what do you expect? He's working a dirty work and maybe as big as this building is his wage. And oh,"

May kinuha siya mula sa glove compartment at inabot samin ang dalawang itim na mask.

"You're going to wear this kapag nakapasok tayo sa loob ng condo niya. We need to make sure there's no hidden camera installed inside before we can slam that man." Paliwanag niya at tumango kaming dalawa ni Tyrone.

Umikot kami sa building at pumasok kami sa parking lot na nasa ibaba lang nito.

Tahimik lang kaming bumaba at gano'n rin sila sa kabilang kotse. Bago nauna si kuya Jerome ay tumango siya samin. Although I don't have a clue what their plan is, if you're observant and not too naïve you can directly assume and know it based on their actions.

Nang makapasok kami sa ground floor ay luminga-linga ako sa paligid. Being alert is a must, especially we're in a plan to do something anonymous.

Pinauna lang namin ng ilang hakbang si kuya Jerome samin pero sabay kaming pumasok sa elevator sabay pindot niya ng 15th floor. Nag-usap si ate Shiela at gurang, maybe this is part of their plan blending in the crowd.