Undercover

Chapter 5: Meet With The Highness (Part 2)

Xyrone

Namuo nang katahimikan ang paligid. Nakakabingi sa sobrang tahimik. Walang ibang naririnig kundi ang tunog ng aircon sa loob.

Nag katinginan lang kami ni Ninong Roberto. Paano niya nalamang ini-imbestigahan ko ang pagkamatay nang aking mga magulang? Nag hired din ba siya nang tao para bantayan ako?

You wanna know why I don't mention it to my Ninong-slash-President Roberto Alejandro? The same reason as why I don't let Officer Ricky, my buddy, to help me investigating this case. Alam ko kasing pag nalaman ni Ninong ang ginagawa ko, either he will stop me on doing this or he will lends a help to investigate it. Ayaw ko din naman siyang mapahamak at madamay dahil dito. Madami nang nawala sakin, ayaw ko nang may malagas ulit na importanteng tao sa buhay ko.

"I found out that you're doing some investigation of it? Why anak?" Breaking the silence around us. "Hindi ba't isang aksidente ang mga pangyayare? Why need to investigate it?" He followed up the question.

Dahan-dahan akong napailing. "Ninong, I want to say something. I want you to know the truth, what my instinct told me." Sabi ko habang nakatitig sakaniya. Maybe this is the right time to spill the tea.

"Go ahead." He lean his back on his chair.

"You know my dad, ninong. Eksperyensyado siyang tao pag dating sa mga operation na ganyan." Pauna kong sabi. "Nakakapagtaka po kasi. Ang dami niya nang nahawakan na kagaya nun. Ang dami niya nang experienced when it comes to operations, kaya papaano siya mamatay dahil lang sa aksidenteng yun? There's a foul play there, ninong. Aksidente siyang nabaril ng isang drug lord? I don't believe it."

He was touching his chin while looking straight at the table. "Anak, sa ganyang trabaho, hindi mo maiiwasan ang ganyang kaso. There's a probability na mang yayare ang ganyan. Hindi natin hawak ang buhay natin."

"I know po, ninong. But my gut feeling strongly convincing me that there's something strange behind that incident. Paano kung may gusto talagang pumatay sakaniya, ninong? Isinakto niyang isagawa ang plano niya nung araw na yun para walang imbestigasyon na magaganap." He just stares at me while listening to my opinion. "Pinang cover up niya lang yun para masabing namatay siya dahil sa kagagawan nung hinuli nila. He used that operation to execute my father para walang autopsy at walang imbestigasyon na gagawin ang awtoridad."

Napahawak siya muli sa kaniyang baba. "Hmm? That's an interesting, anak. Sa totoo lang nag tataka din ako sa mga pangyayare. Bakit ngayon mo lang yan sinabi saakin, iho?" Kunot noo niyang sabi. "But how about to your mom's death? May problema din ba doon?"

"Regarding to that ninong, I know Tito Guevarra, as well as you dahil magkaibigan din ho kayo. He was a meticulous person, mapapansin niya agad kung may mali sa sasakyan niya." Ngayon nakapatong ang mga siko ni Ninong sa arm ng kaniyang upuan at ang mga kamay nito ay nakasalubong na parang nananalangin. "Tito Guevarra at si Mom ay mag kasama nung araw na yun. Nagkita sila sa isang restaurant dahil may ibinigay si Tito na flash drive, suspecting as the evidence against that person, kay Mom. My deduction was that the incident wasn't a real incident. It was a murder. Somebody disguised their death as an incident. Someone was behind that crime." Naningkit ang aking mga mata habang nakatitig sa lamesa.

"You wake up my mind because of what you've said, anak. Nalilinawan na ako ngayon. Parehas na parehas talaga kayo nang husay nang ama mo."

"Thanks for believing me, ninong."

"But there's something that I want to ask you as a favor." He sip his tea from the table.

"What is it, ninong?"

"I want you to stop what you're doing." He blew a deep sigh before proceeding. "Please anak, if what you've said is hundred percent sure then please just give it to those who are responsible of doing the investigation." My instinct was true. Ito na nga ba ang sinasabi ko.