Trigger Warning: Violence
Ransacked
"Seems like the FBI is keeping these copies confidential, but I got em all," si Vance na inilapag ang USB sa table.
Kumalabog agad ang dibdib ko. I was trying to access the CCTV footage of the party kaso ayaw nilang ibigay kaya sinubukan ko kay Vance since his connection is way more deeper compared to mine.
Kinuha ko agad iyon at isinaksak sa gilid ng laptop na nasa harap.
"Why are you interested in that criminal, anyway?" tanong niya habang itinuko ang mga kamay sa magkabilang gilid ko, ang kanyang mukha ay lumebel sa akin.
Seryoso kong minanipula ang laptop. I opened the files until the videos popped out. Hindi ko na sinagot pa ang tanong ni Vance at p-in-lay ang CCTV footage.
I saw the familiar woman I bumped into at the party. She wasn't suspicious at all since she blended well, but I could sense how she paid attention to her surroundings through her calculated movements.
Sumipol si Vance. "Fucking hot..."
Hinayaan ko siya sa reaksyon niya. Wala naman akong napapansing kakaiba sa footage. Tiningnan ko ang kinaroroonan ni Macy. Nakita ko ang pagiging balisa niya at patingin tingin sa paligid. Sa kabilang dako kung nasaan ako, nakikipagtawanan ako kina Estella.
Noong ibalik ko ang tingin, agaran kong nakita na may kausap na si Macy. I sat straight and clicked the previous arrow to repeat the scene.
Nanatili ang tingin ko sa paligid ni Macy. It wasn't too crowded, ngunit marami raming tao na halos hindi ko masundan kung saan galing ang pagpasok ni Trison at bigla nalang siyang nasa harapan ni Macy.
Nanindig ang balahibo ko. Hindi dahil para siyang multong biglang sumulpot, kundi dahil sa swabe ng kanyang galaw at tila ba sanay na sanay na siya sa ganoon.
There was an air of mystery in his calculated movements; even if it was an open party, he could still easily hide himself if he wanted to.
Para bang... napag-aralan niya na ang bawat anggulo na kahit sa dagat ng mga tao, kung gugustuhin niyang mapabilang, hindi siya mahihirapan.
I saw how he smoothly talked to Macy. Ngumingiti na ngayon si Macy ngunit makikita pa ring balisa. Trison sipped on his drink as they talked like casual friends, which wasn't suspicious at all if I was just a stranger around them.
I saw how the woman who's part of the FBI threw a glance at where Trison is, touched her ear a bit, and whispered as if she were talking to someone as she moved from one place to another, trying to act less suspicious.
If I didn't know she's an FBI, I wouldn't suspected her movements right now that seems so natural. Ngunit dahil nalaman ko, mas binusisi ko ang kilos niya at mapapansin nga ang kaonting kilos niyang tila ba hindi party ang sadya niya at iba.
Pilit kong hinagilap kung may kakaiba pa ba ngunit may iilang mga lalake na papalapit sa kinaroroonan ni Trison. And Trison, who seems so chill, was moving his eyes once, as if it were enough to know who's after him, and how to escape all of them.
Doon ko nasundan kung paano ko siya nahuli sa dagat ng mga tao.
"You know him?" tanong ni Vance na halos ikinagulat ko nang maalalang kasama ko nga pala siya.
"Used to," I answered flatly.
I saw how the woman said something as if she were communicating with someone secretly, took a champagne flute to the waiter she passed by without even glancing, and in just a second, she bumped at me.
